I’ve been obsessed with patterns lately; I think the weather has gone to my head. It’s been nice just doodling in front of the telly watching mindless series of Eastenders and Made in Chelsea.
Anyway, You’ll be glad to know that I’ll be finishing my CELTA course next week- woohooo! (No more whining and moaning!) I’ll be looking for teaching jobs in Hong Kong over the Christmas period, which is rather exciting and freaking scary.
Stick around for more updates folks!
Today I had a little bit of time to design a new logo for my Facebook Fan Page. Pretty chuffed with how it looks.
I’ve been thinking about what I want to do and it’s sort of scary. I figured I can always continue with illustration on the side and work full-time or part-time to support myself (which totally makes sense). Now my problem is that although I have three years experience working in a SEN related role (autism) but the pay for these jobs are so low it’s a joke. I have seen job advertisements for SEN and TA roles starting at £50 to £60 per day. I’m not being picky but I know how much hard work you have to put into it especially if you’re working one to one with a student. Even if you’re a HLTA (higher level teaching assistant) you’re still looking around £22,0000 per year- quite frankly if you’re living in London it’s definitely not enough money. It’s a very rewarding job but the pay, for me, doesn’t justify how much of your time you have to put into it. I hope like I don’t sound like a mad money woman!!
Having spoken to a couple of people on Twitter and Facebook it’s enlightened me a lot more in that this is the career route I definitely want to take. Anyway, I’ve been toying with the idea of being a lecturer for an FE college or in the HE sector. I think need to knuckle down now and start looking into it; I’m getting to that stage in life where I’m panicking about jobs, money etc!!
I might be having a quarter life crisis!!! X
I recently did six illustrations for Commas and Colons- issue 2 called ‘Achoo’. The article was a series of short poems by Sarah Logan.
