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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone here actually gotten a teaching job through this program?[/quote]

One of the SAHMs was hired as an IA during COVID now has a full-time teaching job at our school through this program. I’ve never been impressed with her, she’s more interested in gossiping about the kids in the neighborhood and their families, but I guess these are desperate times.[/quote]

That’s what the people crowing about teacher posts being “98% filled” on DCUM don’t understand. These are just woefully incompetent warm bodies. Fine if all you want is a babysitter, I guess. Shrug.[/quote]

I think teachers are really important in society and should be compensated and respected, but -- is it really something other adults can't do? If someone wants to be a teacher, then that is a gift. Most people don't want to teach. But does that mean they CAN'T teach?

I saw someone from the teacher's union (MCPS? Not sure) say, "Would we let just anyone into the cockpit of a plane or do surgery?" I mean, it's not flying a plane or surgery. It's teaching children, which most people have done in their lives anyway.

Again, I admire teachers. They should be respected and compensated well. But I'm sure others can pick it up and teach kids in the classroom, too. And if they stick it out, then they too deserve to be compensated and respected. It's a job most people don't enjoy, not rocket science.[/quote]

I'm a teacher. It's not really a matter of "can people teach", it more like "how long will you last?" Teaching is like Survivor. The people still teaching in public schools are very persistent. The first few years of teaching is like extended boot camp. It's exhausting. Lots of people don't last. Yes, most districts have curriculum for each subject but it's often "So here are the standards you need to teach and here are the texts you will use. Now go figure it out." If you teach in early ES, you are writing 5+ lessons plans each day and then teaching them. Then, you do it again the next day but you need to write 5+ more lesson plans. It is never ending and relentless so the people who stick around are also relentless.

I think many people think teaching is like when they were in school. My teachers had a teacher's guide for each subject. They didn't write lesson plans because they taught directly out of the book. Very little photo copying since we all had our own textbooks and workbooks. The only real grading was spelling tests on Friday (my mom was a teacher and I loved grading her spelling tests on Friday night) and occasionally math/science/social studies tests with answer keys in the teacher's guide (I graduated to grading them too). Now, we are expected to write a lesson plan for everything and then differentiate for everyone. Very little supplemental material is given so that's why teachers rely on Teachers Pay Teachers. I plan for whole group phonics, small group phonics, whole group math, small group math, science or social studies, reading comprehension and small groups for that too. That's every day that I need to write all of those lesson plans. Can it be done in one planning period? Nope. Nothing gets done when they make teachers cover for absent teachers during their planning period. No grading gets done either. At the end of the day, I prioritize planning and getting materials together for the next day so grading takes a back seat.

[b]I haven't even mentioned behavior management. This is what kills most new teachers who don't have a traditional educational prep. They underestimate the need for procedures for every single thing. When I was in college, I took courses on behavior management and then applied them in my student teaching positions. You see what works and what doesn't. If you get someone in the classroom without this preparation, it is usually a nightmare without someone to teach them what they need to do. They are learning on the job and often the student learning suffers[/b]. [/quote]

What are some behavior management skills and tricks you learned in college? I'm genuinely curious.[/quote]

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