Orientation

I'm back in New Hampshire. I've begun to feel a little more like working here is home. It's become so familiar to me, and the people I work with are more family even though we might not know each other for very long. Many of my friends that started with me have moved on. I feel that the average stay of those who return year after year is 3 to 4 seasons. I feel like I'm fast approaching my expiration date... which I am because I'll be moving on to grad school next. 

As with every start to the season, it's always someones first season. The company that I work for has a very high rate of return in comparison to other seasonal employment sites. This season there are two new people to the company and a few people from other sites. The first week is dedicated to orientation/ training. For people to remind themselves of tricks and for them to maybe learn a new class to teach from another person or generally just meet and get to bond as a staff. This is very important because we work so closely with one another. 

I was 3 days late to my own orientation. I missed a few key meetings and so when the kids arrived a few days later I was more or less trained trial-by-fire style. Normally newbies have a week where they shadow a field group or classes, giving them more information and a longer time to process. Which is good. Orientation is also great for me because I get to learn a few more classes the easiest way: by watching someone else teach it!