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quit your whining!

by k

Feb 8, 2009

if you are one of the few people who are lucky enough to have a job at a public school, quit whining about pay, the governor, OGTs, etc.

there are lots of us who have paid our dues for years- subbing, working in exploitative charter schools etc- and many of us would give our right arms for your jobs. be grateful for your job. after 6 years of "dues-paying",and a master's degree i still cannot get a job. most of my colleagues in similar situations have left the profession for this reason. i spend my days working for 10 bucks an hour in retail and would give anything to teach. so if you arent happy with the state of education then leave and make room for the droves of us who want and would appreciate your job.

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this was written by pksped, who didn't mean to post anon. nm On 2/08/09, do you feel better now? wrote: > Somehow I don't think that post helped your situation any. > > Would you rather we don't give two hoots to try to improve > the quality of the education field for tomorrow's teachers? > > > I'm genuinely sorry that there aren't a gazillion jobs to > employ every teacher candidate ...See More

Feb 8, 2009

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Exploited Teacher Whitch charter school company did you work for? if you can say. If not I understand. I work for an Ohio charter school and they are exploitative. I have spent thousands of dollars buying things for my classroom because the school buys nothing. No crayons. No pencils. No nametags. Nothing! We don't even have toys for the younger grades. The adminstr...See More

Feb 8, 2009

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agree with original I have to agree with the original post. I understand that current teachers have paid dues also, but my gripe is with the ridiculous retire-rehire program. Either retire or don't. It is very frustrating when in my area last year of all of the teachers who retired 90% of them were rehired and the 10% that weren't were in fields like Italian and Spani...See More

Feb 9, 2009

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CB I, too, am genuinely sorry there aren't enough jobs from every educator currently seeking employment. As you may note from my previous posts from last year (and year's past, if they are accessible on this site), I was in your situation only a short time ago. Every day I feel incredibly blessed to have found a job in a district I love with students ...See MoreI, too, am genuinely sorry there aren't enough jobs from every educator currently seeking employment. As you may note from my previous posts from last year (and year's past, if they are accessible on this site), I was in your situation only a short time ago. Every day I feel incredibly blessed to have found a job in a district I love with students and fellow staff members that I love.

I don't think the aim of any teachers posting on this board is to "whine" about pay, the governor, OGT's, or etc. I think the aim of any teacher who comes to this board is to help better education in Ohio, and to provide as much helpful feedback as possible to new teachers and/or future teachers who come to this board.

As a previous poster noted, we, too, have paid our dues, subbed for years, and taken whatever teaching jobs we could get just to make ends meet. We, too, have sat by the phone and at the computer from January to August hoping for jobs to post, correcting and recorrecting our resumes, attending interviews, and keeping our fingers crossed. We understand your frustration.

In fact, I believe I have said the exact things you said in your original post time and time again over the last few years.

Instead of condemning teachers who are trying to work toward improvement in education and in educator professionalism, might I suggest channeling your energy into more fruitful pursuits? Expressing your frustration on these boards is not going to land you a job, but networking with other teachers in a positive way will get you noticed. Follow up with all those teacher friends you made while pursuing your master's degree. I used to send out a mass email in February to all of my "teacher friends" just to remind them that I was looking. I got a TON of leads this way! Something else you can do is invest in cheap business cards (vistaprint.com), and leave them behind when you sub; that will allow those teachers to request you more frequently. Working in retail, as I'm sure you know, is not going to get you noticed in education unless you find a way to make those connections.

Finally, I hate to break it to you, but charter schools are not the only kinds of schools that are exploitative. Public schools can be just as bad at times. I have worked in a private school, part-time, and sold my soul to that school--working completely at its mercy for fear of losing my job. At my public school, I still buy my own supplies because there is no money for them. I just had to buy my own set of classroom books because of a lack of funds!! But, I'm not complaining---I love my job.

I hope you are soon blessed with a fantastic job. I would give my left arm (in opposition to your right) to bring you on board, as I believe high-quality, dedicated educators are essential to the improvement of Ohio's education. I may not know you, but I am truly pulling for you, and I wish you all the best in your future.

On 2/08/09, k wrote: > if you are one of the few people who are lucky enough to > have a job at a public school, quit whining about pay, the > governor, OGTs, etc. > > there are lots of us who have paid our dues for years- > subbing, working in exploitative charter schools etc- and > many of us would give our right arms for your jobs. be > grateful for your job. after 6 years of "dues-paying",and > a master's degree i still cannot get a job. most of my > colleagues in similar situations have left the profession > for this reason. i spend my days working for 10 bucks an > hour in retail and would give anything to teach. so if you > arent happy with the state of education then leave and > make room for the droves of us who want and would > appreciate your job.

Feb 9, 2009

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Elizabeth Where are you located and what do you teach? I'll keep my ears and eyes open.

On 2/08/09, k wrote: > if you are one of the few people who are lucky enough to > have a job at a public school, quit whining about pay, the > governor, OGTs, etc. > > there are lots of us who have paid our dues for years- > subbing, working in ...See More

Mar 16, 2009

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