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I haven't posted to this website in quite some time. I don't know about the rest of you, but I have had it with working in education, especially here in FL. Thankfully, I am at the point that I can retire, but I feel for the young people that I leave behind. The state of Florida could not have done a better job of setting up educators to FAIL this...See More I haven't posted to this website in quite some time. I don't know about the rest of you, but I have had it with working in education, especially here in FL. Thankfully, I am at the point that I can retire, but I feel for the young people that I leave behind. The state of Florida could not have done a better job of setting up educators to FAIL this year, than if they did it deliberately. The new AIR testing has many of us very concerned as to how well our students will do on it. The FSA writing test is so very different than what our kids are used to doing, but we struggle along, hoping that somehow citing texts and making counter-claims will sink in. I know the math teachers at my school are freaking out about the FSA for middle school math. To top it all off, our school district (Polk)has not made smart decisions this year, either. Since our district's file servers were decrepit and ready to die, the board decided to buy a line of pure manure from a major software company and have our network completely connected to their 'cloud.' Their 'cloud' must be connected to a thunderstorm because it freezes our computers, won't connect you to the internet OR intranet most of the time, gives a wide variety of error messages constantly, and even turns your Power point presentations into a one-slide show because it freezes the presentation. To say that our teachers are frustrated is an understatement. To make matters worse, our district administration does not want ANY student to fail or get even a D average! Teachers now have to create work packets for lazy ne'er-do-wells who had 9 weeks to get a passing grade, but decided not to. If the kid only does a small fraction of the work in the packet, we've been 'encouraged' to turn a blind eye to it, and automatically give them a "C" average. The other name for this is "Let's screw the students who work hard to get better than average grades, and let's punish teachers for honestly grading the dregs." This has been the 'last straw' for me. In June, I will complete 41 years in a career I USED to love. BTW, someone told me that this 'grade recovery' BS is STATE LAW! Is this true?!
Thanks. Scooby
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by Julia LeBlanc
Mar 16, 2015
Hello, I am just graduating from a university in Ontario with an HBASc/BEd. I would like to re-locate to Florida (preferably the Keys area). Any advice on the easiest way to do this?
I'm being general here....what is the elementary teaching job market like in this area? Lots of openings or few, etc.? Currently teach in AZ and I always hear how horrible it is to teach here (haven't taught in any other state) but at least openings are not hard to find....thanks!
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by Flvs Teacher who is stuck
Aug 27, 2014
I just want to say that I am a long time teacher at Flvs who is stuck due to family members medical conditions. If you are a teacher considering coming here please reconsider as this school has turned into a "it is all about the money" place to work. You will be available to students 8am to 8pm 7 days a week, you will have bosses who lead through f...See MoreI just want to say that I am a long time teacher at Flvs who is stuck due to family members medical conditions. If you are a teacher considering coming here please reconsider as this school has turned into a "it is all about the money" place to work. You will be available to students 8am to 8pm 7 days a week, you will have bosses who lead through fear, Your pay will be lower as this is year round work, you will be ignored and disrespected by leadership, no union, Capricious terminations, nepotism,favoritism are rampant. Think long and hard and do not be fooled into thinking this is a good job because you work from home. Run teachers run, do not fall into this trap. Please heed this warning.
I forgot to ask - are there any year round schools in Florida?
Are you required to send your FTCE score reports to your school district or do they get them automatically?
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> On 3/15/15, ex-teacher wrote:
I agree with common core being govt led. I disagree with
money doesn't buy a good education. That's why I don't
think education for profit is a good idea.
>> On 2/24/15, It is deliberate wrote:
>>> This is what Fed Led Ed feels l...See More