Nice to meet you. I've been reading you on my FL but I'm terrible at leaving comments... Heh.
I've worked at the school seven years, almost full time, preK - 8th. I'm leaving because they want a certified teacher in the position. When I was hired, I was working toward a teaching degree. I was hired as part-time teacher and part-time techie. A three years in, I came to the realization that I really had no interest in teaching in a regular classroom position and none of the classes I was taking for and "education degree" were helping me do my job. The degree just wasn't cost effective or really going to help me. I still took tech-type classes to help out and all, but there was no teaching degree in the future.
The school knew because I told them about it. The beginning of last year I put it in writing. I heard nothing from them about having a problem with it until April 15, when they said that it's a teaching position and needs a teacher and that I'm not coming back.
The school is up for accreditation renewal this year and I think a teaching certificate would look good. Plus I think they need a higher number of catholics teaching and I'm not. *shrug* They got to do what they think is best. The only problem I have with the situation is the lack of communication. It would have been nice to know the end was coming a bit sooner than 45 days before the end of school. It's gratifying to know that are were quite a few parents who think that letting me go is dumb.
We are losing a large percentage of teachers this year, too: 6 out of 16. Two retiring, one left to have a baby, one to be a stay at home Mom, one because she's a new teacher and MN (where she's from) has easier licensing regulations. Then there's me.
I've read a lot of your recent posts and it's interesting to see the differences between small-town, WI and DC -- even if those differences are filtered through a Catholic School.
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Date: 2005-06-09 06:52 pm (UTC)From:I've worked at the school seven years, almost full time, preK - 8th. I'm leaving because they want a certified teacher in the position. When I was hired, I was working toward a teaching degree. I was hired as part-time teacher and part-time techie. A three years in, I came to the realization that I really had no interest in teaching in a regular classroom position and none of the classes I was taking for and "education degree" were helping me do my job. The degree just wasn't cost effective or really going to help me. I still took tech-type classes to help out and all, but there was no teaching degree in the future.
The school knew because I told them about it. The beginning of last year I put it in writing. I heard nothing from them about having a problem with it until April 15, when they said that it's a teaching position and needs a teacher and that I'm not coming back.
The school is up for accreditation renewal this year and I think a teaching certificate would look good. Plus I think they need a higher number of catholics teaching and I'm not. *shrug* They got to do what they think is best. The only problem I have with the situation is the lack of communication. It would have been nice to know the end was coming a bit sooner than 45 days before the end of school. It's gratifying to know that are were quite a few parents who think that letting me go is dumb.
We are losing a large percentage of teachers this year, too: 6 out of 16. Two retiring, one left to have a baby, one to be a stay at home Mom, one because she's a new teacher and MN (where she's from) has easier licensing regulations. Then there's me.
I've read a lot of your recent posts and it's interesting to see the differences between small-town, WI and DC -- even if those differences are filtered through a Catholic School.