It might be a good idea to include some copies of your evaluations with your application, even though they don't ask for them. An administrator...
If your administration doesn't take the ball and run with it after you've done your 7 or 700 preliminary disciplinary steps, then anything you do...
Having a Masters Degree is job-hunting suicide. School districts don't want to hire someone starting on the higher salary scale when they can find...
You're right, it wouldn't hold up in court. But under the union rules, you'd never get to court.
The union said that by being members of a collective bargaining unit, we agreed to vacate the right of independent/outside legal representation,...
Actually, you should probably only defend yourself if you're prepared to leave that job. A former colleague was being assaulted by a student and...
It happens.......a lot. I had an all-city all-star football player in my senior English class my first year in the public schools. He missed...
It started out on a rotation basis in my school, but then principals would use it as a weapon - never giving them a room - to get teachers they...
Sounds like a "power trip" by your principal and certain teachers. ""In the future, please make sure you get it approved," and let me have the...
"Julius Caesar" was the Shakespeare play we paired with 10th grade English classes. Another post suggested "Hamlet," but as they mentioned, it's...
No. She considered herself the "ultimate dedicated professional." I, on the other hand, was always more willing to draw a line in the sand. So,...
If I were starting out now, "No" would be my response to your question. The quality of life (a big thing for me) is low. The pay and benefits are...
It all depends upon how you feel the administration is dealing with discipline as a whole and it you want to "push the envelope," as they say....
This issue came up during my second year with "Teach for America." I was in an eastern North Carolina high school, following a year in south...
It all depends upon the battles you want to fight. I had a high school senior that was failed all three quarters and was failing the fourth. I...
"The incident with the cell phones, however, shows that either the students lack enough understanding and direction to keep them working through...
Pennsylvania recently put through a bill that allows teachers to NOT join a union if they don't want to. Personally, I think the PSEA has...
I'm a retired teacher in Pennsylvania and if you do decide to look for fulltime, just let me advise you to stay away from any job listings where...
I'm retired now, but there is NO WAY I would have ever traded my summers off for more pay. Quality of life and time with my family have always...
My entire career was spent in an environment like many here have described. I was hit more times than I can count, had a lit M-80 thrown at me,...
