I am currently employed as the Training Director and AVP of an internet security company but have become very interested in changing careers to teaching Middle School or High School computer science classes. I love the training aspects of my job, but I don't care much for the business end of it all and the constant need to make profit. I am much more interested in the successful skill and knowledge transfer that goes on in the classroom.
I am looking to find out how to make this career transition happen and I thought this forum would be a good place to start asking questions. Can anyone offer suggestions or resource I can turn to to get started?
I have just starting teaching after 17 years of retail management. I can't begin to express how rewarding this experience has been not to mention less STRESS.
Anyone who has the guts to change careers midlife, cut salary in half and deal with pubescent hormones over and over again has my appreciation. I love it.
Beware the loss of your social security benefits at retirement if you retire from a school that does not hold out social security. You will be hit by the GPO andd WEP social security laws.
On 2/06/03, Robin wrote: > On 11/17/02, Susan wrote: >> Hi, Rick, >> I was a corporate trainer and made a mid-life change to >> teaching. It was the best move I ever made. Contact a >> university close to you. There are a lot of people changing >> careers and moving to education. You may not have to have as >> many college hours as you think in order to be certified. >> Good luck! >> Susan >> >> On 11/01/02, Rick W. wrote: >>> Hello, All, >>> >>> I am currently employed as the Training Director and AVP of >>> an internet security company but have become very >>> interested in changing careers to teaching Middle School or >>> High School computer science classes. I love the training >>> aspects of my job, but I don't care much for the business >>> end of it all and the constant need to make profit. I am >>> much more interested in the successful skill and knowledge >>> transfer that goes on in the classroom. >>> >>> I am looking to find out how to make this career transition >>> happen and I thought this forum would be a good place to >>> start asking questions. Can anyone offer suggestions or >>> resource I can turn to to get started? >>> >>>
Hello. I am an inspirational author and speaker who recently published his memoir. It is spiced with blunt honesty and biting humor. My story in a nutshell:
Although I had to overcome years of countless and extreme adversities, I still have great zest for life. Before we were twenty years old, my brother and I endured war, killer illnesses, starvation, homelessness, floggings, abandonment, exile and slavery. But by the time we were thirty-some years old, something had seriously gone wrong with us. We had stubbornly worked our ways through college, married, and had become American citizens and world travelers.
Just a note to let you know I've got over fifty classic short stories at my site. These are public domain stories for you to use as you like and include many classics for teenagers (including "The Scarlet Ibis" and several by Poe. I also have lots of writing prompts. Hope the site is useful to you.
On 11/12/02, Thistlebritches wrote: > Just a note to let you know I've got over fifty classic > short stories at my site. These are public domain stories > for you to use as you like and include many classics for > teenagers (including "The Scarlet Ibis" and several by > Poe. I also have lots of writing prompts. Hope the site > is useful to you.
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Please, recognize your exchange students and/or teachers who are in your schools at this time. It a great chance to have them talk to other classes about education in other countries. It is also a great time to recruit folks to host exchange students and teachers from other countries and to recognize the many advocates and educators throughout the ages that have enabled us to beome the great nation that we are today. Well over 50 years ago the AFS Amulance Drivers in WWII put their resources together and organized a way to continue their efforts toward promoting peace and goodwill when they began AFS International Programs. Their goal was to eliminate war. Today the AFS exchanges with 43 different countries. Many former AFSers sit in parliments and congresses, make laws, serve as CEOs and ambassadors in their native countries helping their fellow citizens to better understand the world.
For more information on volunteering, hosting and/or sending contact AFS-USA at the links provided or call Jenny Myers @615-385-9644 or 1-800-876-2377.
Dr. Barbara Y. Wills, NCC, LPC Professional Counselor Hunters Lane HS/Nashville HLHS AFS-FTA Club Sponsor Miss Tennky Area Leadership Team AFS Global Educator to Thailand 2000 [email removed]
Our high school is scheduled to undergo a Scholastic Audit in early January. Has anyone out there experienced this process as a classroom teacher or a building administrator? I'd like to hear what actually happens, etc.
I am required to pass the Praxis II in Kentucky. I am a first year teacher and came from Indiana. The KRS says I can only be a teacher for six months. If I received my degree in the state I would have been allowed one year. Has anyone else had this problem? The state is saying that if I don't pass the test I won't have a job come Jan. 2003. I took it on Nov. 23, but am trying to look at all my options.
The National Substitute Teachers Alliance, NSTA, is a nonprofit national sub teacher advocacy organization. Our supporters and members include retired teachers, substitutes, parents, current contract teachers, and community leaders. We advocate for training, professional development of this work force; improved certification standards and mentoring. NSTA also believes that in order to retain qualified substitutes that wages must be adequate and benefits must be granted. NSTA offers its members and supporters (and their dependents), a markedly discounted NATIONAL prescription drug plan which is now posted at our website. Please visit us at: [link removed].
Oh, joy of joys!! Snow and ice have spread across the Commonwealth of KY forcing the schools to close!! I can now have my final exams typed and ready to turn in (were due today). Peace.
I have just starting teaching after 17 years of retail
management. I can't begin to express how rewarding this
experience has been not to mention less STRESS.
Anyone who has the guts to change careers midlife, cut salary
in half and deal with pubescent hormones over and over again
has my appreciatio...See More