What is it like to go from part time to full time at Fiesta
What is it like to work for Fiesta?
Working for Fiesta is amazing. The team are so dedicated to getting the best out of the children but also the other staff they push each other on. The children are great to work with the see that you are passionate about teaching the sport and they then want to learn as well they listen to what you have to say and want to do it. Then it comes to camps days full of fun games and challenges these games and challenges depend on what camp you have signed up for we have camps such as; football camps, multi sports, nerf fun, adventure camps, racket camp even mini Olympics. We deliver camps that will suit anyone and work for all ages.
How did you feel when you first started?
When I first started I was nervous but also I was excited. Coaching sport is something I have always been passionate about and something I have wanted to do and as I have got older I have wanted to work within education.And fiesta was is perfect for that. Going in to a new place and meeting new people did make me nervous as it’s something different to what I was used to. The first few weeks I was very nervous but over the weeks I grew in confidence and felt like I had been part of fiesta for years. That is down to the welcoming and friendly team.
What was it like to work part time?
Working part time was good I was able to balance work, college and also personal life all around each other. Being able to work and also complete my college course was perfect. They both worked off each other working for fiesta opened me up to more ideas in which I then took in to my college work and then like wise I was able to use what I learned with college and take it in to Fiesta. After being part time for a quite a while, t I was then given the opportunity to work full time in which I didn’t hesitate and took the opportunity.
How was the transition to full time?
The transition to full time was very smooth, the team where very helpful in telling me what I had to do and where I had to be over the days I wasn’t normally in. At first is was a shock to the system going from 3 days to 5 days but after a few weeks its felt natural. Going from only working a couple of days and being at college the other days to then working full time delivering session is a big change.
How has your work changed?
I have now got a lot more responsibility with leading sessions . When I was part time I was mostly doing classroom work but now I am full time I am leading more sessions and doing different sports, year groups and also schools. I have been given the opportunity to learn new sports most recently a level 2 dodgeball which has opened me up to deliver dodgeball
Do you still enjoy it?
I do still enjoy working for fiesta, I have always wanted to work within sport it has been a passion of mine for longer than I can remember. Being able to deliver other sports it has opened me up to more ideas about sports and now I find myself sitting watching other sports on TV where before it was only football I would watch. The Fiesta team work really well with each other being able to talk to each about ideas and then be able to adapt them to get the best out of everyone. Everyone has their own ideas but then when the team puts them together it all clicks in to place.