On Monday I start another college course, a certificate in Education and Training.  For those not with modern qualifications (like me) a certificate is more than an A level but not a degree 😀
You might wonder, why? After all in the last 12 months I’ve been made redundant, got a qualification in Sewing,  a qualification in Teaching and set up a business.  And however passionate you are setting up a business is a full time job!
Well it’s like this: last week I had 2 new starters in Kids Sewing Club and 2 existing members.  To balance the needs of my more advanced whilst ensuring the newbies had a fun and rewarding first lesson, that’s not easy.  To be able to split my attention between 4 kids and 2 activities that’s hard (even after all the practice with my two small children).
So first of all hats off to EVERY teacher who manages this feat with up to 30 kids at a time!  You see I get all the breaks, I get well mannered children, who want to learn.  I get parents in the room, for toilet breaks and when they get hyper.  I currently only run 3 one hour sessions a week.  And it’s still daunting.  So it’s back to college to pick up as much as I can, to learn to be a better teacher.
And why is it important to me? Because in two weeks an 8 and 10 year old, who had never touched sewing machines, produced these.  And absolutely talked their dad’s ears off about what they’d done.  That’s worth the effort every day 💕