Anonymous wrote:Can the school psychologists provide a little mre info? I work full time now in an unrelated field, but psych has always been my interest. I was under the impression that it was very competitve so did not pursue. Can you provide advice on next steps for someone who already has a 4 year degree?

Anonymous wrote:RN here. 3 days or nights a week, actually prefer nights as home when kids get home, and pay is better. Off 4 days week, easy to take vacation if stagger schedule (self-schedule). And it is never a boring day at the office (like my previous before kids job). BSN required, next goal MSN to teach new RNs.

Anonymous wrote:I don't recommend pharmacy. It is kind of a dangerous job as people rob for both drugs and money. I have a family member who is a pharmacist and was wire tied, held at gun point and had her car stolen.

Also like lawyers there are too many of them now so it's hard to get a job in the field.

Anonymous wrote:RN here. 3 days or nights a week, actually prefer nights as home when kids get home, and pay is better. Off 4 days week, easy to take vacation if stagger schedule (self-schedule). And it is never a boring day at the office (like my previous before kids job). BSN required, next goal MSN to teach new RNs.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher trainer after spending close to to 20 years as an English teacher.

To all of you who claim you can build on what you've done in the past, you've obviously not had the "luck" we've had with multiple versions of curriculum guides. Furthermore, if you can grade papers during your planning periods, you're not grading for both content AND language. In VA, you've stayed true to the SOLs; in Maryland, we are now using the CC Standards, which are much more rigorous in nature when compared to the CLGs of the past. Each standard can be broken down into multiple mastery objectives. So if you're not teaching at THAT level, you're not teaching, my friend. And if you're ignoring metacognition, you're not teaching.

And remember that not all "labels" are truthful. I've had honors classes that were drastically different, and sadly, many of my on level classes were so low that I had to scaffold in micro-steps. Differentiation is a must! And that takes up much of your planning time. But if it's ignored, you're showing that you believe in a "one size fits all" philosophy.

I've seen "experienced" teachers claim they know what they're doing. There's nothing outstanding about their instruction, and it shows in the level of students' engagement.

OP - If teaching is your thing, don't think it's family friendly. And my hat's off to those who teach pre-K and elementary. As a secondary-trained educator, I do think we have it MUCH easier.

Any intelligent person can be a mediocre teacher. But the truly gifted inspire kids AND get them to learn.

Anyone who says teaching is easy is lazy and unaware.

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Pp here. Yes, I will think. I have been teaching in FCPS for 14 years and I have never heard of Danielson. We do collect data and it can be time consuming, but we also have people in the school who analyze it for us. Also, all high schools in FCPS are on block scheduling so we have 3 90 minutes classes per day. I also don't collect papers from every class every day to grade. There is absolutely no need to do that to accurately assess student progress. We have collaboration each week for an hour and may collaborate with other teachers occasionally, but it is not every day and it is not overwhelming. If there are special ed students in the class, there is usually a special ed teacher in the class or those classes are self-contained. Yes I have 3 preps, but I have also been teaching long enough that I can build on what I have done in the past. All that said, some people are not cut out for teaching - it can be overwhelming if you are disorganized and easily overwhelmed.

BS.

Teaching is one of those jobs where you learn to work smarter not harder. In the first few years you grade every piece of paper and stay up until 3 am grading papers. The longer you teach, the more practical you become in your approach. As a teacher, you should spend more time interacting with students than papers. In other words, you should not spend 5 hours grading papers and just 90 minutes with your class each day. If you are, then you're doing something very, very wrong!

I think teaching is a wonderful family friendly profession. You have the same hours and vacations off as your children. Additionally, you have snow days off with them as well. No hair pulling and gnashing of teeth as you scramble for babysitting when school is closed or delayed.

BS.

Teaching is one of those jobs where you learn to work smarter not harder. In the first few years you grade every piece of paper and stay up until 3 am grading papers. The longer you teach, the more practical you become in your approach. As a teacher, you should spend more time interacting with students than papers. In other words, you should not spend 5 hours grading papers and just 90 minutes with your class each day. If you are, then you're doing something very, very wrong!

I think teaching is a wonderful family friendly profession. You have the same hours and vacations off as your children. Additionally, you have snow days off with them as well. No hair pulling and gnashing of teeth as you scramble for babysitting when school is closed or delayed.