Last year an announcement was made that Coquitlam School
District had severely messed up its budget. A huge number of teachers were laid
off and by the end of this summer about two hundred of them hadn’t been
re-hired. That means that about 200 people (maybe more) are ahead of me on the
call-out list. So, as much as I LOVE Coquitlam,
I felt that it was time for me to try applying to other districts (I can
barely afford to live in the city being on-call….especially if my calls go down
by a huge amount). I started applying to districts all over the place.
This brings me to Zeballos. I applied to the Vancouver
Island West School District because I had gone to elementary school in Gold
River (the biggest village in the district) and because I still had family
there. I was also interested in learning more about First Nations Education and
experiential education (both of which are exploding in popularity all over the
province). I applied for an on-call position and was called for an interview for
a FULL TIME (woohoo) position the next week in Zeballos! The interview was the
last Friday before school started… I was extremely nervous because I knew that
they had to hire someone THAT DAY! As much as I really wanted a job, I didn’t
know if I was ready to jump in!
I didn’t even know how to get to Zeballos. All I knew was
that you needed to drive for a long time after the ferry, and you needed to
take a dirt road to get there. Lucky for me, my Nana and Papa offered to drive
me! We made a day trip out of my interview day! My nana even brought her
friend along!
Neat tidbits: On the drive there I saw an elk, an eagle, and
a grouse! I thought, “I could get used to this”….that was until I got to the
tiny village and it was POURING rain! Pictures below…
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