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Re: If you want a great job in teaching check this out!!
Posted by georgiabadger on 3/15/08

Hey,

Yes, everything you have read is accurate and can be verified
by going to the district website posted below. You can check
teachgeorgia.com for statewide listings, but if you want to
know more about the district I teach in, check out Gwinnnett
County Public Schools. You will also get ALL your years
experience and degrees. The website will show you the pay
scale.

My wife teaches music, and I teach 7th grade math. Elementary
teachers are in VERY high demand! When we came down to
interview, my sister, who was 58 at the time and teaching in
Minneapolis, came down with us just ot visit Atlanta. She
decided to walk into the job fair for the heck of it, and had
a job in 10 minutes.

I have been working with my alma mater, UW Lacrosse, career
services to help kids find jobs in teaching because as you
know, there are none in WI. I am 34 out of 34 so far since
last year. I volunteered to do the April 5th Midwest Teachers
job fair in WI Rapids to help teachers from WI. This is the
first day of our spring break, but this district has treated
me like I was a member of the family, so the district is
flying me up to open the door. I volunteered to do a job fair
in Madison last summer, and I had 28 kids apply here, and 28
got jobs.

My email is georgiabadger@hotmail.com and I will be glad to
help you find a position if you would like. I spend the
summers at my farm by Mauston WI with my family and you are
welcome anytime there or here!!

Let me know if I can help.

Mark

No comments about Brett Favre please, my family is still in
mourning!lol!

On 3/12/08, Jean D. wrote:
> Wow! Is this for rea
l? 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.