Eric,
I'm sending my DDs to the Homeschool Days and spoke with the person in charge of that (w/ YES) who told me they only hired 3 interns this semester, which is where Laura got her info (from me passing it on).
Can you tell me more about the cross-u category? It sounds interesting...
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3 seems awfully low ... i know that it's less than 15. (and I wouldn't be terribly surprised to learn that there's a little bit of a disconnect between the sales folk and the way things actually end up happening.) I also know that one of the YES program managers commented that they were very happy with the people that they got"
Florida might be different in this regard, but here at the DLR, Cross-U (Cross Utilisation) is a programme by which Salaried Cast Members, especially those who work in office environments, pick up work shifts in the park during peak seasons to supplement the normal hourly frontline Cast.
Glen is correct. That's one definition of a cross-u cast member, and we do use it on this coast too. However, we have another definition that we also use, which is the one that applies to my situation with YES.
I'm statused (my "home") is at the Magic Kingdom. (not disclosing my location for privacy reasons). I auditioned for, and was accepted, as a Cross-U YES facilitator. What that means is that periodically, the YES program scheduler will send an email message to myself and my scheduler, asking if YES can use me on a given day, at a given time.
If my scheduler deems that there are enough other people available in our area, he will release me to YES for all or part of that day. If my scheduler releases me for the entire day, after my YES shift is done, I'm done for the day. If he only releases me for part of the day, then I can work with YES for that part of the day (generally, all the YES programs are in the morning/early afternoon), and then I'd have to work in my statused location after that. If there aren't enough people to support me being released to YES, then my scheduler lets me know this, I send an apologetic email to the YES scheduler saying I'm not available, and all is good.
In an average month, YES usually requests me for 2-3 days. I only know 4* of the programs that YES offers, and they also like to spread the work out among the facilitators. Some months, I don't get a cross-u request, some months, I get more (from Nov. 10 - Dec. 13, I spent all or part of 13 days with YES)
*I'm fully trained on 3 programs, and have been trained but still need to checkout on 1 ... 6 of those 13 days in Nov/Dec were to be trained on that 4th program. Also, 3 of them are because I'm a trainer for one of the programs (I train new facilitators), and we were having meetings regarding the upcoming training)
), and I doubt they'll grant credit for the college program. So if I decided to do it, would that basically amount to taking a semester off to work in WDW? I'd also really like to study abroad while in college, and my parents want me to graduate in four years. ACK! Can anyone provide insight into, well, any of this?
