Go to La Salle University. They only produce geniuses in the education field. (LOL!) :p (Seriously though, Swarthmore College is VERY pricey! -...
They could, perhaps. But they won't. They've gotten very cozy with the school district in the last few years - which has resulted in us getting...
In Pennsylvania, a district can place someone in a position they're not licensed for if they indicate there's no one in their employment who DOES...
There is raging age discrimination against older teachers in our area. You'll often see, what I'll call "code words/terms" in job postings like,...
With the exception of the early years when I taught in the Catholic schools, I've never had an administrator that truly fulfilled the role they're...
Don't feel too bad. This "non-renewal" stuff has been a growing trend for some time now....especially with the younger administrators. While I...
I'm afraid you're really not making a difference with these kids or this community, at all. I agree with the posts that urge you to stop buying...
It all depends upon the academic climate of your school. If you're in a school where the community has college expectations of their kids and...
Evaluations have become so subjective now, it can hinge on your personal relationship with an administrator or how you're perceived to get along...
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It's been a long time since I had to get my Pennsylvania certificate, so I'm not much help there. There was no such thing as the Praxis...
One piece of wisdom we received from a professor of one of our earliest education courses: "If you feel you can't go into school 180 days with a...
I don't disagree with any of the previous posts that suggest waiting until the end of your first year to reflect on what you want to do next, but...
No, never.
In my almost 25-year career, there's been 3 shootings inside the school I was in at the time, 3 (that I know of) caught with a loaded gun in the...
It's funny, as an undergrad, I asked one of my professors what happens if an administrator gives a teacher an unfounded bad evaluation just...
:yeahthat: Which is why I take the detailed ones I wrote one year and submit those every year. I keep my actual ones on a notepad in my desk -...
I'm surrounded by it. :dizzy:
I'm guessing you've already reported the conduct to the parish pastor. (It's disappointing to hear that one person can ruin an experience for...
According to an article I came across this afternoon, a written comment by a teacher scolding a 7-year-old for writing her name in cursive is...
