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by sick of FL
Feb 29, 2008
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Just wondering if anyone has info on jobs in ASD. My
husband and I are wanting to move up this summer. I am a
HS English teacher and he is both Social Studies and ESE.
I am wondering specifically about tips for the interview
process and availability of jobs. Thanks
by Shari Thompson
Mar 5, 2008
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Hello
I used to work as a special ed teacher in Yakutat in
1979. I worked with a woman named Darci Derick. I would
like to contact her. Any info?
by Shari Thompson
Mar 5, 2008
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Hello
I used to work as a special ed teacher in Yakutat in
1979. I worked with a woman named Darci Derick. I would
like to contact her. Any info?
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Hi, I'm interested in information on the national postcard
exchange. I couldn't find anything on google. Can anyone
help? Thanks in advance - Julie
by outta here
Mar 14, 2008
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Before I start, jj please tell me you are not a teacher.
I have been following this strand for the last year since I
left "The Slope" and am sad to see how little has changed.
It makes one wonder if anyone in the central office is
really interested in educating children. I know the district
had a hard ...See More/blockquote>
Before I start, jj please tell me you are not a teacher.
I have been following this strand for the last year since I
left "The Slope" and am sad to see how little has changed.
It makes one wonder if anyone in the central office is
really interested in educating children. I know the district
had a hard time filling teaching positions. In even the most
desirable locations positions were still open well after
school started. ABC teacher is right in that the kids are
for the most part great to work with. The paycheck, given
the cost of living was not so impressive. I'm sorry ABC
didn't have a better experience with their colleagues. That
was not my experience. The North Slope veteran teachers I
worked with were great people who were doing the best they
could given the absurd situation they had to deal with.
Overall, I had few complaints about the people I worked
directly with including my Principal, my colleagues or my
students. The problem from a teaching standpoint had much to
do with the central office's obsession with assessment,
sports, technology and creating tension among teachers, all
of which (except the tension creating) are great in
appropriate quantities. That being said, at the high school
level, the interruptions from sports and the many ridiculous
central office driven assessments made it impossible to
actually teach.
Another thing I never quite figured out was the pay for
performance plan. I apparently was successful and I actually
made some money from it. I have not the slightest clue as to
what I did to "earn" it. Except that about $1,000 of it was
because 95% of my students liked me and thought I was a good
teacher. (according to the surveys we had them fill out)Some
of my students did increase their test scores which may have
been a factor as well. Luckily for me, this year, I get to
do the same thing with a better school district and more
real money in my bank account at the end of the day. The
ironic part of the performance pay for me was that I would
have taught effectively regardless of the extra pay and
would still be teaching there if it weren't for the low base
pay and the insane politics in the district.
I am tempted to comment extensively on sloper's postings but
they are so absurd that little needs to be said other than
he/she is so clueless that it has to be a central office
administrator who has nothing better to do than pose as a
midnight blogger. C'mon, Sloper, get busy making your
district a desirable place for kids to learn and teachers to
teach. Leave the blogging to the ones who know what is
really going on. A lot more substance and a lot less
propaganda will go a long way in that direction. What you
guys have done is get rid of most of your best teachers to
remove a couple of bad apples.
It looks like the North Slope Borough is still a bad place
to teach. So, my original advice stands, Don't reward their
anti-teacher attitudes. Work somewhere else. As a veteran
teacher, I strongly advise new teachers to not risk
tarnishing your careers by starting there. Finally, for my
former colleagues, including my former Principal, (who I
know will be reading this) you are all the best, it was
great working with you. Hope things change soon!
by ABC teacher
May 4, 2008
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Hello all who take the time to read this chat. From my
pserspective, it goes from bad to worse...I notice that
next year recruits are right out of college, the best to
you for your courage but watch out! The old teachers do
not support and welcome the new. They have seen newbies
come and go and know atta...See More/blockquote>
Hello all who take the time to read this chat. From my
pserspective, it goes from bad to worse...I notice that
next year recruits are right out of college, the best to
you for your courage but watch out! The old teachers do
not support and welcome the new. They have seen newbies
come and go and know attachments don't last. Your job can
be 95% good but only the 5% mistakes will be taken into
consideration. If you do good, administrators take the
credit, if you do bad you'll be scape goated. Old
teachers also line up the students for their classrooms
with the model students before you arrive. You get the
worst, you get the kids who are presently in law suits
because they tried to kill the tachers and other
students! I kid you not..The administrators are
incompetent, arrogant and wicked. They openly play
favortism and are only their to protect their paychecks.
There is also a saying up here that teachers are a dime a
dozen, one of the reasons new teachers are replaced every
year for past three years...You also get treated with
disrespect and inconsideration. Morale is bad throughout
this system and there is nothing that is going to change
it. The school board, the state, nothing outside yourself
will offer any support or condolences to your profession
at NSBSD. The first half of the year, you will be treated
ok but aftr that first board meeting in January, beware
you are on the block and will be treated like they want
you out...Teachers are asked to resign, informing them
that it will look better on their resumes, then fired.
Don't let them fool you, they only do this because they
don't want to pay unemployment benefits and it looks
better to them and the board that teachers just don't want
to return...Big paychecks bring you up here? Take another
look, average cost for housing is $1000 a month for rent
and utilities...Food is over $500/transportation to and
from school by Taxis/not to mention the cost of moving up
here for one year and you can double that as after the
year, it will cost you to move back with the regrets that
they ever came up here. There have been wives of
principals who say that this is the most corrupted
administration every witnessed and would prefer to leave
the district and some are...Due to the low morale of
teachers which also effects the students. Last month the
school had to be closed for the day because there were too
many teachers who went to the Job Fair in Anchorage. The
students do not like to come to school, they have no long
term relationships with teachers, new face every year..and
would rather spend their time sitting in front of the
local grocery store, stealing pop and candy and smoking
dope. This week end we had over ten garage sales in the
local teacher housing...people who have been up here say
they can't wait to get out and hope to never come back
again. Good luck to the new teachers, please keep the
post alive and let us know how your experiences have
been.
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I don't know much about high school jobs. I would highly recommend attending
one of the job fairs if you are serious about teaching up here. Check this website:
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This is the process I went through to get an elementary position.
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