I would really appreciate your input for a book that my colleague and I are writing for teachers. This book will give teachers ways to help their students become engaged and motivated, as well as practical tools to deal with students difficulties in learning.
Still looking. If someone else has a suggestion, please post.
On 8/02/06, Indolina Meza wrote: > On 4/21/06, Jerry wrote: > Hi Jerry, > > Did you find any study guides that will help for > the "Assessment of Teacher Competency" Seconday exam? I have > taken the exam once, and was not able to pass it, so I am > just wondering if you found anything else? > > Thanks > Indolina
Please consider participating, and passing the invitation below on to you colleagues:
Opportunity to contribute to research on school bullying!
You are invited to participate in a research project to learn more about strategies used by teachers and counselors when faced with bullying incidents. This study is being conducted by Dr. Sheri Bauman, Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Arizona. If you are interested in contributing 10-15 minutes of your time to advance our understanding of this important international problem, please click on the link below. You will be asked for a password to ensure that only teachers and school counselors complete the survey. Please enter “ijime” (do not enter the quotation marks) when you are asked for your password.
Hey Jerry, A good friend of mine was a retired lawyer. He taught Social Studies into his 80's at high school level. No problemo with his age. He had a blast and really loved it. The kids really loved him, too.
However, let me warn you: this is the MTV generation, and disrespect, vulgar language, illiteracy, etc., runs high. Math teachers are desperately needed about everywhere, so if you can deal with the downer side of this generation, I'd encourage you to do it. Teaching is a lot of fun.
If you go for junior/senior high school level, most of the dirtballs will have dropped out, so you'll be spared. If you go for younger age groups, toughen up and do it anyway. What helps more than teacher college, by the way, is military experience.
Semper Gumbi, The Bluetail Fly
On 5/01/06, Jerry wrote: > Hi, > > I am in the corporate world with a degree in math. > > What are the chances of getting a teaching job starting at > age 65? Are there mandatory retirement ages that make this > impossible? > > Thanks, > Jerry
This is an invitation to participate in a totally free event that will take place on September 11 and that will be, I believe, of special interest to teachers and librarians. As we are a public library in Illinois with absolutely no budget to give this event the publicity it deserves, we are hoping you will share the information with anyone you think might have an interest.
On September 11, 2006, the Bensenville Community Public Library District (a Chicago suburb) will present Marion Blumenthal Lazan live and in real time to anyone with an Internet connection. To participate, you merely install a small program (it loads in about 20 seconds), turn on your computer's speakers, then sit back and listen to Marion. If you also have a microphone attached to your computer, you will be able to speak with her and ask questions directly.
As a girl, Marion and her family were trapped in Hitler's Germany, and they spent six and a half years in refugee and concentration camps, including Westerbork in Holland and Bergen-Belsen in Germany. They were in a cattle car on their way to Auschwitz when they were finally liberated by Russian troops.
Now in her seventies, Marion is devoting the rest of her life to telling her story. She knows that in a few years there will be no Holocaust survivors left, yet what happened must never be forgotten. Her story does not dwell on the horror of what she experienced. Instead, her message is one of hope and optimism in the face of extraordinary hardship. She implores us to be kind to one another, to embrace diversity, to always retain hope, to respect one another, and to never look away from intolerance and cruelty. Could there be a more powerful or appropriate message on September 11?
Marion will speak to the children of the world on September 11, 2006, at 2:00 p.m., eastern time. She will speak for about 30 minutes, and she will then take questions. She will be speaking in an online auditorium, and there is no charge whatsoever to listen. Our hope is that thousands of children and their teachers will spend that hour on September 11 with Marion. She will tell a story of courage, hope, and the will to survive. Your students (and you) will be mesmerized and inspired.
For more information, including directions for registering for the program and logging onto the website where the online auditorium is located, please just reply to this message to: [email removed]].
If you have any questions or concerns, please direct them to me, Bill Erbes, [email removed].
We believe there will be much interest in this event if only we can get the word out that it will be happening. Any help you can offer in spreading the message will be most appreciated.
Thank you.
Bill Erbes Assistant Library Director Bensenville Community Public Library District 200 S. Church Road Bensenville, IL 60106 (630) 766-4642
I just read a hilarious new book called DADDY NEEDS A DRINK by a Santa Fe teacher named Robert Wilder. You should all buy it to support a fellow teacher AND have a great laugh. check out [link removed]
My husband and I are talking about possibly moving to New Mexico. I'm a teacher from the east coast (Virginia) and was wondering what the teaching jobs are like out there. Are there a high number of ESL (English as a 2nd Language) positions available? Is there a website I can look up for jobs? We're talking about making a move in about 1 year or so.
Thank you so much! Feel free to email me at [email removed]
At the elementary level theres more of a shift towards having the general education teacher get an ESL endorsement-- more of an integration model than a pull-out. There are still some pull-out models though. I'm sure it depends on the district.
