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JACK On 12/03/13, T French wrote: > On 12/02/13, Jason wrote: >> On 12/02/13, T french wrote: >>> On 11/20/13, Ingrid wrote: >>>> This job advertised on Craig's List Tampa under education. >>>> They a list of rigid requirements for a certified teacher >>>> who earns minimum wage. They have multiple o...See More

Dec 3, 2013

anon Actually lots of legitimate schools and school districts DO advertise for positions on Craigslist. In my state, our ESDs and small districts will advertise for teaching and other positions.

What is sad about the 20K deal is this school is probably FLOODED with applications and resumes. Even if the economy overall was good, many people wou...See MoreActually lots of legitimate schools and school districts DO advertise for positions on Craigslist. In my state, our ESDs and small districts will advertise for teaching and other positions.

What is sad about the 20K deal is this school is probably FLOODED with applications and resumes. Even if the economy overall was good, many people would apply for these jobs just to get the "experience" and then move on to regular school districts.

On 12/03/13, T French wrote: > On 12/02/13, Jason wrote: >> On 12/02/13, T french wrote: >>> On 11/20/13, Ingrid wrote: >>>> This job advertised on Craig's List Tampa under education. >>>> They a list of rigid requirements for a certified teacher >>>> who earns minimum wage. They have multiple openings at this >>>> time of year well after the beginning of the year. $20,000 >>>> or minimum wage is an insult but typical of private schools >>>> in Florida. Why should ANYONE invest $50,000+ in a college >>>> education to earn $20,000???? Clearly the think they can >>>> find some suckers who will apply for these jobs. This is >>>> the time for teachers to go into nursing or something else. >>> >>> Church of scientology! >> >> The big Scientology Center In Clearwater is just ten min away and >> they have hundreds of twenty somethings working there. If its >> Scientology why would they not staff the school from that pool of >> people???? > > Several things in play here for the Church of Scientology. First > general recruitment into the religion (cult). They do want educated > trained people to further the teachings of L Ron Hubbard. Next they > need certified teachers to meet state and federal regulations. What > makes you think the COS has an overabundance of teachers available? > Also what legitimate school advertises on craig's list? They > advertise through the State Department of Education etc. Do reserch > on this group and you will see that once "hired" they go through > marathon training into the 'teachings' of L Ron so that new members > will 'fit in'. The "training" center used to be across from the old > hotel which is now the Headquarters building downtown clearwater. > Warning: don't even think of applying there.

Dec 4, 2013

Now down to $13 per hour 2 tch

by Jammie

Apr 5, 2014

KIndergarten/1st Grade Teacher Kids 'R' Kids 3 reviews - Tampa, FL Job is located in Zephyrhills, FL. Atleast 2 years of experience teaching K- 2 nd grade classroom in any state in US a must.... $13 - $17 an hour CareerBuilder - Apr 4 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is yo...See More

School Choice, Tracking & Resegregation

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Mar 20, 2014

Linked below is the first of 4 excerpts we'll be sharing from the new book "On the Same Track: How Schools Can Join the Twenty-First-Century Struggle Against Resegregation" by school administrator Carol Corbett Burris (Beacon Press, March 18, 2014).

Coming soon: an opportunity to win a free copy of the book!

This excerpt reveals ...See More

"I'm One of the Worst Teachers in My State"

In "I'm One of the Worst Teachers in My State" award-winning teacher Simone Ryals writes:

In the past decade, I have been greatly moved and honored to win numerous awards and been nominated for more still. My curriculum night presentations are always standing room only, because I’m the funny teacher who is going to make that half hour co...See More

Mar 13, 2014

How to teach less helplessness, more independence

by Kathleen

Mar 12, 2014

Today's article for educators:

Dealing with Learned Helplessness by Barbara Blackburn and Dr. Bradley Witzel

Learned helplessness is a process of conditioning where student seek help from others even when they have mastered information. Are your practices inadvertently fostering helplessness in students? What can teachers do to t...See More

How the Red Hot Chili Peppers helped a teacher-leader

In the teacher-feature "Give It Away, Give It Away, Give It Away Now!" Sharon Thomas says:

Thanks to the Red Hot Chili Peppers and their brief appearance at the Super Bowl for finally giving me a title to play with and thus helping to pull the pieces together. ... Giving up my old ideas about what constituted teacher-leadership helps me fo...See More

Mar 10, 2014

Jim Wayne's writing prompts for the week now posted!

Writing prompts for the coming week are posted online! (Note: Gazette pages might sometimes be unavailable for a few minutes at a time while the webmaster tends to some technical issues. If that happens, just check back a little later.)

Here's just one of many writing prompts for specific days in March that will entertain and motivate stud...See More

Mar 9, 2014

Hangman (Parts of Speech Style)

by Vinny

Mar 9, 2014

Here's a fun way to play hangman with 3-6th grades. It gives the students the option of using different parts of speech to use as the missing word (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions).

9 Strategies to Use Current Events in the Classroom

Mar 2, 2014

With so much "heavy" news being reported this week, this is a great article offering interesting tips for using current events in the classroom. Please pass it on!