Wednesday Wisdom: Documentation – A Plus!
February 5, 2025
| As a new substitute teacher who wants to stay active and help the next generation of men and women, I needed to put my business hat back on this week to ensure I was correctly paid for the time I spent teaching art to elementary school children. Keeping track of my hours for paid customers after owning two companies was useful. |
| I’m learning that the professionalism in the entrepreneurial and business worlds hasn’t matched up to the world of education, or maybe my attitude toward excelling is different. I have brought the same enthusiasm, morals, attention to detail, and work ethic into my substitute teaching jobs as I did managing two successful businesses for 3 decades. |
| Monday, when I received a notice that someone changed the hours I would be paid for work last week, I was ready to defend the hours I worked with four pieces of documentation proving my story. I saved the time I notified the school I would be in to start work, their response, the teacher’s schedule I followed, and my timeline of the day. |
| Within minutes of sending the documentation email, I was notified that I would be paid the whole day’s pay, and with that, I claimed victory. But the victory was due to “documentation” – proof of telephone records, text messages, email messages, a timeline left for the substitute, and a cohesive, logical recall from my end of the hours I worked. |
| Today’s Wednesday Wisdom is to remind you to never give in to something you know is not correct. Fight for your side to be heard, even if it takes time, and “document, document, document” so that when you have to prove your side of a story, facts lead you to victory. |
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