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Considering CC

by John

Nov 17, 2011

HI all, I'm currently a high school math teacher and have been for 6 years. I'm looking to move on. Not only to do I want to move states, but I'm thinking of community college. I have a masters. I'm just not sure of what kind of adjustment it would be. Thanks for any info that can be provided.

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Leah I think it all depends on where you go? I'm sure there are full time math teachers at large community colleges

Nov 18, 2011

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Math Teach I'm hoping to follow in your footsteps. I'm a graduate math student, with a B.A. in Math.

If money isn't too much of a problem, I would think that after taking courses like Fourier Methods and PDE's, teaching at a Community college might be more satisfying than 8th Grade Pre Algebra.

And I agree with the posting by others: You won...See More

Nov 22, 2011

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marjoryt First poster is correct; I'd be making more salary if I had stayed in a K12 environment; our state's educational funding is totally geared toward K12 and university - the legislature has been breaking its own law for several years to give ccs "midpoint."

My students WANT and need to be in college. As a consequence, we have fewer behavioral...See More

Nov 25, 2011

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Other Options At least you are considering a change with your eyes wide open in terms of the pay reduction. It would be good to do some research first to see what your teaching load would be, what your time schedule might be as a new teacher, could you have some high and low math classes, could you teach year-round if you chose to? You should also easily be able...See More

Dec 6, 2011

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Pil For the most part however, FERPA regulations prevent parents of college student from being provided ANY information regarding their college student. Unless the student specifically signs a waiver, you can't discuss a student's academic performance with the parents. Of course, it is wise to state this diplomatically to the parents in order to avoid ...See MoreFor the most part however, FERPA regulations prevent parents of college student from being provided ANY information regarding their college student. Unless the student specifically signs a waiver, you can't discuss a student's academic performance with the parents. Of course, it is wise to state this diplomatically to the parents in order to avoid undue complaints to the administration.

On 12/06/11, Other Options wrote: > At least you are considering a change with your eyes wide open > in terms of the pay reduction. It would be good to do some > research first to see what your teaching load would be, what > your time schedule might be as a new teacher, could you have > some high and low math classes, could you teach year-round if > you chose to? You should also easily be able to tutor and in > Math in a metro area now for the really advanced levels once > can make as much as $75 per hour on an individual basis with no > agency. Even in our more rural college town, you could easily > command $50 so this might be a way to supplement any drop in > income. > > It would be important to find out about tenure and just how > full the math department is. Another option if there is a > university nearby would be to send your resume there, too, to > teach as an adjunct if needed. In time if you do move on > towards the PhD or ED you might find college teaching > fulfilling, too. > > As an aside, you might consider learning about excel and visual > basic for applications to see all the nice things that can be > plotted up and displayed using these programs. It might help > in your marketability in time to a university. > > Also do not be so sure that you will not have some input from > parents in your higher level classes as more and more students > are starting out in community college transfer programs within > a state college system so you might find parents have a hard > time understanding why "junior" must suddenly "work" to earn a > great grade!! > > > > > On 11/17/11, John wrote: >> HI all, >> I'm currently a high school math teacher and have been for >> 6 years. >> I'm looking to move on. Not only to do I want to move >> states, but I'm thinking of community college. I have a >> masters. I'm just not sure of what kind of adjustment it >> would be. >> Thanks for any info that can be provided.

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