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2 years ago
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
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Woohoo! I am now a teacher. I passed student teaching with success and the joy of knowing I can teach AND not only am good at it but enjoy it! The summer was spent teaching art camps, another joy, and trying to get in as many outdoor activities as possible. My teaching program prepared me to be a teacher no doubt, but it did not prepare me for not being a teacher.
I have filled out countless job applications, searched website after website, counseled school district job pools, and even hand-delivered a couple apps. to get the personal touch. And still no job. I am subbing. This is where I was before I started and completed my teaching program. And Obama's interview on Today yesterday addressed teachers in training to not give up hope and that jobs were coming. I doubt, no I know, I am not the only teacher with training and some expereince that does not have a job. I wish Obama would have addressed those teachers that have been displaced and have been great teachers for the last 5 or ten years or could be great teachers yet the money is not there for district to hire them. He wants to up spending in education (fabulous) but what about the cuts that have already been made?
Yes I was given hope when I watched the interview but am still without a job and more questions. Is a money incentive enough for states and districts to have high standards for all students so that ALL students are successful? History did show us that it worked with desegregation. Will taking over schools that are so behind and poor and creating charter schools really work? What will that do to the public structure? One fact remains all change is done for the betterment of student success. The real test will be if ALL students become more successful. The history of education is a great example of best intentions not working out the way one thought.
Here starts another kind of journey then. I am a teacher who wants to teach, one who believes in the power of education for all. A teacher who can be relentless not only for my students but for those students yet to come. Let the wild rumpus start!
I have filled out countless job applications, searched website after website, counseled school district job pools, and even hand-delivered a couple apps. to get the personal touch. And still no job. I am subbing. This is where I was before I started and completed my teaching program. And Obama's interview on Today yesterday addressed teachers in training to not give up hope and that jobs were coming. I doubt, no I know, I am not the only teacher with training and some expereince that does not have a job. I wish Obama would have addressed those teachers that have been displaced and have been great teachers for the last 5 or ten years or could be great teachers yet the money is not there for district to hire them. He wants to up spending in education (fabulous) but what about the cuts that have already been made?
Yes I was given hope when I watched the interview but am still without a job and more questions. Is a money incentive enough for states and districts to have high standards for all students so that ALL students are successful? History did show us that it worked with desegregation. Will taking over schools that are so behind and poor and creating charter schools really work? What will that do to the public structure? One fact remains all change is done for the betterment of student success. The real test will be if ALL students become more successful. The history of education is a great example of best intentions not working out the way one thought.
Here starts another kind of journey then. I am a teacher who wants to teach, one who believes in the power of education for all. A teacher who can be relentless not only for my students but for those students yet to come. Let the wild rumpus start!
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