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The problem with COLLEGE students is that the vast majority have absolutely no idea what career path they want to take at that age. If they did know what they wanted, there would be a lot less enrolled there.
I updated it for you.
Co worker of mine already told her high school children that they better pick a major that will get them a job or they will not be going to college on her dime.
Nothing like having that English Lit major permanently encamp in your house until they are 35 years.
I would stay in the field until you find something. I live in a school district where my kids kindergarten teacher makes over 115,000 (God Bless Her) and a gym teacher makes over 85,000. My wife and I look at each other and say "we chose the wrong field"!!!
I would stay in the field until you find something. I live in a school district where my kids kindergarten teacher makes over 115,000 (God Bless Her) and a gym teacher makes over 85,000. My wife and I look at each other and say "we chose the wrong field"!!!
The salaries aren't going to be that high for people getting hired now, and things like pension contributions have increased for all new hires. It's not the gravy train it once was, nor should it be, but it's still a good job.
I have taught in several areas. I had a leave replacement position on Long Island for about a year and a half and I loved it! I taught in 2 not so nice areas of Brooklyn (Bed Stuy and Crown Heights) for a year each. I have def. learned a lot from teaching in the porjects but it is not somewhere I want to teach long term at all. I have the experience but unfortunately I know no one in the Dept. of Ed. The only schools hiring in NYC are theese types of schools I have called many many of them. They are only hiring internally. Maybe I should take some more courses?! Thnaks for everyones advice
snutes...that is very funny! The money can be good and I'm def. not giving up!! It would be nice to have a job meantime with health insurance and a salary!
snutes...that is very funny! The money can be good and I'm def. not giving up!! It would be nice to have a job meantime with health insurance and a salary!
Why not just go work on Wall Street and make millions like every teacher says they could have done
I am lucky enough to not have been excessed this year, but many of my fellow teachers throughout LI were excessed. State law says that the district MUST offer jobs to these teachers first if and when positions open up in the next seven years. Therefore, the likelihood of a probationary teaching position opening up to a candidate who has not previously worked for the district is slim.
In my district, the new hires these past couple of years have come from either the excessed teacher pool and then the substitute pool. For the most part, they were either leave replacements or permanent subs for at least a year and worked as hard as they could to leave a good impression on the principals.
For those posters who commented on the size of pensions, please be aware that there are currently five tiers in the pension system. The majority of current retirees are from the original top tiers, and are entitled to a greater % pension than the other tiers will ever see. For instance, I just plugged in my info into the pension website, and when I retire 27 years from now, with 34 years of service, my pension still won't be six figures. So the size of pensions is actually going to decrease over time as a result of much of the current and future workforce being subject to different pension rules than the present retirees.
S.I.B...exactly! I am certified special ed, elementary, and Literacy...and no luck. I am trying to decide what else I can do with my degree (prob not much) and still make a decent salary. Or should I completely start over with something new. I considered moving to pennsylvania but not teaching jobs there either!!! Ahhh if I only knew it would be this hard I would have been a doctor!
Have you considered doing SEIT work or ABA? I did it for a bit part time a few years ago, and it can be quite lucrative. The hourly is anywhere from 40-75 / hr. You have to purchase malpractice insurance, about 200 a year from what I remember, and there are no benefits though. But you can arrange yor own schedule and I liked the fact that it was 1:1 , you really get to know the child/ family. No faculty meetings, or setting up a classroom either. it's something I feel a lot of people don't consider, I guess because it's not the conventional " teacher job" .
Have you considered doing SEIT work or ABA? I did it for a bit part time a few years ago, and it can be quite lucrative. The hourly is anywhere from 40-75 / hr. You have to purchase malpractice insurance, about 200 a year from what I remember, and there are no benefits though. But you can arrange yor own schedule and I liked the fact that it was 1:1 , you really get to know the child/ family. No faculty meetings, or setting up a classroom either. it's something I feel a lot of people don't consider, I guess because it's not the conventional " teacher job" .
Since older teachers are sticking around longer due to the economy, school districts are laying off teachers to save money, and Long Island is in the third year of a grwoing enrollment slide it is obvious that there will be (essentially) no teaching jobs available for the next several years.
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