OK ... Where do I start..... I AM STOKED!!!
I interviews at a college in Arlington yesterday. I showed up 30 minutes early for a 2pm interview. So at 2pm they brought me into an empty class room and had me wait another 5-10 minutes. When they came in they told we we would talk for a few minutes then they were going to bring me into a class down the hall to demo the program. Before I could stop myself I said "In FRONT of people??!!" ...........oops.....can we say nervous???
In the interview I found out that BOTH of the interviewers went to the same school I did AND the lady has the SAME degree as I do... (SWEET!)...so she asked me about my background and after I told her I was a photographer for 8 years. She interrupted me and said they are starting a photo class in Oct and that would be a good fit for me.
I asked good questions and I was ready with my class material (since I didn't know if I was going to be demoing on a computer or not I brought copies of the material I was going to go over.) She brought me into the classroom of about 8 students, 1 instructor, the 2 people who were interviewing me and 2 MORE instructors. I was a sweaty mess! I was so nervous! So when it was time to start it was ON. I went into teacher mode. I projected my voice. I was precise. The demo went great. Then I was done (5 minutes later).
So everyone started to ask questions.... NOW lets keep in mind the school FOUND ME. I did not apply for this job. And even after I responded with my current resume they STILL asked me to come in for an interview. Web design is NOT my #1 discipline. It's not even in my top 5! So....when they were asking me questions they asked me EVERYTHING! How do I insert an image? How do I make a banner? How do I make a new page? So lets keep in mind this WHOLE time I was going off memory! I haven't used this program in YEARS! But I did good. Even when the computer malfunctioned and didn't produce a rollover button like I told it too, I was calm and worked thru it!
After the 45 minute demo she gave me some great feedback. I went too fast. I need to slow down and make sure, that with the students doing the same thing with me, are following. The program I was using (Dreamweaver CS4) is new...and was just released. So like any program there are always little changes. So she chalked up my confusion to that. (lol)....but she said this,
"We have an other interviewee coming in this afternoon. If that falls through we would like you to teach this course. You will need to brush up on your Dreamweaver and we will bring someone in to teach the coding part of the class. BUT....regardless of this class I think you would an excellent fit for your photography class that starts in October. Here is the application. If you can fill it out and bring it back to me this week that would be great!"
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
So... that is where I am at!! We didn't talk days or money or anything. I am just MEGA excited that they are going to give me the opportunity to teach!!!
I interviews at a college in Arlington yesterday. I showed up 30 minutes early for a 2pm interview. So at 2pm they brought me into an empty class room and had me wait another 5-10 minutes. When they came in they told we we would talk for a few minutes then they were going to bring me into a class down the hall to demo the program. Before I could stop myself I said "In FRONT of people??!!" ...........oops.....can we say nervous???
In the interview I found out that BOTH of the interviewers went to the same school I did AND the lady has the SAME degree as I do... (SWEET!)...so she asked me about my background and after I told her I was a photographer for 8 years. She interrupted me and said they are starting a photo class in Oct and that would be a good fit for me.
I asked good questions and I was ready with my class material (since I didn't know if I was going to be demoing on a computer or not I brought copies of the material I was going to go over.) She brought me into the classroom of about 8 students, 1 instructor, the 2 people who were interviewing me and 2 MORE instructors. I was a sweaty mess! I was so nervous! So when it was time to start it was ON. I went into teacher mode. I projected my voice. I was precise. The demo went great. Then I was done (5 minutes later).
So everyone started to ask questions.... NOW lets keep in mind the school FOUND ME. I did not apply for this job. And even after I responded with my current resume they STILL asked me to come in for an interview. Web design is NOT my #1 discipline. It's not even in my top 5! So....when they were asking me questions they asked me EVERYTHING! How do I insert an image? How do I make a banner? How do I make a new page? So lets keep in mind this WHOLE time I was going off memory! I haven't used this program in YEARS! But I did good. Even when the computer malfunctioned and didn't produce a rollover button like I told it too, I was calm and worked thru it!
After the 45 minute demo she gave me some great feedback. I went too fast. I need to slow down and make sure, that with the students doing the same thing with me, are following. The program I was using (Dreamweaver CS4) is new...and was just released. So like any program there are always little changes. So she chalked up my confusion to that. (lol)....but she said this,
"We have an other interviewee coming in this afternoon. If that falls through we would like you to teach this course. You will need to brush up on your Dreamweaver and we will bring someone in to teach the coding part of the class. BUT....regardless of this class I think you would an excellent fit for your photography class that starts in October. Here is the application. If you can fill it out and bring it back to me this week that would be great!"
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
So... that is where I am at!! We didn't talk days or money or anything. I am just MEGA excited that they are going to give me the opportunity to teach!!!
"Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value." ~Albert Einstein
Sarah D. Butcher
