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    Post: Moving from NM

    Posted by Nguyen on 9/06/08

    Hi!

    I've been reading the posts on this site and the news and
    I was wondering if anyone could shed a little light on my
    situation. I have 2 1/2 years of experience teaching, a
    Masters in Elementary Ed., TESOL endorsement, Bilingual
    Spanish Endorsement and Mondern & Classical Languages
    Endorsement in the state of New Mexico. I also speak
    Mandarin Chinese and some Vietnamese, but New Mexico
    doesn't licence bilingual for those languages.

    I have family and a step-son in Minnesota and my husband
    and I are considering moving there to be closer to them.
    But, I am our primary income and we don't want to move if
    the situation for teachers is really as bad as it sounds.
    We have great schools in Rio Rancho and the market for
    bilingual teachers is fantastic. When I was first
    endorsed I found schools selling themselves to me rather
    than vice versa and am now at a school I love and I have a
    lot of freedom to chose the curriculum I like and teach
    the way I want. My son gets art and music every week as
    well as PE and open check out in the school library
    daily. We have smartboards, teacher laptops and
    projectors in every classroom. My firstgraders visit the
    computer lab 2x a week to publish their writing and
    content for their class website. If we stay, my son will
    go to a beautiful high school and attend the state
    university free, provided he keeps his grades up.

    I've heard the situation is not so great in the Twin
    Cities. How much of that is true, and how much is just
    bad press? Is there a market for bilingual teachers? How
    much are teachers paid? How are the benefits? I couldn't
    find the salary schedule at all on the St. Paul Public
    Schools website. I could for Minneapolis, but it didn't
    mention a stipend for TESOL or Bilingual. Is TESOL an
    endorsement there like it is here or a seperate degree?
    From what I'm reading it looks different somehow.

    Thank you SO MUCH for any information you can offer!!!

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