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Post by coachhart on Feb 7, 2013 7:22:53 GMT -6
Just changed from middle school health and PE teacher to a curriculum specialist for middle school in our district (27 middle schools). Like lionhart, traded in my shorts and T-shirt for a tie every day. It has its plusses and minuses - it's great to be an advocate for teacher/coaches but working in central office makes me miss the kids.
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Post by zsilver on Feb 7, 2013 8:28:34 GMT -6
Govt./Econ... All seniors. Wouldn't trade it for the world.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2013 13:12:08 GMT -6
I teach 9th Grade Inclusion English. English can be fun and should get better next year with our state's switch to Common Core (a lot more sensible, useful, and flexible than the current 88 random, narrow TN testing standards, IMO), but if you're developing writing skills it's also a lot of paperwork to grade and at my school, "inclusion" is an admin codeword for "problem kid dumping ground." Thankfully, "inclusion" also means my classes are relatively small (biggest was 24 this year), which mitigates this somewhat.
I was offered a Social Studies job here before the English thing opened up, which I passed on it because it meant 4 different preps vs 2 for English. I strongly regret that decision now because it would have saved me a ton of headaches from admin regarding testing. Every week it's a different meeting to hammer us about how we need to focus on teaching to the test to raise those scores.
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Post by PSS on Feb 7, 2013 20:00:08 GMT -6
English. I am pretty much certain that I'm going to get into PE as soon as I can, grading during football season is just brutal. That is exactly why I am teaching History now. I'm certified English, History, Health, and PE. Taught 6 classes of English last year, including 2 AP classes. This year teaching 4 World History and 2 US History classes. Still grading but no more essays or research papers.
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Post by coachcb on Feb 8, 2013 6:47:25 GMT -6
I teach 7-12 math and K-12 PE (small school). Having two endorsements is a life saver.
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Post by crock1615 on Feb 8, 2013 9:16:58 GMT -6
In my last job i taught PE Driver's Ed and an occasional section of In School Suspension. When i came to my current job I was supposed to be teaching Personal Finance, but the principal came to me one morning during football workouts in July and said he needed a "favor" since he had a science teacher quit on him at the last minute. So i am now teaching Physical Science and last semester I had one block of Chemistry.
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Post by senatorblutarsky on Feb 8, 2013 10:25:27 GMT -6
English. I am pretty much certain that I'm going to get into PE as soon as I can, grading during football season is just brutal. Mariner, one thing to consider- in English there is at least some "down time". Fridays are independent reading for our classes... Plus, when I need to do anything football related, I can have he class read (or work on grammar, etc.) for a day. PE is easier to prepare for, but you are ON all period... that's my experience anyway. The years I was exclusively PE, I missed the time in the classroom- especially on game day. A lot of times I wished I was at a desk working instead of refereeing volleyball... or whatever we were doing in PE. In my 22 years, I have taught English, PE and social studies (along with being an AD, Dean of Students in the past as well) Currently I have English (9th and 11th) and 1 weights (hopefully 2 weights next year). My favorite schedule is 1/2 English and 1/ PE... which I have had in the past and am hoping to achieve here. I had K-12 PE in a small school... elementary PE (especially K-2) was exactly "herding cats". Compared to that I would much rather teach HS English.
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Post by fantom on Feb 8, 2013 10:32:52 GMT -6
English. I am pretty much certain that I'm going to get into PE as soon as I can, grading during football season is just brutal. Mariner, one thing to consider- in English there is at least some "down time". Fridays are independent reading for our classes... Plus, when I need to do anything football related, I can have he class read (or work on grammar, etc.) for a day. PE is easier to prepare for, but you are ON all period... that's my experience anyway. The years I was exclusively PE, I missed the time in the classroom- especially on game day. A lot of times I wished I was at a desk working instead of refereeing volleyball... or whatever we were doing in PE. In my 22 years, I have taught English, PE and social studies (along with being an AD, Dean of Students in the past as well) Currently I have English (9th and 11th) and 1 weights (hopefully 2 weights next year). My favorite schedule is 1/2 English and 1/ PE... which I have had in the past and am hoping to achieve here. I had K-12 PE in a small school... elementary PE (especially K-2) was exactly "herding cats". Compared to that I would much rather teach HS English. The best part of teaching History- LOTS of good movies. I always felt sorry for math teachers. What do they have, "Integers in Action"?
