I am hoping for a bit of advice. I sent my CV to a local secondary school asking to volunteer in an admin role. I had an interview and was offered volunteer work, then paid work in September. Today was my first day and instead of being in the school office or doing any admin work, they have me training to be a cover supervisor. This means standing in front of a class of kids, covering lessons for teachers who are absent.
While I am grateful to get a foot in the door of a school, I really feel that this is not a role I want to continue to work in. I am very shy, and get extremely nervous standing up there in front of everyone. I feel very uncomfortable and can’t imagine how I’ll ever be good at this. On top of that, I will be doing no admin work. I will never get to learn the admin systems and processes they use in schools.
The other problem is that cover is all about stepping in when the teacher is away so I will be working a day here and there and I really wanted to have a regular income in September when my DC starts school.
I feel like I need to tell them that my skills are better suited elsewhere, but I really don’t want to mess up before I’ve even started. Im considering sending a carefully worded email, asking if there is another role for me. Do you think this would be the best course of action? Im aware that jobs in schools are like gold dust. I also feel a bit of a failure, not having the guts to stand up there in front of the class and get on with it, but if I could think of the worse role in a school for me then this would be it! Help!
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Volunteering in a School, Role not what I hoped, Advice needed
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NFW · 24/06/2014 20:28
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