I will be doing my student teaching this spring (in GA), but we will be moving to the Leavenworth area over the summer. Anyone here have any advice for locking in a job in the area? I know it is still way too soon to start looking for a job, but I was curious about which of the areas surrounding FT Leavenworth are best to teach in. My husband is (obviously) in the Army and we will be relocating to Ft Leavenworth for a year. Would you suggest trying to get my own classroom or subbing for the year? BTW - I am Middle school LA/SS. minda
The renaissance festival happens in late September and early October at the Verizon Ampitheater. This is straight down the highway from Leavenworth about 15-20 miles. Your friends will get to Leavenworth off of I 70 at the Bonner Springs exit and drive right by the place. My daughter and her children go every year wearing their own renaissance gear. Attendees often dress in costume. It is HUGE and lots of fun.
I would get a job...because it will give you a year's experience...and that will help you when you go to another district..to go up on pay scale... You only have to give them notice that you are not going to return..Of course, If you leave before the year ends...you have to pay a penalty... Good Luck!
Hi, I am Miss M, a 5th grade teacher, from MS. Your state is needed for a K-6 postcard exchange. We'll only be accepting one address from each state. Please keep in mind that you will be responsible for sending a postcard representing your state to all of the 49 states on the list. I will send you a list of all teachers participating in September. The list will close on September 30 or as soon as we have all 50 states. Help me spread the word! We will mail out postcards the month of October. IF you are interested please email me at [email removed].
And they have committees interviewing on a regular basis. I'm sure that sometimes they may have an individual in mind, but some of the time that is not true. It is being in the right place at the right time with the best qualifications--and giving a good show at an interview.
Hope it works out for you. I'm glad you enjoyed my site.
Thanks again icats and Ginny! I am actually thinking of taking a para position if I can't find a teaching one. I thought it might be nice to be in the same school everyday and build connections and with subbing, there is no guarantee that I'll get assigned something long-term. But, I guess I might consider it. Which do you think would be more of a stepping stone to get my foot in the door?
I think I have great qualifications, so that's why I wondered about the positions going so quickly. I think maybe I just got a late start due to some unforunate events, but I'll be ready next year. I want my own classroom so badly and I'm not going to give up my pursuit. I don't know exactly how to put myself in the right place at the right time, but I'll try my hardest to do it!
An experienced postcard exchange need you to participate in our K-6 postcard exchange. We are dedicated to giving our students a positive contact with other states and countries. We are targeting being ready by the last of September or early October. It has been a great sucess in past years. If interested please email me at [email removed]!
Hello we are an established exchange trying to fill our KS spot, our rep was unable to continue this year.
We provide free labels, charts, and international classes in our exchange. If you'd like more info or would be interested please feel free to e-mail me. We look forward to hearing from you!!!
our exchange needs ONE teacher from kansas. Great project. email me for info. send name, grade, school address and e-mail address tammy.[email removed]
This is a "repeat" of a very successful project. I will be teaching three sections of Classroom Structure/Behavior Management at a small college in the fall semester and I am looking for primary grade classroom teachers who are willing to participate in an "e" project for the semester, becoming an e-pal with one of my pre-service teachers, discussing classroom management strategies/philosophies/approaches that work/have not worked in your classroom -- all input that could help my students in the development of a beginning classroom management philosophy. This would involve between 4-6 e- mail responses to my students about classroom management (from approximately mid to late September to early November). At the end of the project, I would also like to know if this experience has been useful to you (reflective, metacognitive??). I have a student who is interested in relocating to either Wichita or Kansas City :-) Want to be an e-pal for a semester?? Please respond directly to me at [email removed]
Hi, I am currently in school pursuing my eraly ch. degree in Oklahoma, I will graduate from Kansas eventually though. I hear the teaching market is saturated and have been getting alot of negativity when it comes to finding a job. Did anyone else have a hard time finding a job after graduation? Teaching is really what I want to do. I am not a youngster but more of a career changer. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help.
Hi Tish! I would definitely agree with Daisy on the saturated job market. I have my degree in Early Childhood Special Education and live in Lawrence. I applied all over this area and got a job working for Head Start in Topeka. I am SO thankful for my job, for I love the program.
However, I do have to tell you that my sister-in-law graduated from PSU in May of 2003 with a degree in Elementary Ed, she spent her first year subbing (A LOT!!) in Chetopa because she couldn't find anything else. She is from Baxter Springs and had applied this year there and in Chetopa and still wasn't hired. She did finally get a teaching job working at a private school in Joplin and is very thankful for it. I just wanted to give you a heads up on what she went through in trying to get a job in the area you mentioned. I wish you the best of luck!!
Thanks everyone for all your input. I guess I have no choice but to finish my degree, which is another 3 years and hope for the best. This is really what I want to do and that is what life is about, right? I live next door to the superintendent of our schools, my kids are friends with the princepals kids, and I volunteer in the preschool. I go to church with ALOT of the teachers and administration at the school. I am active in the PTO, and everyone knows I am in school and they are very supportive, so I guess that is what you mean by networking. I also currently work with someone married to a teacher in a different district and we are good friends. I am doing all I can, it's just the uncertainity out there. Someone told me there had been 3 teacher's openings at a nearby school this year, but I don't know what the circumstances were. I guess you just have to grin and bear it and believe you are doing the right thing. I have spent 10 years doing a job that is unfulfilling and quite frankly a circus monkey could do. Now it is my turn to find my place. Well, again thanks for your info and letting me vent my feelings.
We have a very abrasive person on our faculty.I've seen her in action with others. We have a 2 floating laptop computer carts A & B,which teachers must reserve on the school calendar when their class needs to use them. I reserved cart B because it is the closest to my room. She did not. The morning of the scheduled day she came into my room demanding that she be allowed to cart B them because she had just spent 20min. making sure they were plugged in and all charged up ready for use. I told her no, & that she should have reserved it if that was the case. She didn't take no for an answer. I finally yielded and told her to leave my room several times. By this time I was furious and crying out of anger. Later she sent an apology & a candy bar saying, "if only you would have said no,I would have understood." I sent her apology (& her candy bar)back with this sentence highlighted and a sticky note saying, "Please, just follow procedure next time & book the the computers when you need to use them. I can't believe you didn't hear no. Let's just move on." The principal called me in because the teacher whose apology I rebuffed is feeling uneasy around me & her stomache just feels in knots. The principal wants me to talk to said teacher. To mend the relationship. I get along with everyone & am very much the team player. How would you handle this...help me find the words. I sincerely thought, "Let's move on." was enough.
Anyone have a list of themes you use to teach social studies to first graders? Or possibly any good supplemental books. OUr district does not have anything for the primary grades at this time and I would like to find some things to use besides just the state standards!
The renaissance festival happens in late September and early October at the
Verizon Ampitheater. This is straight down the highway from Leavenworth
about 15-20 miles. Your friends will get to Leavenworth off of I 70 at the Bonner
Springs exit and drive right by the place. My daughter and her children go every ...See More