Today is finally the day! I am excited to say that I will be working at West Iredell High School in the Fall. There have been many emotions and lots of paperwork involved in this new challenge!
I interviewed for this position 3 weeks ago.....it was a great interview with one of my high school teachers that is now the AP and any EC teacher...loved them both and we talked the whole time about who is still at West and who is new and how the school has grown....it was a nice long conversation and I left thinking it would be nice to be here but I have got to keep in mind if I am not meant to be then I have to start embracing East. I decided to let it go and not worry and waste my time with the kids thinking about work. A week went by and I hadn't heard anything....last Monday morning I got a call from the AP at West and he said he thinks its a "good fit" and offered me the job!
I accepted and was excited but still nervous for the process to actually be over...he called the next day and said HR had approved and that I should hear something from them soon. I wanted to share this secret right away but was still a little apprehensive....By this past Monday morning I couldn't take it anymore and called HR myself....I knew the girl on the other end of the line....we grew up together....so it was good to talk to someone who knows me.....she said everything had come through but that I had to collect all this paperwork and finish the new hire papers....I totally forgot how much you have to do to get a job....I was on the phone with MCC, CVCC and UNCC trying to collect transcripts and then there was still more that was in my desk at SP that I needed to send to her....I felt like that "old" person dealing with college problems....On CVCC's website it said if you haven't attended since 2005 you are not in the system AKA OLD! I have finally, today, gotten all the paperwork to ISS so I am hoping that completes the process!
I am sad that I will not be with some of my old students at East and I am sad that everyone was so welcoming to me when I found out but this is the "right fit" for me and my family. And then there has been the challenge of "what about Bryson"...he has been at Stony Point and I didn't want him to be the kid that moved but in the end this is the best place for us all....we live 3 miles from West, Brooks and I graduated from West (started dating there), Brooks coaches soccer at West, Bryson would've gone to West by middle school anyways, Britan is starting preschool in the fall and her preschool is on the same main road (about 4 miles) from West, I know that one day I want to move up and this is a chance to expand my experience and may be even the push I need to go back to school.....there are lots of positives with this move. East would have been a much further drive and a lot further away from Britan,
I spoke with the principal at Scotts yesterday (another high school teacher Brooks and I both had, that grew up with my mom) (do you notice all the people that I have reconnected with through this process) she was very excited to have Bryson...we talked about class placement and how he can ride the bus to West with the other teacher's kids that work at West. I am still sad that I will not be with Bryson, but either place I went that was going to be the case. I know that my friends at SP would have taken amazing care of him....but I am confident that Scotts will be a good "new fit" for him. And honestly he isn't worried at all about me not being there...way more accepting than I expected AND 1/2 the soccer team is at Scotts along with cousins and old t-ball friends so he already has many connections!
Thank you to everyone that has prayed for me...I truly believe there was a BIGGER reason that I was moved and it only pushed me to find something to be excited and happy about! I am eager for the new challenge and a little terrified to be "going back" to high school...BUT at least its a high school that I am pretty familiar with ;)
Thanks again for reading, listening to my life stories and the never ending support that has been shown!
A special thanks to those friends that have checked on me OFTEN, made some phone calls for me, been AMAZING references.....YOU know who YOU are!!
Much love and a little SUNSHINE, Alysha
