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[quote=Anonymous]Are you male or female? Did you play a sport in high school and are you willing/able to coach? Sometimes being a male in junior high or high school makes it a little easier to get a job particularly if you are not white since there is an under representation of male minority teachers.

Teacher REALLY depends on the administration at the school where you work. I am a school psychologist so have worked in the past 25 years at a bunch of schools both secondary and elementary. The difference in leadership is really significant and it can make a school an amazing place to work at or it can be absolutely horrific.

Right now I have two schools- one is just a great place to work even when there are issues. Leadership has been there and because it is a school that does relatively well for being a primarily FARMs (low socio-economic, FARM is how many students are on free and reduced meals) so district admin generally leave the school alone. Leadership is supportive with teachers and will do things like - there is supposed to be a mandatory meeting or training but the leadership cuts it short by going over it faster, so teachers can catch up on work or leave a little earlier. They are supportive when an irrational  parent complains. You can just feel the school has a good climate when you walk around. For the most part staff/faculty are pretty content.

The other school is the polar opposite. It is a miserable place to work. Turnover in leadership. Current leadership micromanages, gives teachers extra work, is not at all supportive, etc. You can just feel the stress and misery when you walk around. [/quote]

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