I got a text last week from the Executive Director of my school, asking me if I’d be willing to trade work for comp. time (the admin team and office staff were off last week). I said sure and he gave me a call. I helped him add some data to our SpEd database (he needed additional permissions) and explained how adding that data would create transactions that needed to be uploaded to the state database. He then sent me a couple of emails that our SpEd Director had sent him. The district had sent the SpEd director instructions on how to compare two reports to look for discrepancies. She told our Exec. Dir. that nobody had told her how to do this and she hadn’t been trained on it (her usual refrain). I found that hilarious, because the district included step-by-step instructions. I was asked if I could generate the comparison report and I said no problem. In exchange, I get a day of PTO. Fifteen minutes later, I’ve completed the report and investigated the first two discrepancies as a check on my work. I had some lunch, did some chores, then sent the report to the SpEd director and Exec. A couple of days later, I get an email from our Dir. of Business Operations asking to meet next week to discuss a reimbursement report that she needs to generate. This is, again, something the SpEd director should be doing. It looks like I’m in for more PTO.
And just like that, half a year is gone. It’s unfair that time seems to move quicker the older you get.
Ayup.
Winning.
I love the smell of liberal heads exploding in the morning.
Happy Monday, Gerbil Nation!
Good morning, Sven!
Flame-throwing kittehs? No thanks!
I got a text last week from the Executive Director of my school, asking me if I’d be willing to trade work for comp. time (the admin team and office staff were off last week). I said sure and he gave me a call. I helped him add some data to our SpEd database (he needed additional permissions) and explained how adding that data would create transactions that needed to be uploaded to the state database. He then sent me a couple of emails that our SpEd Director had sent him. The district had sent the SpEd director instructions on how to compare two reports to look for discrepancies. She told our Exec. Dir. that nobody had told her how to do this and she hadn’t been trained on it (her usual refrain). I found that hilarious, because the district included step-by-step instructions. I was asked if I could generate the comparison report and I said no problem. In exchange, I get a day of PTO. Fifteen minutes later, I’ve completed the report and investigated the first two discrepancies as a check on my work. I had some lunch, did some chores, then sent the report to the SpEd director and Exec. A couple of days later, I get an email from our Dir. of Business Operations asking to meet next week to discuss a reimbursement report that she needs to generate. This is, again, something the SpEd director should be doing. It looks like I’m in for more PTO.
Glad that you are getting some benefits for doing work that others should be doing.