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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have heard that new grads coming into the DC area rank MCPS as first pick followed by HCPS, then PGCPS, and some of the affluent counties in Viginia in similar order. Private schools are not highly ranked by the young, motivated newer teachers. [/quote]

The best teachers can handle any situation.  Just b/c you can teach in a private school doesn't make you stellar.  Being successful in a public school does say quite a bit about you, however.  [/quote]

Really?

I know preschool teachers who would hate high school and visa versa. My friend teaches emotionally disturbed children and it is a gift. Not every teacher can do that. I can teach Math but hate English.[/quote]

WHAT are you talking about?

I teach English but am not certified nor am I interested in math.  I wasn't talking about content area or grade level - esp. levels, as teachers are usually certified in early childhood, elementary or secondary.

I'm talking about the demands placed upon teachers in the public system.  Are you telling me that I - an English teacher with on level grade 9 and AP 12, with classes of 30 students (or more) - won't find private school to be a piece of cake?  Oh - I'll add in that we're high FARMs/high ESOL.

If you're a successful public school educator, making the switch to private is easy.  [/quote]

Yes. That is what I am saying. While you base your knowledge on your stereotyping of what you believe a private school is I am saying that even though you are a good teacher in a FARMs/high ESOL school you may not be able to be as successful at the LAB school.

Your gift may be helping FARM kids but when you deal with a bunch of super intense high anxiety parents you may want to drink tequilla until you are comatose.

You may be certified in English and love to teach liturature you may not be as successful at English grammar. So I believe that you are a fabulous teacher and I thank you for your hard work because I actually believe Education is one of the most important ways to make a childs life fulfilling. I do not believe that just becuase you are successful where you work now that we could transplant you into any private school (or public for that matter) and you would be just as successful.

Oh and by the way if you think you can teach my special needs child to read you are hired.

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Who said I was SPED certified and ready to hit the LAB school?  apples and oranges

But if you take me from my school and put me at Sidwell, I'll do just fine, thank you.  I will say, however, that when I've co-taught SPED and ESOL inclusion WITH A CERTIFIED TEACHER, I was stellar!  And I learned quite a bit from my colleagues.

Private school, while it has its issues with helicopter parents, is an easy route.  One of my peers in my master's program, who taught at a small private, observed me one day to see if she wanted to make the switch.  Guess what?  It was TOO MUCH WORK, she said.

You either have it, or you don't.  And tell me how how many students are teachers responsible for at LAB?  I had 27 in my inclusion class, almost evenly divided - and 32 ESOL students, heavy on males.[/quote]

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