omg im so scared

Fotophreak4c · March 2010

I just went to my orientation for my tutoring job that starts today. She told me when I interviewed that I will have 2nd grade and have about 10 kids. Well, this morning she told me I am teaching 1st-5th and I have like 50 kids, AND i am the ONLY one tutoring!!!!! She told me to put them in groups and work with each group for an hour at a time. She gave me all their books and they are all on different levels. How am I supposed to teach this?! I am going to group them by grade levels and try to work with them that way. She said she is working on hiring others to help and then my load will go back down. I feel like they lied to me to get me to work there and now they are dropping all this on me. Also, I work at the boys and girls club and she said alot of the kids are VERY defiant and if I have a problem let her know. I am SOOOOO NERVOUS!!! I have to go at 2:30-5:45 today. I am sooo freaking out.

Karen2905 · March 2010

Wait, I thought this was a tutoring center? Shouldn't they be scheduling and grouping for you?

juangela · March 2010

Wow. Well...first of all, breathe! You'll feel better.

Then...could you pair some of the older kids with the younger ones?

I would go in today with an "I'm going to assess this situation" attitude. You just need to survive this week, then you can go in next week with some experience/understanding and a plan in place.

Fotophreak4c · March 2010

Karen2905:
Wait, I thought this was a tutoring center? Shouldn't they be scheduling and grouping for you?

It is and that's where I thought I was going to be until I was interviewed. They told me I was going to be working with the boys and girls club about 30 min from my house and I was going to have a small group of 2nd graders that I tutored everyday. Now, its every grade and theres tons of kids!! I got a complete game plan ready for today and wrote down everything, I am going to go over rules, do a get to know you thing, etc.

I am going to tell them that I am pulling groups based on their grade level for an hour at a time, and the people at the boys and girls club can handle the rest till I come for them. That way, I wont have so many at once. I hope I survive...

Fotophreak4c · March 2010

she also said she is trying to hire 3 more and that will take a ton of kids off my hands. I wish she would have hired us all together, or waited for me to start when she was ready for everyone, that way I am not the only one working with all these kids!!!

Karen2905 · March 2010

Fotophreak4c:
she also said she is trying to hire 3 more and that will take a ton of kids off my hands. I wish she would have hired us all together, or waited for me to start when she was ready for everyone, that way I am not the only one working with all these kids!!!

Look, I know a job is a good thing to have, but they have gone and changed the job you interviewed in such a way that I think you would be justified in just plain quitting and keeping the job search. Frankly, I would outright refuse to work with that many more kids if that is not what was agreed upon. Some of the additional kids? Sure. All of them? Absolutely not. And as you were lied to in your interview, I would be leary of any promises they make as to any additional help you will receive.

But you have to do what is right for your situation. 50 kids is perfectly doable, since they'll be in smaller groups, it just requires a lot of planning and organization. Work to group them by similar ability levels.

amyngreg · March 2010

Karen2905:
Fotophreak4c:
she also said she is trying to hire 3 more and that will take a ton of kids off my hands. I wish she would have hired us all together, or waited for me to start when she was ready for everyone, that way I am not the only one working with all these kids!!!
Look, I know a job is a good thing to have, but they have gone and changed the job you interviewed in such a way that I think you would be justified in just plain quitting and keeping the job search.
... I would be leary of any promises they make as to any additional help you will receive.

Ditto. I'd be pissed. That is SO shady, they outright lied to you. If their plan was for you to do everything until they hired 3 more people, they should have been upfront about that in the interview. I would ask for a temporary raise for the extra work you are doing (until they hire more tutors). You were hired for 10 students, and when you get there, you find out you are responsible for five times that. That is crazy!

dvshaw · March 2010

I think all the pp's said it well. Definitely see what it's like this week and see if this is something you can handle on your own... assume they won't hire anyone, just as a worst case scenario thing.

kelliejo83 · March 2010

Fotophreak4c:
she also said she is trying to hire 3 more and that will take a ton of kids off my hands. I wish she would have hired us all together, or waited for me to start when she was ready for everyone, that way I am not the only one working with all these kids!!!

My guess is that they tried to hire you all together, which is why she gave you such a low kid-count.

Fotophreak4c · March 2010

Well, I did it! I have a huge stress headache and I am so tired. It really wasnt too bad though.. I took the kids in groups. The kids came in and were CRAZY, but I took them outside and had to lay into them, make them come back in the way I expect, and went over all the rules. Some of them gave me attitude but by the end of the session all the kids were extremely respectful and kind. I hope that it stays that way! I am starting to learn that once you gain respect from the kids, and they WILL push you, they can actually be some of the sweetest kids. I still have no idea what I am gonna do tomorrow but I dont go in till 2. I am going to plan out my day in the morning and hope it goes well!

dvshaw · March 2010

I'm so happy you made it through and you have a good outlook! At least it's a learning experience, right?

Fotophreak4c · March 2010

yeah, maybe it will help me with my classroom discipline. I always worry that I am not good at it, this will def. give me practice lol

chance_encounters · March 2010

Wow! That is nuts. My daughters class has 32 kids and 1 teacher....that is organized chaos. I can't imagine 50!!!

chance_encounters · March 2010

Karen2905:

Look, I know a job is a good thing to have, but they have gone and changed the job you interviewed in such a way that I think you would be justified in just plain quitting and keeping the job search. Frankly, I would outright refuse to work with that many more kids if that is not what was agreed upon. Some of the additional kids? Sure. All of them? Absolutely not. And as you were lied to in your interview, I would be leary of any promises they make as to any additional help you will receive.

But you have to do what is right for your situation. 50 kids is perfectly doable, since they'll be in smaller groups, it just requires a lot of planning and organization. Work to group them by similar ability levels.

DITTO! What happened to the other jobs you interviewed for?

Fotophreak4c · March 2010

I didnt get the teacher job and the other tutoring job was for the same time frames as this tutoring job, so I took this one. I wonder if that was a mistake!! This one paid 2 more dollars an hr...

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