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Post by blb on Feb 8, 2013 10:43:48 GMT -6
Mariner, one thing to consider- in English there is at least some "down time". Fridays are independent reading for our classes... Plus, when I need to do anything football related, I can have he class read (or work on grammar, etc.) for a day. PE is easier to prepare for, but you are ON all period... that's my experience anyway. The years I was exclusively PE, I missed the time in the classroom- especially on game day. A lot of times I wished I was at a desk working instead of refereeing volleyball... or whatever we were doing in PE. In my 22 years, I have taught English, PE and social studies (along with being an AD, Dean of Students in the past as well) Currently I have English (9th and 11th) and 1 weights (hopefully 2 weights next year). My favorite schedule is 1/2 English and 1/ PE... which I have had in the past and am hoping to achieve here. I had K-12 PE in a small school... elementary PE (especially K-2) was exactly "herding cats". Compared to that I would much rather teach HS English. The best part of teaching History- LOTS of good movies. I always felt sorry for math teachers. What do they have, "Integers in Action"? "Donald Duck in MathMagicLand" - but you can only get one day out of it. I know a coach who taught World History. When he got to the Royal Family he showed "King Ralph."
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Post by fantom on Feb 8, 2013 10:51:23 GMT -6
The best part of teaching History- LOTS of good movies. I always felt sorry for math teachers. What do they have, "Integers in Action"? "Donald Duck in MathMagicLand" - but you can only get one day out of it. I know a coach who taught World History. When he got to the Royal Family he showed "King Ralph." I knew a burnt out Government teacher who showed "Mars Attacks" with his rationalization being that it showed the three branches of government ("Two out of three ain't bad").
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2013 11:50:05 GMT -6
Teaching English does have a lot of paperwork involved but as mentioned, there are things that can be done to free up some time. Silent Sustained Reading has been proven to help comprehension of material. When I utilized SSR, I tried to model the behavior and bring in some free reading material of my own, but if it was the fall and I had to do something football related I could. As an assistant, not too many pressing needs came up, though. I enjoy teaching English and even during a hectic season don't regret going into it. Now, if someone would be willing to hire me to teach it fulltime I'd be even happier!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2013 14:24:39 GMT -6
English. I am pretty much certain that I'm going to get into PE as soon as I can, grading during football season is just brutal. Mariner, one thing to consider- in English there is at least some "down time". Fridays are independent reading for our classes... Plus, when I need to do anything football related, I can have he class read (or work on grammar, etc.) for a day. PE is easier to prepare for, but you are ON all period... that's my experience anyway. The years I was exclusively PE, I missed the time in the classroom- especially on game day. A lot of times I wished I was at a desk working instead of refereeing volleyball... or whatever we were doing in PE. In my 22 years, I have taught English, PE and social studies (along with being an AD, Dean of Students in the past as well) Currently I have English (9th and 11th) and 1 weights (hopefully 2 weights next year). My favorite schedule is 1/2 English and 1/ PE... which I have had in the past and am hoping to achieve here. I had K-12 PE in a small school... elementary PE (especially K-2) was exactly "herding cats". Compared to that I would much rather teach HS English. That was my thinking when I chose English over that Social Studies job, but with the kids I have (who average in the 17th percentile), I get no downtime unless I'm showing a movie or my SPED partner in the Inclusion class (a fellow coach on staff) is teaching his 1 day a week. My kids have to be kept on a very tight leash or it turns into chaos and the kids don't accomplish anything. SSR, worksheets, etc. go nowhere unless I stay on them like glue. Scantrons are good to help with the grading workload, but our machine's been broken for weeks. As much as I like my SPED partner and the kids as individuals, I really want to switch to social studies, or at least a different ability grouping. It's a real headache trying to teach an academic subject to all the problem kids and hold them to the same standards as the "general population" when most of them wipe their @$$es with the papers I spend hours grading and giving detailed feedback for each week.
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Post by coachcb on Feb 8, 2013 19:04:17 GMT -6
English. I am pretty much certain that I'm going to get into PE as soon as I can, grading during football season is just brutal. Mariner, one thing to consider- in English there is at least some "down time". Fridays are independent reading for our classes... Plus, when I need to do anything football related, I can have he class read (or work on grammar, etc.) for a day. PE is easier to prepare for, but you are ON all period... that's my experience anyway. The years I was exclusively PE, I missed the time in the classroom- especially on game day. A lot of times I wished I was at a desk working instead of refereeing volleyball... or whatever we were doing in PE. In my 22 years, I have taught English, PE and social studies (along with being an AD, Dean of Students in the past as well) Currently I have English (9th and 11th) and 1 weights (hopefully 2 weights next year). My favorite schedule is 1/2 English and 1/ PE... which I have had in the past and am hoping to achieve here. I had K-12 PE in a small school... elementary PE (especially K-2) was exactly "herding cats". Compared to that I would much rather teach HS English. BLUTO IS BACK!!! : D
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Post by msubmoore on Mar 9, 2013 17:21:19 GMT -6
I teach Special Ed: 3 hours of Resource and 2 hours of Inclusion. The main job responsibility with teaching resource or study skills, is the writing and the handling of IEPs for the students. The paper work side of special ed can get time consuming at times. But being able to teach all the subjects to the students is great.
