am applying for art teaching position at eccc in Mississippi and can not find their average pay scale for full time art instructor with a masters and ten years teaching experience. does anyone have that information? just a ballpark or average will suffice right now I would have to move from AZ to MS for the position and need a bit of info on salary expectations.
I would like to teach in mississippi, however, I live in west memphis Ar. I want to teach as close to home as possible. I am trying to find out as much as I can about senatobia. If someone can tell me anything about the schools and community please respond soon.
I live in Senatobia, MS and teach in Como, MS. I like the community pretty well, as I have only lived here about a year. It is a small town with a Wal-Mart and several restaurants. My daughter attends the kindergarten at Senatobia Elemenary School. I like it pretty well.
On 4/05/08, Mr. marv wrote: > I would like to teach in mississippi, however, I live in > west memphis Ar. I want to teach as close to home as > possible. I am trying to find out as much as I can about > senatobia. If someone can tell me anything about the > schools and community please respond soon.
I plan to be teaching in MS, however, if I don't have an interview by May 1st this will be quite difficult. When do MS administrators start the hiring process. I am from Atlanta and my school has already signed contracts and hired new teachers for next year. They think that I should have a MS contract in hand by May 1st. Is this possible or realistic?
On 4/22/08, Bradley Smith wrote: > Check out the Mississippi Private School Association website, > [link removed];
I don't think that teachers can't teach from textbooks, I think they have a set of standards to teach from. At least here, you use whatever you need to use to teach those skills. I always hated teaching from a textbook.
On 4/11/08, J Johnson wrote: > On 4/09/08, girl in gulfport wrote: >> On 4/08/08, J. Johnson wrote: >>> I plan to be teaching in MS, however, if I don't have an >>> interview by May 1st this will be quite difficult. When >> do >>> MS administrators start the hiring process. I am from >>> Atlanta and my school has already signed contracts and >>> hired new teachers for next year. They think that I should >>> have a MS contract in hand by May 1st. Is this possible or >>> realistic? >> >> >> >> I think that it depends on the district. In my district, >> contracts are not given until the last week of school. And >> once everyone has signed, new teachers are hired. Some >> districts are hiring now. What part of the state will you be >> in? > > I will be looking around the Oxford area. I applied to > Lafayette, Water Valley, South Panola, etc. My fiance is part > of the Mississippi teacher's corp, so I would like to be in > Mississippi with him. We want to reside somewhere in Lafayette > county, so even though he doesn't know his placement I can > still apply there. I've tried calling the personnel dept for > all of these counties, however, they give me an extremely vague > response. From my research, these counties appear to be hard to > get a job in.
On 4/17/08, girl in gulfport wrote: > On 4/14/08, Victoria wrote: >> I wouldn't know as we've only gotten to see the test for >> less than 40 minutes to look over it. We were told we >> couldn't use it until it is published online. ???? I am >> sick of waiting as we don't have any true materials that the >> kids can see that mimic the ACTUAL test. > > > I got an email today saying it is now available online.....
Yeah, I checked Monday and there wasn't anything...checked yesterday and there it was! YAY!!!
Now my kids can see what the actual questions might look like.
On 4/18/08, Victoria wrote: > On 4/17/08, girl in gulfport wrote: >> On 4/14/08, Victoria wrote: >>> I wouldn't know as we've only gotten to see the test for >>> less than 40 minutes to look over it. We were told we >>> couldn't use it until it is published online. ???? I am >>> sick of waiting as we don't have any true materials that the >>> kids can see that mimic the ACTUAL test. >> >> >> I got an email today saying it is now available online..... > > Yeah, I checked Monday and there wasn't anything...checked > yesterday and there it was! YAY!!! > > Now my kids can see what the actual questions might look like.
the state took my ed2go certificates last year......had 3 ed2go classes.......also, i worked through itawamba....there is a very nice lady that works there that helped me out.....
5 years ago is a different story (when dealing with the state).....i had to talk to 5 different people for about a year to get a health class to count towards my p.e. certification simply because a school code prefix was different......
my point is....you can check....they will tell you something and sometimes you will get a different answer depending on who you talk to.....
GOOD LUCK!!! fatcoach
On 4/15/08, ??? wrote: > Have any of taken any of the courses on ed2go? How can I make > sure the state department will accept them? > > On 4/15/08, fatcoach wrote: >> ed2go is the way to go........i researched it last year....it >> is the cheapest way...... >> >> >> delta state offers some distant learning classes, but they are >> pretty expensive......i think 275 dollars for 3.5 ceu's..... >> >> also, delta state usually keeps a calendar of workshops on >> their website...it was listed under "DAAIS" i think.....these >> are usually worth between .4 and .6 ceu's, and they are all >> day workshops..... >> >> >> >> >> On 4/14/08, novels648 wrote: >>> On 4/14/08, Leigh wrote: >>>> Does anyone know of workshops in the North MS area? I am in >>>> need of CEUs!!! Thank you! >>> >>> Check out the on-line courses at ICC - address is >>> [link removed].
