Cant find coaches.. a growing problem.

Move to Indiana and have those problems next year when I'm looking for a job!

whats NCLB? No child left behind?

Yeah I am about to graduate college, and I am hoping I can find a teaching and coaching job. I only have probably one prospective place right now. So it looks like we are having opposite problems right now, lol. You can't get enough coaches and I am just hoping to find somewhere haha.

air--I think one of the "problems" (not sure if that is a good word for the situation I am about to describe) is the increased accountability and demands on the profession of teaching. As you said, PE only is T O U G H, especially at the H.S. level, so the coaching ranks need to be filled with teachers. It wasn't horribly long ago that you could have the kids read a chapter on Monday, Outline the chapter on tuesday, Answer the chapter question on Wed, Review /ditto sheet on thursday on thursday, and chapter test on friday, all the while "Coach" was doodling up stuff or sleeping, or whatever.

With all of the accountability measures (and mindless hoops to jump through) for teachers these days...the situation has changed. I wouldn't teach in a high school classroom just to coach. I think a bunch of people might feel the same way. I have said before, why have a miserable 7:30-2:30 all year long just to do something from 3:30-7:30 from August-November.

As I said, I dont know if that is a "problem" really though. As a citizen of the world and someone who benefits from the success of the US public education system, I don't know if I would want people teaching just so they could coach.

You are so right.

I dont think the requirements in the classroom are as bad as the requirements needed to become certified.

Not all states require the PLT, but if you go into that test with real world answers, then you will not pass.

I know several people who had to change majors in college because they simply could not pass the PLT.

I hope there are jobs open when I finish school in May 2011. Once I finish school, there is nothing holding me here and I would be open to moving anywhere.

we've been trying to build through ex players as either teacher coaches or "community coaches". so far so good. really helps to build a solid PROGRAM cause they have a sense of loyalty.Stole this idea from our rival school.nice to have three generations on the staff so the kids get exposed to diff age groups and ideas.

That doesn't surprise me at all. SPED is a dead end. You get your SPED credential you'll never get out of it. I started to get into the field with noble intentions of helping the kids who really needed the help. Instead I found career where I became the the source of everyone problems. Things i needed to know about the kids were kept sealed in their records in the office. Then when something happened we were blamed for not knowing about it in the first place. Our classroom was the dumping ground of every kid that teachers didn't want to deal with. Kid wouldn't be quite? send him to special ed he must have a learning disability. Never mind the fact that we were never able to get kids referred out for formal assessments because no one would pay for them. The school was more than happy though to label a child as a special ed student and then leave them hanging. In my time student teaching we had 5 kids who flat out should not have been there, They tested average to better than average at the same level they were supposed to be, but they could not shake the special ed label.

After that experience I said no thanks to special ed. I'm sure there are great school systems that do it right but with talking to others in the field those experiences were all to common.

The problem exists everywhere (although I will try the Wal-Mart tip ). We had two guys join our staff this year but had to let both of them go. We have openings that we just can't fill although our stipends are pretty good for the area. I will tell you though, its better to go without a coach than to just hire a "body" and hope he works out. I can tell you from experience, they never do! Don't put a guy out there unless you would want him coaching YOUR son!

Just curious do you guys think administration has put less of an emphasis on hiring teachers that can coach?

Adminstrative support is the key. There are too many candya$$ adminstrators now that don't have the most important criteria in common. Superintendents and principals should all be required to have had at least two losing seasons- and hate it.

Air if you where in the metroplex I sure would be jumping on ship with you... damn...

This topic got me thinking about something, to you other coaches out there, what is the likelihood that you or your HC wouldtake a coach that works at the elementary school? In High school, I only had one coach in four years that worked at an elementary. Everybody else was in house. Just wondering what your thoughts are. I am going to graduate in a month and be certified elementary. I am also going to get my secondary social studies certification this summer. Thanks

No jobs here in SC really either. They are doing layoffs because of the budget situation. One district is building a new school due to student increases. but are laying off teachers. That doesn't make much sense, but I guess that is what they have to do. I am kind of glad I am not graduating this May, because the jobs aren't there. One of my friends had a job at a district he had coached for, but they told him it may not be there when he graduates in May because of the budget.