Re: Maybe WI teachers can figure this one out????

Posted by Prof on 11/27/07

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The sad fact is that most universities in Wisconsin do not
want to tell education majors that there are no jobs in
Wisconsin for them. This would result in a dramatic loss of
revenue for the school if they told the truth. With 80 per
cent of Wisconsin graduates leaving the state, we already
have a huge loss of resources.

I will try to help where I can.


On 9/11/07, Just don't get why... wrote:
> Having taught in WI for 20 years along with my wife (both
> of us born and raised), we decided to move to GA after
> researching it for over a year. Here is what we found in
our
> current area:
>
> -Money Magazine listed it as one of the "top ten" places to
> live in the U.S. (Suwanee GA)
>
> -We got a 30 percent pay raise to come here with excellent
> benefits, and all degrees and years experience.
>
> -Cost of living was half of what it was in our rural WI
> town(taxes here $1700, WI $4,000) Housing was cheaper than
> in our WI town of 8,000
>
> -Our district has built over 30 new schools in the past 5
> years and all were paid for before being built.
>
> -We hire over 1400 new teachers every year due to
increasing
> enrollment
>
> -Pay scale is $39,000-$85,000
>
> -Ocean is 3 hours away, mountains 45 minutes
>
> Now, being a loyal cheesehead, family farmer (still own the
> homeplace), and knowing how hard it is for young teachers
to
> get a start in WI, I decided to help out any and all WI
> teachers looking for a great teaching position. I even
> contacted EVERY career service/education dept from Superior
> to Milwaukee and supplied them with contact information for
> our HR department and a HUGE job fair Nov. 3rd in our
> district (Gwinnett County/teachgeorgia.com) I even offered
> to open up my home to help prospective WI applicants, and
> gave references from my WI alma mater career service center
> through whom I have helped over two dozen kids find
> positions here.
>
> NOT ONE UNIVERSITY RESPONDED???
>
> I could understand this if WI was enduring a teacher
> shortage, but with so many excellent teachers wasting their
> time subbing for positions that will never happen, or
> working menial jobs, why would these schools refuse this
> offer? They could have at least sought out more
> information, or checked the references I gave just to be
> sure. I don't understand why they would hide this from
> these hard working kids. I was always kind of proud of
> higher learning in WI, but this kind of left a bad taste in
> my mouth.
>
> If you have any answers, I sure would like to know.
>
> Thanks
> (GO PACK)

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Maybe WI teachers can figure this one out????, 9/11/07, by Just don't get why....
• Re: Maybe WI teachers can figure this one out????, 11/27/07, by Prof.
• Re: Maybe WI teachers can figure this one out????, 6/13/08, by Mel.
• Re: Maybe WI teachers can figure this one out????, 10/04/08, by Looking for a job, especially graduating education students.
• Re: Maybe WI teachers can figure this one out????, 10/18/08, by Wendy.
• Re: Maybe WI teachers can figure this one out????, 10/18/08, by In a heartbeat..