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[quote=Anonymous]It’s a good idea. Right now the ESOL teacher at the middle where I work is teaching Chinese. Not her area or interest, but she speaks the language and there’s a need. For a class where there aren’t as many possible hires, they might do it. Right now they’re taking staff who want to teach one subject and having them sometimes do 2 or 3 different preps, whether or not they want to. Know you might choose to teach a class close to home and get settled and then get shuttled to a school that changes your commute. Last in, first out, with part time teachers most at risk of being transferred. You will get a lot of people on here telling you there is more to teaching than knowing the content, and there is, but most of what you learn will be on the job and MCPS could use more subject area experts. That’s underrated I think. I also think they could do some kind of boot camp with you and others like you and have staff development specialists help if this would fill an emergency shortage. Long way of saying I think it’s a good idea, but I imagine you’d have to jump through some certification hoops, and maybe commit to working toward certification. You’d also need the usual background checks and the like. I would sub to see if you even like working in a school first. Even though it fills a need, the system would be investing time and energy in you, and it’s not worth it if you teach one class one semester and peace out.[/quote]

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