I'm a teacher in a KS high school near Topeka. My husband is being trasfered out of state and I was wondering if anyone had any experience with breaking a contract. Any special considerations since my husband is transfering? I've heard that I'll have to pay TONS of money to get out of it and loose my contract!!! Is that true?? HELP!
I don't know the legalities so I can only pass along the experience of others.
Teachers in hard to fill positions were not allowed out of their contract and had to finish the year. The elementary teachers I have known in your position, easily replaced, were released. Current super is more hardnosed and holds people to their contract. So, I do think it is a district by district proposition. Get a copy of board policy and read up on it.
Hello. My name is Chandana Neureuther and I am a third grade teacher at Errick Road Elementary School in Niagara Wheatfield, New York. A collegue of mine showed me a project her class is embarking upon that integrates researching about your home state via the internet and writing to other classrooms across America to share the information on gingerbread men. I was given a website at [link removed]
I am organizing an elementary valentine exchange. We don't have anyone signed up for Kansas!:( If you would be interested in joining us, please email me ASAP! Here are the details: One class from each state is signing up to participate. I am compiling all mailing addresses. Your class (or a combination of classes or grade levels) will create a valentine card to send to each state in the US. You in return, will receive a valentine card from each state, possible marking the states on a map as you receive the cards. So many skills and so much fun!!
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Congress in the Classroom® 2005
DEADLINE: March 15, 2005
Congress in the Classroom® is a national, award-winning education program now in its 13th year. Sponsored by The Dirksen Congressional Center, the workshop is dedicated to the exchange of ideas and information on teaching about Congress.
Congress in the Classroom® is designed for high school teachers who teach U.S. history, government, civics, political science, or social studies. Forty teachers from throughout the country will be selected in 2005 to take part in the program.
You will gain experience with The Center's educational Web site, CongressLink - [link removed].
Throughout the program you will work with national experts as well as colleagues from across the nation. This combination of firsthand knowledge and peer-to-peer interaction will give you new ideas, materials, and a professionally enriching experience.
In sum, the workshop consists of two types of sessions: those that focus on recent research and scholarship about Congress (and don't always have an immediate application in the classroom) and those geared to specific ways to teach students about Congress.
The 2005 program theme will be "Our New Congress -- the 109th." Confirmed session titles are:
* A View from Capitol Hill * The Importance of Teaching Democracy Appreciation * George W. Bush's Second Term: What's in Store for Congress? * Congress Has a Humorous Side * How Congress Members Decide (Hint: It Looks Like a Game of Billiards) * Teaching Congress Through Visuals * The Struggle to Reform Congress and Its Consequences * The Civil Rights Act of 1964: Using Document Analysis to Tell the Story * How to Get Your Point Across to Congress Members * The Dirksen Center Web Suite as a Resource for Teachers * Congressional Insight: A Computer Simulation of a Member's First Term in the House of Representatives, and more.
The workshop will take place from Monday, July 25 through July 28, 2005, at the Radisson Hotel in Peoria, Illinois. Teachers who are selected for the program will be responsible for (1) a non-refundable $135 registration fee (required to confirm acceptance after notice of selection) and (2) transportation to and from Peoria, Illinois. Many school districts will pay all or a portion of these costs.
The Center pays for three nights lodging at the headquarters hotel (providing a single room for each participant), workshop materials, local transportation, all but three meals, and presenter honoraria and expenses. The Center spends between $25,000 and $30,000 to host the program each year
Those teachers who are not selected for the program will have an opportunity to register for the Web-based Congress in the Classroom course.
The deadline for applications is March 15, 2005. Enrollment is competitive and limited to forty. Selection will be determined by The Center. Individuals will be notified of their acceptance status by April 1, 2005.
Take a look at The Dirksen Center Web site - [link removed].
If you are interested in registering for the Congress in the Classroom® 2005 workshop, you can complete an online registration form found at: [link removed].
Learn About One of the Best-Kept Secrets of American History: The I&M Canal
Five-day teacher workshops exploring the themes of immigration, transportation, western expansion and city building through study of the U.S. Canal Era, using the Illinois & Michigan Canal as a case study for the canal experience. Made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the workshops are for K-12 teachers across the U.S.
Workshop highlights include • $500 stipend for each participant • Discounted graduate credit available • Presentations by noted canal historians, scholars and authors • Field visits to sites throughout the I&M Canal National Heritage Corridor • Access to I&M Canal Archives at Lewis University Library • A wealth of resources, including unpublished primary source documents • Development of a curriculum project for classroom use
The workshops will be held at the Gaylord Building Historic Site, 25 miles from downtown Chicago and on the I&M Canal.
Choose from one of three sessions: June 27-July 1, July 12- 16 or July 25-29, 2005.
Application deadline: March 15, 2005. Go to [link removed].
Sponsored by Canal Corridor Association and Lewis University. Made possible by a grant through the Landmarks of American History program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Hello all Kansas teachers. I will be graduating in May from a college in NY. My finance wants to move to Kansas because of family there. I will be certified in Early Childhood Ed and Special Ed from NY. Does anyone know what I need to do to be certified in Kansas? Can I just get a job with NY certification? What do I do, HELP Please. I already went on the Kansas Department of Ed website and I'm still confused. Thanks for your help.
On 2/26/05, Laura wrote: > Hello all Kansas teachers. I will be graduating in May > from a college in NY. My finance wants to move to Kansas > because of family there. I will be certified in Early > Childhood Ed and Special Ed from NY. Does anyone know what > I need to do to be certified in Kansas? Can I just get a > job with NY certification? What do I do, HELP Please. I > already went on the Kansas Department of Ed website and I'm > still confused. Thanks for your help. > > Laura Call the Dept of Education in Topeka,KS so that they will tell you exactly what you need to do. I hope you like it here.
I am about to graduate in May (Hurray!) so I'm starting to look for jobs. I started taking education classes because of my desire to teach in more "inner city" areas (as much as KS has). But now that it is so close, I'm scared. Has anyone worked for KC, Topeka, or Wichita school districts? How was it?
KC is a nice city with lots to do. Wichita is a nice place lived there 3 years. I never liked Topeka, always seemed like a dirty town. Can't really explain it. Went there often and was always happy to leave.
I don't know the legalities so I can only pass along the experience of
others.
Teachers in hard to fill positions were not allowed out of their contract
and had to finish the year. The elementary teachers I have known in your
position, easily replaced, were released. Current super is more
hardnosed ...See More