Hello. I am looking into the possibility of moving to TN soon, and was wondering about teaching in these 2 places. Could you please give me an insight of how these 2 places are? Thanks in advance, and have a good day.
Amy KWhen she says there are a lot of teachers looking for a job in Johnson City, she means it. On average, there are about 60 applicants for each teaching position that comes open!!
The Miss Tennky AFS Area Volunteer Leadership has placed over their quota of HS foreign exchange students who are to arrive soon. However, one female YES scholarship from Turkey stills needs a permanent loving family in the middle TN area. She is very involved in Press Club, theater and chorus in her native turkey. If you would be interested, please, contact Brian at 1-800-876-2377, 124. I feel sure that she would be a great addition to any family or high school in our area.
Dr. Barbara Y. Wills/ Miss Tennky PR Coordinator [email removed]
I am organizing a POSTCARD EXCHANGE for the upcoming school year 2010-2011. I would like it very much to have successful turnout of all the states (provinces and territories are welcome!). My classes and I have enjoyed this experience tremendously over the years.
This project works well when all participants hold up to their promise. I would like one participant from each of the 50 states and DC. In addition, anybody who teaches in Canada feel free to join just inquire!
This will be on a first come, first serve. I will have all info ready mid to late September and email every so often with updates.
If you are interested and willing to make the commitment, please provide the following information:
Name School and grade School's full address Email
Please do not hit reply...contact me off the list serve so it does not get overloaded!
How are the class sizes in East TN, specifically Blount, Sevier, and Knox counties? I am particularly interested in the elementary grades. Our K-2 classes are supposed to be 18 and under, but I already have 21, and the kids are still coming in. Our grades 3-5 are supposed to be 22 and under, but that is not happening either. Thanks for the info!
On 8/21/10,...See MoreOurs have inched up a bit since last year. K has close to 20, 3-5 has between 20 & 25. I believe it's state law here that they average under 25 in upper elementary, and primary grades is a bit lower. Does FL have something similar? With all the cost-cutting, they're trying not to add an extra classroom unless they HAVE to.
On 8/21/10, SouthFLTeacher wrote: > How are the class sizes in East TN, specifically Blount, > Sevier, and Knox counties? I am particularly interested in > the elementary grades. Our K-2 classes are supposed to be > 18 and under, but I already have 21, and the kids are still > coming in. Our grades 3-5 are supposed to be 22 and under, > but that is not happening either. Thanks for the info!
On 9/15/10, eiela80 wrote: > Ours have inched up a bit since last year. K has close to 20, > 3-5 has between 20 & 25. I believe it's state law here that > they average under 25 in upper elementary, and primary grades > is a bit lower. Does FL have something similar? With all the > cost-cutting, they're trying not to add an extra classroom > unless they HAVE to. > > On 8/21/10, SouthFLTeacher wrote: >> How are the class sizes in East TN, specifically Blount, >> Sevier, and Knox counties? I am particularly interested in >> the elementary grades. Our K-2 classes are supposed to be >> 18 and under, but I already have 21, and the kids are still >> coming in. Our grades 3-5 are supposed to be 22 and under, >> but that is not happening either. Thanks for the info!
does anyone know of any praxis II workshops. found a session for Oct. 16 in LA for $16. spoke with a rep., said anyone is welcome to attend. just wanted to know if anyone knew about a session in TN.
Ne...See MoreI'm really disgusted with the new lesson plan policy at my MCS school. Someone please tell me that this is not a system-wide craziness!! It couldn't be!! This has got to be something created just to torture teachers at my school. And if it is system-wide, why aren't we screaming to the top of our collective voices? MEA, where are you??
Next week's reading lesson took me four hours (of my week- end family time) of cutting and pasting from the instructional map to this little form our "instructional facilitator" gave us. If the instructional map is so important all of a sudden, why don't we just call that our lesson plan? Or how about this, why don't they assign this new and improved lesson plan to the "facilitator"? She doesn't do anything else for us, except for finding more paper work for us to do. Oh my bad, she does look high and mighty on her lap top in her all-important office. Maybe having someone around the school who looks cute, relaxed and leaves school daily empty handed will facilitate quality instruction in the classroom.
Right now the facilitator will be the brunt of my hostlity until I find out anyone else who is responsible for this nutty new policy.
I am writing an article about this for a school newspaper at East Tennessee State University. Can anyone help me with getting information about this? Thank you so much. Let me know what you think about this...
The American Turkish Society's Education Program is pleased to announce the availability of Curriculum Development Grants for 2011.
The program, which was initiated by The Society in the spring of 2010, offers funds to elementary and secondary school teachers to develop innovative curricula, projects and other classroom activities about Turkey. The Society’s first Curriculum Development Grant was awarded to Harry A. Dawe, former Headmaster of Robert College in Istanbul and current history teacher and college counselor at the Fieldston Upper School in Bronx, New York. Mr. Dawe received support for History 181: East Meets West, for which he developed course material and two chapters of a history text book for use with eleventh and twelfth graders.
Grants vary between $250 and $2,500, and cover the costs of research, materials, speakers, and other expenses incurred by the school or the teacher. The amount of each grant is determined by the project’s scope, the availability of total funds, and the number of projects selected through a competitive process. The American Turkish Society encourages all applicants to identify additional sources of funding where possible. Once selected, grantees will be free to develop their proposed projects without editorial input from The Society. They will, however, participate in follow-up activities for evaluation purposes and will be asked to share any teaching plans, materials and activities with The American Turkish Society for future dissemination.
Application Process: Spring Semester, 2011
Application deadline: November 1 Notification: December 1
Please submit proposals including:
1. A 2-page summary of the proposed project detailing the tools, materials, and methods to be used; the objectives and anticipated impact; and the teacher's relevant qualifications; 2. A project budget, including a detailed breakdown of costs and the grant amount requested; 3. The teacher’s CV; and 4. A letter of support from the teacher’s school.
Interested parties should send proposals to The American Turkish Society at [email removed].
For questions and additional information, please email [email removed].