Seriously I very much enjoy my job! Through an temp agency, I have been placed in a wonderful company.
My main tasks center around being a secretary, which is not too demanding but keeps me busy. The great things about my job are that I am get to stay up to date on educational issues and I have had time to learn the new NVivo program. Through work I have found many educational issue blogs that offer a wealth of information about the common core project, research to identify bullies, congress's action to make for profit colleges more accountable for placing their graduates so they can pay for their degree (a very good thing), Secretary Duncan's attempt to learn student's perspective on education as well as the competition for race to the top funding. If you haven't read up on them, I say do it!
This stuff is fascinating and soo far reaching. These choices impact education for millions of people. During our commute home, my loving husband listens to me ramble on about what I learned that day, when I have time to read up on things that is. I have been debating posts about these kinds of issues, so you will probably see some.
I also get to take time to learn the new features of NVivo - a wonderful program that has countless applications but most often used in qualitative research. The new edition includes the ability to code pictures and videos as well as increased usability for survey research. All of which are far different then going through word documents to look for themes. It has taken many tutorials to learn some new features, but well worth it. I have also been able to give a little input on using this program because it's relatively new to people in this company.
Sadly, the person's who place I took is coming back from leave. Sad because she went through something just horrible. She is taking some time to recover a little and then she'll be back. I'm hoping to find a permanent place here but noting is set in stone yet. I'll keep you updated on how things progress.
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