Last summer I taught Alg online with my district's Virtual
High School. I loved it, even though I was on maternity
leave (they knew that from teh beginning). I was also a
back-up instructor and was told that the regular instructors
were only allowed to have 25 students and I'd have the
overflow. For me, that was 10 students.
I was asked to teach again. I was excited and thought the
same rules applied. They don't. I may not have ANY students
- the rug. instructors are allowed to have up to 40 now. UGH!
Here's the dilemma. I also mya have a chance to do
instructional design for them and don't want to blow it (I
did it before, but with a new baby and teaching, I couldn't
do it still). I have also been asked to do a training for
new technology (we use Desire 2 Learn) so I'll be up to date.
Thirdly, I LOVE doing it, but last year we had to have 20
hrs of online office hours, and if I only have a few
students, that's not feasible. I will have to pay for
childcare this summer.
A friend says I should do it for resume experience. I am
bummed because I did think I'd have at least 10 students.
There's really no chance of the regular instructor quitting.
This is her life.
I'm starting to look for a different online teaching job,
but besides looking at all district websites, I don't know
how else to do it.
So, what should I do? Any advice? Is it worth taking for one
more summer for the experience?
You get paid based on enrollment, so if 41 students enroll,
there's a chance they'll give them all to the other teacher.
The real downside is I did A LOT of work last summer and I
was really looking forward to doing more this summer. And of
course, the money is nice as well.
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