Re: What gives Kentucky!??!?!

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Ladies, the teaching market is very difficult in central ky
especially if you have several years of experience. Due to the
budget crunch districts are more likely to hire the less qualified
teacher. What is this saying about how our state feels about the
future?

On 9/20/09, Fayette/Jessamine area wrote:
> I taught last year in Fayette and was pink-slipped. But
> many "new" (either to the area or just out of college) teachers
> were hired. I however was not...now I am subbing in Fayette and
> Jessamine and have jobs available usually 4 days a week, many
> times 5. Substituting where I am located is pretty steady, but
> permenant full-time jobs are harder to come by.
>
> On 9/14/09, Cindy Merrill wrote:
>> "PLEASE tell me it's not that bad
>> down there, especially in Boone County?!"
>> In Madison county, things can't get any worse. Unemployment,
>> according to the august figures, is 11.1% average for the
>> state, but climbs higher than that in the rural areas-
>> I'm 60 credits away from a History degree, but I can't find
>> work at a substitute teacher. I've been unemployed since
>> Nov.2008.
 

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