What r your plans after closing?

[adaycarelady]

Just wondering how many of you are closing due to bill 10 (or whatever other reason) and what your plans are afterwards?

[Lee-Bee]

I will go back to teaching (was on supply list prior to having my daughter, now 2yrs old). But don't plan to return until she is in school full time. Hoping by then the teaching field is a but better, as in, some permanent positions and hopes of a classroom of my own! Doubtful. Bill 10 no longer affects me (in regards to the ratios etc) as I dropped my Dck numbers drastically in the fall.

[bright sparks]

Not closing due to bill 10 as I was always planning to go and do my degree and applied prior to the bill even coming up and I deferred until this September. Double majoring in Psychology and Sexuality Studies. That's going to be me for the next 6 years of my life so watch this space ;-)

[Fun&care]

Closing in part because of Bill 10 but also just because it makes sense for me at this stage in my life. Both kids are off to school in September so I'm closing end of June taking the summer off to spend with my kids and also job search, hoping to be employed by late August/September. I have no post secondary education so the options are wide open. But I've been quite good at landing good jobs in the past so I am very confident! I am hoping to find something part time too. Well see what's out there!

[5 Little Monkeys]

I wish you all the best in your new adventures!! I am unaffected by the bill (in another province) but I opened my hdc with the intent to run it as a life long career so I really hope something like this bill doesn't ever affect me in MB. (We already have similar rules to bill 10) It's sorta put the seed in my head and I do think I should start to think of a backup plan in case I ever do need to close!!

LeeBee...sounds like you have a great back up plan ready to go!
Bright...what are you planning on doing with your degree when you are finished?
Fun&Care...enjoy your summer and good luck with the job search!

[bright sparks]

I wish you all the best in your new adventures!! I am unaffected by the bill (in another province) but I opened my hdc with the intent to run it as a life long career so I really hope something like this bill doesn't ever affect me in MB. (We already have similar rules to bill 10) It's sorta put the seed in my head and I do think I should start to think of a backup plan in case I ever do need to close!!

LeeBee...sounds like you have a great back up plan ready to go!
Bright...what are you planning on doing with your degree when you are finished?
Fun&Care...enjoy your summer and good luck with the job search!

In my dreams I'd love to get my masters in Sexology in San Francisco....given that my husband can work anywhere in the world for his company and our kids are older, we could probably make it work on a temporary basis living out there. There are so many possibilities with these degree choices....I wouldn't mind incorporating both into private practice, offering psychotherapy and/or sex therapy half and half to make up full time hours. Also I would love to advocate for adolescents within the LGBTQ community more specifically Trans. I also love to research, so maybe I'll end up clinging to a coffee mug for long days in a small room lined with books and the internet for a time...that kinda sounds like my happy place ;-) Who knows, so many more possibilities out there that I'm sure I don't even know exist too. I sign up for my classes next Friday and I am absolutely terrified!!!!

[5 Little Monkeys]

That sounds great!! I like the sounds of your happy place too

Good luck with it all next Friday...you will do great!

[AmandaKDT]

Not sure yet what I am going to do, but we got our daughters into the daycare center attached to their school, so the first step is complete!

The obvious choice for me would be to go back to teaching, but I don't know yet. I think my ideal would be to get a part time teaching position (which I have had before) and then supplement that with subbing or some other kind of work so that my outside of school hours work load isn't too crazy - I really want to have family time.

I am happy for you BrightSparks, but don't envy your 6 years of university - been there, done that! It was a long haul and I was soooo happy to graduate and be done with sitting listening to lectures and writing essays. So whatever I do likely will NOT envolve going back to school! Lol

[bright sparks]

I am happy for you BrightSparks, but don't envy your 6 years of university - been there, done that! It was a long haul and I was soooo happy to graduate and be done with sitting listening to lectures and writing essays. So whatever I do likely will NOT envolve going back to school! Lol

LOL I am one of those crazy people who loves writing essays and research. I love to learn. I'm also going to a university campus with a very unique set up. My largest lecture in 1st and 2nd year would only be 300 people and in 3rd year I can expect to have less than 10 people in most of my major classes. I am happy enough, maybe foolishly and naively to be in school for 6 years from a learning perspective. I am however terrified at the financial aspect of things given that I have 2 teenagers who are by far more expensive than little kids and funnily enough, although not haha at all, my husbands new job position saw him lose some of his financial benefits today, effective Monday, so now it looks like I may be in this game a little bit longer and go part time on Fridays for the first semester or so, so I can save up some money for expenses...I do not qualify for any student loans or scholarships which is a frightening reality, nothing that I didn't already know, but sitting here thinking about it has me in a panic that's for sure. These are the kind of things I'm terrified of. Going to school, meeting new people and learning is long overdue for me.

[adaycarelady]

Sounds like you all have some good plans! I'm hoping to close at the end of this school year or by the fall....just need to figure out what to do next. I'm already dreading the summer so am really hoping I can close at the end of the school year. I'm just getting really depressed from feeling like a prisoner in my own house and it's getting harder and harder to get through the day and out of bed in the morning. It's sure time to move on!