I am actually in the same boat. I finally had open heart surgery, but it should have been done a few years back. The harsh reality is that coworkers and administration may act like they care about your health problems, but they don't. Especially if it means extra work for them.
I have been teaching over 10 years, but not at any one school for more than three years. I have resigned twice for health reasons. My recommendations and evaluations are good and I like to teach reading (most of my experience is as a reading specialist). I just signed a contract to teach reading online. It pays $22 an hour, which isn't bad. There just isn't that many teaching positions worth applying for that I would have a good shot at. It's really all about who you know. My goal is to find a position that I can stay with until I retire. Since I haven't found anything close to that, then I guess I will stick to the online gig. There are times that I wonder if I should go ahead and switch careers. I'm just not a young chicken anymore and it's heart breaking how much time and money went into teacher education if I really were to do that.
Linda J. SchnurI am a three time cancer survivor Two of the cancers, breast and kidney I had in the two years before I retired 11 years ago Since then I had no new reoccurences of cancer the only surgery I've had since then was one to repair an abdominal hernia In the last year I have been in the ER three times because of dehydration.
1. Do the students attend Specials classes based on their actual grade level, or do they attend classes at the level in which they can most actively and successfully participate?
2. How do you accommodate/modify units on recorder, guitar, etc?
I am actually in the same boat. I finally had open heart surgery, but it should have been done a few years back. The hars...See More