Re: Teaching near Nashville
Posted by Crazy about teaching on 6/07/08
On 6/05/08, Jennifer wrote:
> Personally, the best schools are in northern, TN. This would
> be Sumner and Robertson Counties or even Macon and Trousdale
> Counties. This counties are mainly small schools with small
> class sizes. For Sumner County, the starting salary is
> $32,000. The further you go out such as Macon and Trousdale
> counties these will have very small class sizes since these
> are mainly farm kids. Sumner County is only about 20 minutes
> to downtown Nashville, but still is very rural also. Good Luck
> to you guys!!!
>
> Jennifer
>
>
> On 6/02/08, Glenda 4TN wrote:
>>
>> It is possilbe to find a "small town" school outside of the
>> Metro Nashville area, but it won't be easy. Try some of the
>> surrounding areas: Williamson County, Franklin City School
>> District (highest paying area), Rutherford County,
>> Murfreesboro City School District, and Wilson County. These
>> areas are south, east and west of Nashville. I'm not
>> familiar with the northern areas. There are several private
>> schools in the Metro Nashville area.
>>
>> My daughter teaches in the Metro Nashville area. She loves
>> it, but you must have a heart for the inner city child.
>>
>> I wish you luck.
>>
>> Glenda 4TN
>>
>> On 5/30/08, Jamie wrote:
>>> My husband is toying with the idea of tranfering in his
>>> job to Nashville. I teach in SC now (first grade) and was
>>> wondering if you could tell me about Nashville schools. I
>>> tried looking for salary info on the dept. of ed site but
>>> couldn't navigate it well. I have never been to TN. I
>>> would love to teach in a small town outside of Nashville
>>> as I'm a small town kind of girl. My current school is K4-
>>> 2 with 400 students. It has a real family feel. Any
>>> school districts like that around? Any info you can give
>>> me would be appreciated.
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