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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have had two friends burn out on it. One worked in a high school and felt tremendous pressure from the principal when the school did not make AYP. My other friend worked in an elementary school in Fairfax and felt that her principal stretched her in too many directions (e.g., covering for teachers when they were out). However, I still think you may have more flexibility than a classroom teacher. You get to see a variety of groups and you have less classroom specific duties.[/quote]

This really is school specific and it's hard to know what the school is really like before you start working there.  I am the first person who responded and I feel very lucky that my school for theost part is very supportive of our ESOL dept and our students.  Are there things I get aggravated with?  Of course.  And I sometimes wish the rest of the school understood ESOL a bit more.  But for the most part I do feel supported and I am able to develop my own curriculum and have freedom to teach how and what I want within reason.  The students are really the hard part these days- they have changed so much from when I first started teaching.  So very needy with such difficult backgrounds and challenges.  To give an example, I recently had a parent conference with a student and his father and found out the young man had not been in school since he was 11 (and I'm not even sure how much he learned in school before that anyway).  He is now almost 18.  Trying to get him up to an academic level high enough so that he can actually earn credits and graduate, is next to impossible.  Not to mention the numerous behavior and other challenges this student presents in class each day.  I still like it, but it's hard and draining and at this point in the year, I am definitely ready for a break.[/quote]

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