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    Re: If you want a great job in teaching check this out!!
    Posted by Sabrina on 9/02/08

    09/02/2008

    Are htere ESL jobs in Gwinnerr County Georgia ? Which school
    district ?

    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% 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% 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
    >

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  • 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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