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Post by jturner on Mar 9, 2013 19:52:37 GMT -6
Mariner, one thing to consider- in English there is at least some "down time". Fridays are independent reading for our classes... Plus, when I need to do anything football related, I can have he class read (or work on grammar, etc.) for a day. PE is easier to prepare for, but you are ON all period... that's my experience anyway. The years I was exclusively PE, I missed the time in the classroom- especially on game day. A lot of times I wished I was at a desk working instead of refereeing volleyball... or whatever we were doing in PE. In my 22 years, I have taught English, PE and social studies (along with being an AD, Dean of Students in the past as well) Currently I have English (9th and 11th) and 1 weights (hopefully 2 weights next year). My favorite schedule is 1/2 English and 1/ PE... which I have had in the past and am hoping to achieve here. I had K-12 PE in a small school... elementary PE (especially K-2) was exactly "herding cats". Compared to that I would much rather teach HS English. That was my thinking when I chose English over that Social Studies job, but with the kids I have (who average in the 17th percentile), I get no downtime unless I'm showing a movie or my SPED partner in the Inclusion class (a fellow coach on staff) is teaching his 1 day a week. My kids have to be kept on a very tight leash or it turns into chaos and the kids don't accomplish anything. SSR, worksheets, etc. go nowhere unless I stay on them like glue. Scantrons are good to help with the grading workload, but our machine's been broken for weeks. As much as I like my SPED partner and the kids as individuals, I really want to switch to social studies, or at least a different ability grouping. It's a real headache trying to teach an academic subject to all the problem kids and hold them to the same standards as the "general population" when most of them wipe their @$$es with the papers I spend hours grading and giving detailed feedback for each week. I know how this goes. I only get a SPED partner once a week to help with the kids. I teach English 10 and 12 to all sophomores and seniors. Grading papers is very time consuming especially once you add that to working on an English Masters, after school remediation plans, and try to coach at a school 30 minutes away. (School I'm at now doesn't have football.) Not to mention this is my actual first year of teaching. Next year, it is looking like I'll be doing it all again, but I'll be picking up either an Econ or Government class on top of that. I will definitely be over worked and under paid.
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Post by spreadopt on Mar 12, 2013 7:52:17 GMT -6
Secondary Certification in the State of Michigan. I currently teach Social Studies at the middle school, but can teach History and PE at the secondary levels.
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Post by tmtfootball on Mar 12, 2013 8:03:08 GMT -6
Technology Education..... grades 7-12 -Welding/Machining - 1 period (we make some of our own weightroom equipment) -CADD -Advanced CADD II -7/8th grade intro to technology
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Post by blueswarm on Mar 12, 2013 22:38:29 GMT -6
I am Social Studies endorsed, but I added a Math endorsement to get my first job and every job I have taken since then has been through Math. I have eventually worked into SS at each school, but the SS job openings are very few and far between. Math has allowed me to get my foot in the door at those schools. Probably the best advice I was ever given!
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Post by lonniebob on Mar 13, 2013 14:28:25 GMT -6
Economics: Teach seniors, plus the class is only a semester in length which is another bonus.
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Post by holmesbend on Mar 14, 2013 8:46:29 GMT -6
Alternative school out in our county. It's actually an All boys reidential facility and we have kids from all across the state.
I'm 8 miles from the high school (which, I get there during 6th period bc it's my planning) and 10 miles from the Board of Education.
Truth be told, If I wanted to do football and football only from 8-2pm, I could. Every minute of every day, but I don't (really, I don't).
The perks about the job are the fact that during the season, if I want to do football stuff, I do. Also, I get 25 extended days for being out here. Another perk about having kids that nobody else wants to deal with? They powers to be don't come out here. They dang sure arent going to tell you what to do with kids that they don't want.
However, I have to say, it wears on me at times. One of the best parts of coaching is seeing kids grow. They improve, even if just a little over the days, weeks, months and years. Out here, though? It's ground hog day with 80% of them. It wears on a man. Because you just don't see any progress a lot of times....socially, behavioral or academic.
Truth be told, if it werent for about 6 or 7 of the boys out here, I don't think I could teach here (we have roughly 40 at all times). Those 6 or 7 that WANT to do something with their lives are what makes it worth it.
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Post by orangeforever301 on Mar 14, 2013 9:17:13 GMT -6
Spanish 1 and 2
Adding a PE Certification so I can handle the football weight training class
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Post by PIGSKIN11 on Mar 14, 2013 9:35:33 GMT -6
14th year teaching PE, Health, Technology/Typing, Math, Athletic Director, the list goes on 5 at middle school - craziness 9 in HS
I am currently doing: 3/5 Health to juniors and seniors - they know A LOT about "health" - 35 heads/class 2/5 Sophomore PE - 45 heads/class
Even though health is in a classroom, I still dress for PE daily... Also, I never give homework and everything is done in class and GRADED in class...
Currently we are watching Wreck-It Ralph in Health for the bullying and self-esteem issues that arise throughout... Yes I get paid for this...
Waiting to be full time PE/Weights for athletes
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