I've never had a job where I get this much time off work. It's crazy!
I even earned 2 flex days by going to this mandatory waste of time training a while back. I haven't taken a day off yet, there's no need. I got so much time off and I'm about to get about two and a half months off!
This job is really pretty good! My mentors tell me the first three years is the hardest while you get things figured out. I think I've got a good handle on it now, I try to keep my classes relaxed and student driven with my direction. That's the goal next year!
I need between 12-15 Anycubic Photon Mono M5s Pro printers, PCs to design on, a couple of large wash stations, and we are rolling! I want to add a lost casting system to the advanced program and I want to make it for juniors and seniors only so they can make their own class rings and such if their family doesn't have the money for it.
Then...well I can't imagine another high school doing that. I'm the first to tell people I got no clue how to teach BUT I am really good at making a living and relaying those skill to the students. I am dead set on teaching them how to take these very simple skills, add in some creativity, and how that translates into earning extra money for themselves and something that can be scaled to making a full scale living for their family.
Outside of Vo-Tech courses, show me one that can do that in the public school system...
I have a program that can legitimately support itself and contribute financially to other programs in the school when it's fully implemented. No one likes the stupid chocolate fundraisers with unmotivated kids, parents that bring it to work, and all of that for less than 50% of what you sell. Forget that. I can do better and this summer I'm going to get this program built.
I'm going to clean out the whole room, streamline it, organize it, and this program is going to soar next year!
