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Katy Independent School District

Working for Katy Independent School District has been rewarding and impactful on my career as an educator. As a Guest Teacher for the district I am faced with several challenges in my duties. Mostly, my job consist of making sure I am aware of the layout of the schools that I provide instructions in. I must familiarize myself with specific routes within the facilities for cases such as emergencies like a fire or a weather related situation. Also, as a Guest Teacher I am required to learn a variety schedules such as lunch, recess, and classroom bell schedules. I must provide a safe and engaging atmosphere for the learners of KATY ISD. The culture of the district is what made me want to work for them because they include everyone in the learning process. They offer a wealth of information on their website and they train their Substitute Teachers annually as well as daily if need be. The KATY DIstrict is a district that everyone will feel welcome and part of a team that believes in helping students become real leaders in the 21st century and beyond. The teachers a very knowledgeable, helpful, and caring. The students are the best!!! They warm your heart with their spirit and can do attitudes.

A typical day at work involved taking care of every financial transaction required to make sure that this Junior High Campus had everything they needed to provide the best education experience possible for the children. There was never a dull moment, because my office was in the front office suite. I was a financial liaison between the campus principal and the district business office, purchasing office, PTA, grant offices, and the teaching department heads, which required excellent communication and organization skills. I love to organize and streamline processes, so this was the perfect job for me.  I loved the ongoing training that KISD provided. I felt like they always made sure we know what was required and that we had the skills, training and resources to do fulfill our job requirements. The district leadership was always pleasant and supportive. The benefits, work environment, and schedule were all great, but the compensation was not enough for a single mom raising two teenagers. Overall, I loved my job.

What is the best part of working at the company?
It's very challenging. You need to be able to learn everything everyday and commit yourself with a wonderful policy to attend kids and teenagers in different ways to share with them joy, fun, and hope. Katy ISD is our home and We take care of everyone in our team. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
You must to be a fast learner to achieve the goals everyday. Teamworking and permanent  commitment demand your best. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Excellence in education and daily success.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Since you arrive at school in the morning, you must review your daily assignment in detail, follow the schedule and ensure that students carry out their activities in each period of time.  Every 45 minutes you must check that the objectives are being met according to the Teacher's plan.

Katy ISD is an excellent school district in Katy, Texas. The most enjoyable part of my work day is being with the students and teaching them new skills that they will need as they advance in their education. We are in an "on call," situation where my assistant and I eat lunch here in the library to be of assistance to the staff and students.
There are a huge amount of monotonous tasks that need to be done every day and also a lot of challenges as we are a very diverse campus. So, my day can range from being the same every day to just holding on throughout the day as we put out different fires such as computers not coming on to a special needs child that does not understand the most basic of directions.

This past school year in King Elementary's Y-CAP classroom, it felt as though administration was on an entirely different page and team from us. When working at that school, especially in the SPED department, there seemed to be little communication alongside much miscommunication and a lack thereof, and I was eventually forced to resign over complaints that had virtually nothing to do with the students in my care. I feel there were far too many inconsistencies with the way they enforced their policies, alongside seeming overt favoritism that I had never seen until I arrived at this district.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Some great colleagues and precious students.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Witnessing general classroom teachers being beaten up by SPED and NON-SPED students with, at times, minimal response from the district.  The Behavior Interventionist assigned to my campus stopped showing up after February.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
This depends on individual schools and their administrators.  Some very positive, Some very toxic.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
7:15 A.M.-3:45.  30 minutes off; constant documentation and trouble shooting.

A typical day at work is going in at 8:30 which is good because I'm able to see my kids off to school. My wonderful co-worker and I set up our classroom with fun activities for the kids to do once they show up. We have 3 different sets of kids that we watch for about an hour and half with breaks in between. The hardest part of the job might be when the kids are trying to get use to the new environment because a lot of them haven't been away from there parents and the ages range from 18 months to 4 yrs. But the best part of the whole thing is that you create a bond with the kids and you just get to have so much fun playing and doing different activites that you and the kids would like to do.

The only good thing are the students, because despite the caseloads being in numbers impossible to service and the behavior students being too many, students are always worth teaching. That and a hands full of amazing teachers who invariably leave the school after one or two years of teaching.
Some admin is knowledgeable and personable, but principal micromanages and the culture of the school is very toxic and prone to shaming and blaming. Excessive requirements and situations that go beyond what one can cope with. Poor leadership that leads from fear and no transparency. Overworked staff with no recognition. 

Day to day subbing at secondary schools is very pleasant. They are grateful that you are there and the staff will do all they can to help you out. They back you up when there is a behavioral problem and the student population usually respects "guest teachers". Regular classroom teachers do their best to make sure their lesson plans are clear and easy to follow.

However, if you are employed as a long-term sub, there can be quite a bit of chaos. It is a hugely bureaucratic system and getting access to the necessary things in Canvas can take a long time. It can be very frustrating.

As a non-educator, there really ins't a career path for you. This is my first role in an independent school district, obviously tax payer funded, which has it's own intricacies, being ultimately controlled by a board of publicly elected officials (crazy politics). All the people I work with do seem to have the best interest of kids and teachers at heart, but sadly the crazy politics around school boards plays into that at the moment. Some I work with have been around so long, there is a big culture of 'we've done that before' etc etc, so not a lot of opportunity to share new ideas.

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