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

Posted by Just don't get why... on 9/11/07

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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)

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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..