I am venting on here because I am on this forum the most and I figure that one of you may have a suggestion for me.
I am a teacher, and unfortunately I am a social studies teacher. I have four years of experience and will be finishing my masters in outdoor recreation this year. This has created a situation where I cannot get a job for good. Right now I am teaching on an temporary contract in an urban school system that has no room for me to be placed next year because my school and 7 others are closing.
I have interviewed at many schools, when I get lucky enough to get an intereview. I have IMPECCABLE reccommendations from administrators and fellow teachers. My current principal wants to take me with her, but they had to place all the veteran teachers first.
So here I am... with no job for next year and frustrated out of my mind. I am about fed up with my state and finding a 6-12 social studies position. I have applied in Colorado and North Carolina because I figure that I would rather worry about selling my house than not have a job. The only reason that I have no job security is because I stayed at a teaching job until I had raced up 3 years experience before I admitted that that charter high school wasn't right for me.
I don't understand why we, as a society, value experience in so many fields, but education isn't one of them. Just because I know how to run a classroom and have a higher pay than the new college grads I have placed myself out of a job. This has made me particularly irate today because I was offered a parttime position at a private school with no benefits. I hate to think that that may be my best option.
Thanks for letting me vent and if there is a social studies posiiton in your area with possibly a coaching need for girls sports... please let me know
I am a teacher, and unfortunately I am a social studies teacher. I have four years of experience and will be finishing my masters in outdoor recreation this year. This has created a situation where I cannot get a job for good. Right now I am teaching on an temporary contract in an urban school system that has no room for me to be placed next year because my school and 7 others are closing.
I have interviewed at many schools, when I get lucky enough to get an intereview. I have IMPECCABLE reccommendations from administrators and fellow teachers. My current principal wants to take me with her, but they had to place all the veteran teachers first.
So here I am... with no job for next year and frustrated out of my mind. I am about fed up with my state and finding a 6-12 social studies position. I have applied in Colorado and North Carolina because I figure that I would rather worry about selling my house than not have a job. The only reason that I have no job security is because I stayed at a teaching job until I had raced up 3 years experience before I admitted that that charter high school wasn't right for me.
I don't understand why we, as a society, value experience in so many fields, but education isn't one of them. Just because I know how to run a classroom and have a higher pay than the new college grads I have placed myself out of a job. This has made me particularly irate today because I was offered a parttime position at a private school with no benefits. I hate to think that that may be my best option.
Thanks for letting me vent and if there is a social studies posiiton in your area with possibly a coaching need for girls sports... please let me know