Excited and hopeful!

I had my grad school interview yesterday with DU (University of Denver) for the MLIS program. This is the Master's of Library & Information Sciences. I'm thinking of going for my School Library Media or Archives & Records Management. Either one, plus my teaching degree, will be a great asset to when I get a teaching job. I THINK I did alright...there were about 50-60 of us who were there interviewing, but we were told that, "You're the top of the applicants and this is basically who's coming into the college next fall." Hmmmm...I think that's promising! I should hear back from the interview committee by the first of April. Until then, I'll be on pins & needles! :)

And...

I have 2 job interviews next week!

One is internally w/ the company I work for and it'd be doing curriculum development. Still working from home, but about 40 hrs/week, plus benefits, etc. That'd be good, still working from home and being in the educational aspect instead of solely on the customer service end. The only part I'm not sure about is that I don't know HTML that well and that's what the majority of the curriculum is developed in/with. It'd be interesting, working from home full time instead of just part time. But no commuting or worrying about crappy weather!

The other interview is in Commerce City (about 25 mins away) and is for the 1st charter school for the Adams-14 School District. I'd spoken w/ the principal in January but they were, at the time, looking for someone to start work - oh - yesterday! I saw they re-posted their ad for 2007-08 teachers so I re-submitted my info and talked to the principal for a good 30 minutes! It'd be teaching either 6th, 7th, or 8th grade (probably 7th), some "across the board" classes like reading & math (eek!) but they operate on the Core Knowledge Foundation teachings so I'd be helped w/ lesson plans & such.

The only down side to either job is the inevitable - daycare. I'm not going to put Jaina in a "baby farm" like Kinder Care or the like (as Kevin calls them) because I wouldn't feel she'd get the attention she needs. But I've got a few prospects for what to do with her...I'm just going to play everything by ear and see what happens.