Middle and high schools still have ESL-only classes but I'm not sure how many openings.
> > My husband and I are talking about possibly moving to New > Mexico. I'm a teacher from the east coast (Virginia) and > was wondering what the teaching jobs are like out there. > Are there a high number of ESL (English as a 2nd Language) > positions available? Is there a website I can look up for > jobs? We're talking about making a move in about 1 year > or so. > > Thank you so much! Feel free to email me at > [email removed]
rw's advice sounds right for NM, and in Gallup "ESL" is the magic key to job interviews and over-the-phone hires. You'll need some hip waders to wade thru all the dysfuntional central office stuff, but Navajo students are the best in the west and a lot of fun. Lots of jobs, and if you go rural, cheap housing in "teacherages" and an extra rural increment to boot! Google Gallup-McKinley County Schools to get there. They hire bunches over the phone, honest! The Bluetail Fly don't lie!
On 5/21/06, rw wrote: > HS or Elementary? > > At the elementary level theres more of a shift towards having > the general education teacher get an ESL endorsement-- more of > an integration model than a pull-out. There are still some > pull-out models though. I'm sure it depends on the district. > > Middle and high schools still have ESL-only classes but I'm > not sure how many openings. > > >> >> My husband and I are talking about possibly moving to New >> Mexico. I'm a teacher from the east coast (Virginia) and >> was wondering what the teaching jobs are like out there. >> Are there a high number of ESL (English as a 2nd Language) >> positions available? Is there a website I can look up for >> jobs? We're talking about making a move in about 1 year >> or so. >> >> Thank you so much! Feel free to email me at >> [email removed]
I am confused about alternative licensure. The university programs that prepare people for alternative licensure want you to have a teaching job before they will admit you to the university program. Isn't this backwards? Why would a school district hire someone with no teaching experience and no education credits? Wouldn't it make more sense for someone to spend a year gaining the education credits first, and then try to get a teaching job? Is there a way to do what I am suggesting - which university would do this?
I have been searching that myself, and have found on the NM state board of education website that there are quite a few schools in the state that have alternative licensure programs. For some of the bigger names schools you must already be teaching but others don't ie Santa Fe Community College(also has online available), College of Santa Fe. When you are accepted into any alternative licensure program then you can apply -very easily- for an internship teaching license that allows you to teach for three years while you work on your level 1 alternative license.
I wish I had found this info a year ago, NMSU and UNM programs are much too complicated to just get accepted.
On 5/24/06, MOM wrote: > On 5/23/06, Jerry wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am confused about alternative licensure. The university >> programs that prepare people for alternative licensure > want >> you to have a teaching job before they will admit you to >> the university program. Isn't this backwards? Why would > a >> school district hire someone with no teaching experience >> and no education credits? Wouldn't it make more sense for >> someone to spend a year gaining the education credits >> first, and then try to get a teaching job? Is there a way >> to do what I am suggesting - which university would do >> this? >> >> Thank you. >> Jerry > If you are accepted to a Grad. program like Sped. that will > allow you to apply for Intern license, all you need is a > letter from the University such as N.M.S.U. in Las Cruces.
On 8/31/06, Shawna wrote: > I have been searching that myself, and have found on the NM > state board of education website that there are quite a few > schools in the state that have alternative licensure programs. > For some of the bigger names schools you must already be > teaching but others don't ie Santa Fe Community College(also > has online available), College of Santa Fe. When you are > accepted into any alternative licensure program then you can > apply -very easily- for an internship teaching license that > allows you to teach for three years while you work on your > level 1 alternative license. > > I wish I had found this info a year ago, NMSU and UNM programs > are much too complicated to just get accepted. > > N.M.S.U. is fairly easy to get into grad. school to pursue masters in sped. for their alt. progam they do require you to have teaching job, but remember acceptance into grad. school alone is enough to get intern license. > > On 5/24/06, MOM wrote: >> On 5/23/06, Jerry wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am confused about alternative licensure. The university >>> programs that prepare people for alternative licensure >> want >>> you to have a teaching job before they will admit you to >>> the university program. Isn't this backwards? Why would >> a >>> school district hire someone with no teaching experience >>> and no education credits? Wouldn't it make more sense for >>> someone to spend a year gaining the education credits >>> first, and then try to get a teaching job? Is there a way >>> to do what I am suggesting - which university would do >>> this? >>> >>> Thank you. >>> Jerry >> If you are accepted to a Grad. program like Sped. that will >> allow you to apply for Intern license, all you need is a >> letter from the University such as N.M.S.U. in Las Cruces.
Still looking. If someone else has a suggestion, please post.
On 8/02/06, Indolina Meza wrote:
> On 4/21/06, Jerry wrote:
> Hi Jerry,
>
> Did you find any study guides that will help for
> the "Assessment of Teacher Competency" Seconday exam? I have
> taken the exam once, an...See More