Tutoring is my second career. I fell into quite by accident. I left my job of 27 years directing a Christian preschool and just assumed the Lord was leading me in the direction of classroom teaching in the public school system. After several months of emailing resumes for every available position in elementary ed, I began subbing in a Christian daycare. There was a hiring freeze on subs in the public school system, so I took what was available just to keep my background clearance current.
There was a 3 year old who was non-verbal and had just been diagnosed on the autism spectrum. I went to the local school supply store to look for a special pair of scissors. After talking to the store owner, who I'd know for many years, another shopper approached me and explained she had overheard our conversation, was the Education Director for a non-profit tutoring center, and would like to receive my resume. She gave me her card and I went home to consider my options. The funny thing was I had driven past the store while doing my errands and almost didn't turn around to go back; the office of the tutoring center was 30 miles away-the Education Director just happened to be in the area dropping off materials to one of the tutors.
I had the weekend to think and pray about it-Sunday night, I emailed my resume. The Education Director came back into town for what I expected to be an interview. Instead, it was a training which ended in my receiving information packets for my 1st two students!
more to come later......
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