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I am an educator and reading specialist and live on the southern MA/ northern RI border. I have taught in both states (RI and Mass). Where I live and work, the pace of life is very fast, there is lots of materialism and snobbery, the value system is sports and money. Frankly, we hate it. We cannot be around this any longer. We are looking to move and Georgia is one of the places we are considering. I would love to hear from educators about your experience teaching in this state. In my district, everything (including our evaluations) is linked to test scores and common core standards. That is probably the case everywhere. However, I think it is harder to teach in some states than in others. In your state are the salaries reasonably competitive (relatively speaking)? How's the level of respect for teachers? How's the morale? Any thoughts you have would be greatly appreciated. thank you!
missy On 3/28/17, Sue wrote: > I am an educator and reading specialist and live on > the southern MA/ northern RI border. I have taught in > both states (RI and Mass). Where I live and work, the > pace of life is very fast, there is lots of > materialism and snobbery, the value system is sports > and money. Frankly, we hate it. We canno...See More
Mar 31, 2017
Sarah Here in Georgia, you'll be subject to the TKES system, which is full of flaws, just like every other teacher eval. system ever created. Even the guy who created the TKES system has expressed concerns about its use--but the "powers that be" in GA just seemingly love it.

As for money--GA is just barely crawling out of a 9-10 year p...See More
Mar 31, 2017
ATLTeacher Atlanta Public pays the most but I've rarely heard good things about the district, and I live in Atlanta. They are the highest paid in the metro area but I've always heard it described as a "war zone". Fulton is good overall and they were good with saving money during the economic downturn. They actually gave a 9% raise last year for teachers who'v...See More
May 26, 2017
ATLTeacher I forgot to say that Georgia seems to be an anti-teacher state. The regulations are set up that teachers are targets and the legislators hit us first with negative commentary. They stoke a sense that ,"It's the teacher's fault". Parents are not held accountable and there is little respect for us. It's an odd thing to see as compared to some other s...See More
May 26, 2017


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