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Re: If you want a great job in teaching check this out!!
Posted by Jean D. on 3/12/08
Wow! Is this for real? I live in Minnesota and feel like I
can't take one more six month winter. I teach 5th grade
now. How do I find job openings? Jean On 8/10/07,
Georgiabadger wrote:
> My wife and I left Wisconsin (Coulee Region) after teaching
> there for 20 years. Tired of the turmoil, unions, etc.
> Watched the state union work to keep a self-admitted
> pedophile in his position and he eventually became union
> president. Definitely knew then that it was time to go.
>
> After researching Georgia for a year, we settled on
Gwinnett
> County Georgia (gcps). Pay is 38k-82k, excellent benefits,
> district has built 32 new schools in the last four years,
> and all were paid for prior to being built. No bonds, no
> referendums, etc. 2007 Newsweek selected 4 Wisconsin high
> schools on their top schools list for the STATE of
> Wisconsin. Our DISTRICT had 6 on the list. We hire 1400
> new teachers every year due to increasing enrollments.
> Weather is fantastic, cost of living is half of what it was
> in WI (our taxes there were $4000, here they are $1700 and
> our house here is twice what our house in WI was). My son
> was ranked 3-5 in his high school class in WI, here he is
> 64th and his grade point is straight A with three AP
> classes. Unions are optional, but over 80&37; do not
join. It
> is kind of funny, we paid $20,000 in union dues in WI and
we
> moved to a state with virtually no union organization and
we
> get a 30&37; pay raise. Interesting??
>
> My school has many teachers from New York, Iowa, Minnesota,
> Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, etc. I talked to a
> principal not too long ago, and he said if they hired every
> Georgia graduate in every field, they wouldn't have enough
> teachers to fill half the positions that are open. I will
> earn twice the retirement in ten years here compared to
what
> I earned in Wisconsin in 20 years. We can be in the
> mountains in 45 minutes, the ocean in 3 hours, watch a
> broadway show in Atlanta with a 30 minute drive, or go to
> the Oconee National Forest 30 minutes the other way.
>
> Just bought the family farm by Mauston WI with the big pay
> raise we got here, but we ONLY go there in the summer!!!
> (We've had enough of Jan/Feb/Mar)
>
> Also, Southern Hospitality is NOT a myth!! Let me know if
> I can answer any questions you have or check out gcps.com.
>
> Mark
>
Posts on this thread, including this one
- If you want a great job in teaching check this out!!, 8/10/07, by Georgiabadger.
- Re: If you want a great job in teaching check this out!!, 3/12/08, by Jean D..
- Re: If you want a great job in teaching check this out!!, 3/15/08, by georgiabadger.
- Re: If you want a great job in teaching check this out!!, 8/13/08, by stephanie.
- Re: If you want a great job in teaching check this out!!, 8/17/08, by georgiabadger.
- Re: If you want a great job in teaching check this out!!, 9/02/08, by Sabrina.
- Re: If you want a great job in teaching check this out!!, 9/03/08, by gb.
- Re: If you want a great job in teaching check this out!!, 9/23/08, by mj.
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