@Lash,
Helllllllllllllllppp...
Everyone, but especially littlek. And Lash too.
OK, so the job was posted in an apparently hurried fashion. A new posting, and school starts very soon. The posting was one sentence long and included the phrase "4 hours." (That's it, "4 hours," not "4 hours/ week" or "4 hours/ day.") Since standard job postingese is to say what the hours are per week (20, 40, etc.) I thought it was 4 hours a week. That sounded good, a nice way to dip my toe back in and make a little money.
The job itself was ambiguous but had to do with teaching Deaf kids. No hearing required. Coolness.
Well. It's really four hours/ DAY -- 20 hours/week. It's not so close (nor impossibly far -- about half an hour, for an hour of driving/ day). It would be doing something very close to what littlek has been doing, I think. One-on-one with a Deaf girl (and I think I know who) who has, and here I quote, "difficulties with appropriate interactions with other students. Compliance with directions is also an issue at times." So, shadowing her in a classroom setting.
The pay would be niiiiiice but we just recently started to be fairly comfortable financially. More money would of course be helpful, but we're not feeling a desperate lack either (which is new). So it'd be more about the intrinsic benefits of the job and where it would lead.
I'm overqualified for the position. (There wasn't even a slot for me to put my M.Ed in on the application.) I wouldn't necessarily need this to shunt me into teaching jobs if that's the way I want to go. I have a master's degree and have been very active in the Deaf community here and count several teachers at the state school for the Deaf as my friends.
And I'm not even sure if teaching is where I want to go. I was recently basically offered the CEO position for an organization that is currently volunteer-run but is in the process of becoming a non-profit and has a solid base for growth. ("Basically" = a few years down the line, if I want it, if the organization has grown as expected, and if the person who offered is still in a position to offer.)
I'm leaning towards "no," but I'm not sure and would welcome input.