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slayersyrena about this and enjoyed it so much that I might as well gripe about it here.
When I started my current job two years ago, I had to go through a whole mountain of paperwork, because I was suddenly a teacher without actually being one, and I needed to get a provisional certification to be legal and not just a warm body with a Bachelor's Degree and no criminal record. I also had to promptly enroll in a program to get that certificate, which had to be a distance program since I am in Barrow, Alaska.
I did all that.
And the program I enrolled in just about drove me up the wall. Sooo much paperwork drama and hassle without actually being there in person to fix anything. There was much frustration and gnashing of teeth.
Then, the lady in charge of paperwork here put in her two weeks notice. A week later, she was fired and sent out with no one trained to take her place or anyone knowing what was going on. Shortly after, some wide-eyed little office person informs me that all that paperwork I filled out a year ago has vanished from the face of the earth and not only does the state department not have any legal reason to keep me employed, but maybe they never did....
SOOOOOO, I run around all crazy, fill out all the paperwork again, go get fingerprinted again, request all my college transcripts again (there's three of them), pay to get a copy of my Praxis scores again, get my proof of enrollment again, and then get the whole mess notarized, and include a money order (they won't take anything but!) for $191 for the certification fee. I mail it off with a sigh of relief and go back to work.
A week later, it's back on my desk. There was a form that wasn't included. Which one? Who knows, but after a minor email volley we found the one that was missing. I filled it out, got it signed, stuffed it back in, and sent it out again. Surely, I thought, I have finally done everything they wanted me too.
A bit later, I finally had enough of crazy program shenanigans and left it to woo some enrollment in another certification program. Hopefully, a sane and/or competent one.
Two weeks ago, a CO employee came scuttling into the classroom, all bug-eyed and borderline accusatory, telling me that the state had never received the packet and was I sure I had mailed it? Of course I was! I had the receipt from the post office and the notary, and for the money order! I waved it at her, borderline maniacally. But for naught.
I have to do it all AGAIN. So I did. I filled out the paperwork, got new fingerprints, got new transcripts, the works. The only thing I don't have is proof of enrollment from the new program because they need copies of my transcripts too. Since I had just recently sent a new set to CO, naive fool that I am, I request them back. It takes FOUR DIFFERENT EMAIL EXCHANGES for those people to finally TELL ME that they can't give me my new transcripts to send to the program, and I can't even have them to send to the state with the packet as originally intended, BECAUSE, and this is the part that paralyzed all my facial muscles for a few minutes, THEY OPENED THEM.
Transcripts are only official if they're still sealed! The state will only accept official transcripts! Just like they'll only accept money orders! WWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYY???
But I like my job. So I'll do it. It'll just take longer than I thought. Grarrr!
slayersyrena about this and enjoyed it so much that I might as well gripe about it here. When I started my current job two years ago, I had to go through a whole mountain of paperwork, because I was suddenly a teacher without actually being one, and I needed to get a provisional certification to be legal and not just a warm body with a Bachelor's Degree and no criminal record. I also had to promptly enroll in a program to get that certificate, which had to be a distance program since I am in Barrow, Alaska.
I did all that.
And the program I enrolled in just about drove me up the wall. Sooo much paperwork drama and hassle without actually being there in person to fix anything. There was much frustration and gnashing of teeth.
Then, the lady in charge of paperwork here put in her two weeks notice. A week later, she was fired and sent out with no one trained to take her place or anyone knowing what was going on. Shortly after, some wide-eyed little office person informs me that all that paperwork I filled out a year ago has vanished from the face of the earth and not only does the state department not have any legal reason to keep me employed, but maybe they never did....
SOOOOOO, I run around all crazy, fill out all the paperwork again, go get fingerprinted again, request all my college transcripts again (there's three of them), pay to get a copy of my Praxis scores again, get my proof of enrollment again, and then get the whole mess notarized, and include a money order (they won't take anything but!) for $191 for the certification fee. I mail it off with a sigh of relief and go back to work.
A week later, it's back on my desk. There was a form that wasn't included. Which one? Who knows, but after a minor email volley we found the one that was missing. I filled it out, got it signed, stuffed it back in, and sent it out again. Surely, I thought, I have finally done everything they wanted me too.
A bit later, I finally had enough of crazy program shenanigans and left it to woo some enrollment in another certification program. Hopefully, a sane and/or competent one.
Two weeks ago, a CO employee came scuttling into the classroom, all bug-eyed and borderline accusatory, telling me that the state had never received the packet and was I sure I had mailed it? Of course I was! I had the receipt from the post office and the notary, and for the money order! I waved it at her, borderline maniacally. But for naught.
I have to do it all AGAIN. So I did. I filled out the paperwork, got new fingerprints, got new transcripts, the works. The only thing I don't have is proof of enrollment from the new program because they need copies of my transcripts too. Since I had just recently sent a new set to CO, naive fool that I am, I request them back. It takes FOUR DIFFERENT EMAIL EXCHANGES for those people to finally TELL ME that they can't give me my new transcripts to send to the program, and I can't even have them to send to the state with the packet as originally intended, BECAUSE, and this is the part that paralyzed all my facial muscles for a few minutes, THEY OPENED THEM.
Transcripts are only official if they're still sealed! The state will only accept official transcripts! Just like they'll only accept money orders! WWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYY???
But I like my job. So I'll do it. It'll just take longer than I thought. Grarrr!
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