On 4/14/08, Leigh wrote: > Does anyone know of workshops in the North MS area? I am in > need of CEUs!!! Thank you!
[link removed]
This is the link to the North Mississippi Education Consortium. They have all kinds of workshops in the area. The one here on the coast is good for finding workshops with CEU's
Yesterday I helped administer the English II test. Something has to be done. We had been told it would be harder, but it was ridiculous. The students began the test at 9:15; it was 2 p.m. before the first ones were finished. At noon, they were all given a slice of pizza and a bottle of water. They were given a handful of hard candy to keep their energy. By lunch time, their eyes were beginning to glaze over. This almost 5 hours, joined with the 3 to 4 hours they spent back in March writing the essay means that the English II test is an 8 or 9 hour test. Not even the GRE, the MCAT, or other graduate school test goes like that. And, these are 10th graders! Every English teacher in the state needs to e-mail Hank Bounds. Testing is one thing, but this is absurd!
Yesterday I helped administer the English II test. Something has to be done. We had been told it would be harder, but it was ridiculous. The students began the test at 9:15; it was 2 p.m. before the first ones were finished. At noon, they were all given a slice of pizza and a bottle of water. They were given a handful of hard candy to keep their energy. By lunch time, their eyes were beginning to glaze over. This almost 5 hours, joined with the 3 to 4 hours they spent back in March writing the essay means that the English II test is an 8 or 9 hour test. Not even the GRE, the MCAT, or other graduate school test goes like that. And, these are 10th graders! Every English teacher in the state needs to e-mail Hank Bounds. Testing is one thing, but this is absurd!
Perhaps you would like to find the English II test online and try it for yourself...
I administered the English test to sophomores as well, and the students who worked on it the longest were above-average students in English, fluent readers, who did well on practice test questions in class. Working on a test from 8:30 to 1:30 is a long time for any person of any age or intelligence level. I became a teacher to help students succeed; I despise that hard-working students may not graduate because of the negative results of one state test. Increasing the rigor of state tests is an idea I support, but everything has been thrown at us at once. This year has been very overwhelming for the algebra and English teachers and the students. Support and encouragement from fellow faculty members would make the task more bearable.
On 5/06/08, fatcoach wrote: > hey....let's hold their hands and read it to them....maybe > they can stay illiterate forever!!!! yay!!! > > > it's time to cowboy up......no excuses.... > > > > > >
make no mistake.....i only want to support my fellow teachers........`
and i'm an english teacher myself......i'm doing 8th now.....but i've done 10th before......
we can moan about it all we want.....but guess what.....it's not gonna change.....
it's only going to get harder....it's only going to get tougher.....it's only going to get longer.....
it's time to attack this test.......and not stand idly by and watch our kids get hammered......
we don't get to pick who we teach.....we don't see the adminstrators unless our test scores are down or the test advisor sees us drinking a diet coke in class...and we get paid beans.......
but nobody else is going to do it...if we don't......so, what other options do we have? quit?
i'm in full agreement that "everything has been thrown at us at once"....and the majority of state tests are unreasonable.....and that many good kids will fail......i just don't see any rules changing anytime soon......we need to have the attitudes of fighters.....not watchers......
good luck to all fatcoach
On 5/06/08, Catlover72 wrote: > Perhaps you would like to find the English II test online and > try it for yourself... > > I administered the English test to sophomores as well, and the > students who worked on it the longest were above-average > students in English, fluent readers, who did well on practice > test questions in class. Working on a test from 8:30 to 1:30 is > a long time for any person of any age or intelligence level. I > became a teacher to help students succeed; I despise that > hard-working students may not graduate because of the negative > results of one state test. Increasing the rigor of state tests > is an idea I support, but everything has been thrown at us at > once. This year has been very overwhelming for the algebra and > English teachers and the students. Support and encouragement > from fellow faculty members would make the task more bearable. > > > On 5/06/08, fatcoach wrote: >> hey....let's hold their hands and read it to them....maybe >> they can stay illiterate forever!!!! yay!!! >> >> >> it's time to cowboy up......no excuses.... >> >> >> >> >> >>
You're correct on the length of the test; however, most of the students I get in 10th grade English can barely read and have no interest in learning. They seem to think that all they have to do is wave a magic wand and they pass. The multiple choice part of the test given Friday should take an average 10th grade 2 to 3 hours to complete. If they are taking longer than that to complete it, we teachers have our work cut out for us. I know that we will be going up against parents who don't care and students who don't either, but somehow, we are going to have to bring them up to the level that they should be.
I live in Senatobia, MS and teach in Como, MS. I like the
community pretty well, as I have only lived here about a
year. It is a small town with a Wal-Mart and several
restaurants. My daughter attends the kindergarten at
Senatobia Elemenary School. I like it pretty well.
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