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Post by phantom on Jan 19, 2009 13:30:36 GMT -6
Sometimes you have to get out of your comfort zone to get ahead. I've spent my career teaching and coaching in Virginia. I'm from Pennsylvania. When I graduated there were no teaching jobs in PA, though. I was told that there were jobs in VA so I got out a road atlas, found cities in VA, and sent letters and resumes addressed, "Personnel, ___ School District, ___, VA". It only needs to work once.
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Post by bigdog2003 on Jan 19, 2009 13:41:28 GMT -6
I have looked around the SC and NC area, also have looked at Alaska, heard they really need teachers don't know about the coaching side. I am starting to look around the southeast and trying to talk to as many people as possible in other parts of the country. I don't know, some tell me to leave the area and state, while others say to stay and give back. There are always jobs opening up around here, and getting certified in k-12 should help to atleast get my foot in the door in a district somewhere. I am thinking about getting a masters in educational leadership, and have found some districts both sides of the SC/NC border that offer to cover part of the cost if you are willing to teach there for a certain time. They do a lot of paying back student loans in the part of the state I am in to get qualitiy teachers. Do they do that in other parts of the country?
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Post by coachinghopeful on Jan 19, 2009 15:26:37 GMT -6
I have looked around the SC and NC area, also have looked at Alaska, heard they really need teachers don't know about the coaching side. I am starting to look around the southeast and trying to talk to as many people as possible in other parts of the country. I don't know, some tell me to leave the area and state, while others say to stay and give back. There are always jobs opening up around here, and getting certified in k-12 should help to atleast get my foot in the door in a district somewhere. I am thinking about getting a masters in educational leadership, and have found some districts both sides of the SC/NC border that offer to cover part of the cost if you are willing to teach there for a certain time. They do a lot of paying back student loans in the part of the state I am in to get qualitiy teachers. Do they do that in other parts of the country? Honestly, the loan repayment thing differs, but you'll usually find benefits like that in low paying school districts that have a hard time attracting and keeping teachers. I've heard of them doing other things, too, like helping you pay for a mortgage to settle down there as long as you commit to a certain length of time. It sounds like your situation is a lot like it is here in NE TN. The "average starting salary" is supposedly like $30k, but that includes a lot of high paying city school systems who don't actually hire many teachers straight out of school. A more accurate reflection is around $18-25. I know of a few that start at more like $15-16K. As I said earlier, it's common practice to get your start in the counties and try to move to a nearby city district within about 3-5 years. Those pay pretty well. As an assistant coach with a few years' experience you'll make in the $35-40k range there, but nepotism and politics factor in to getting those jobs, too. |
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