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What Happens When You Finally Get A Teaching Job
A generic look at what awaits you when you get to work at a school for PAY!
Leo Wells, Ed. D. © 2004 Camel Group
Objective:
Explore opportunities and realities as a teacher in PK-12 schools
School Culture
Those things that make a school unique, that give it its identity
School Culture
ActivitiesPoliciesThe “Leadership”What works
School Staff
Associate/Assistant PrincipalsCounselorsDeansActivities directorAthletic directorMedia center director
(librarian)
School Staff
CoachesBand, choir, orchestra directors
Vocational classesNurse, visiting teachers
School Staff
Other teachersTeacher assistantsCustodial, maintenanceSecretarialCafeteria, snacks, booksSchool volunteers
Discipline
Use what you’ve learned so far
Discipline will largely be left up to YOU to solve
Discipline
Strictly follow whatever you are told on discipline referrals
Use the “form”WRITE THE ACTUAL WORDS
that the student says to you or another student
Discipline
What you tell the administrator should be stuff you can document
Keep records!
Evaluations: Informal
“Walk-thru”sObservationsChecklists, rubrics
Evaluations: Formal
Evaluation instrumentsEvaluation tied to salaryTied also to “accountability”
Keep records
Testing
Achievement testsSpecial education referralsAptitude testsResearch
Testing
Norm-referencedCompares score to a normative sample
SAT, GRE, LSAT
Testing
Criterion-referencedScored based on preset
criteria: ex. 3 out of 4 items considered passing
BriganceTeacher-made testTAKS (TAAS) in Texas
Business Details
$alaryGenerally based on a master contract
Local + state fundsSupplements based on activities
Business Details
Taxes: state, Federal, local, county
Social Security, MedicareAnnuitiesInsuranceExtra withholding
Business Details
United WaySchool spirit materialsCredit union deductionsTransportation
Business Details
Work daysStaff development daysSick leave daysPersonal days“Snow days”
Health Insurance
Plans are in the hundredsLocal plan generally pays for individual
Employee pays for additional, spouse, children
Health Insurance
Health careDental, visionPrescriptionsGenerally a co-payment
requiredHMO or PPO
Dealing with “John Q. Public”
Folks who have a “stake” in the outcomes of school activity
ParentsBusiness communityCitizensSeniors
Dealing with Parents
InvolvementHome problemsConferences
Organizations
Teacher AssociationsUnions
Special Populations
Special EducationMental retardationLearning disabilitiesSpeech therapyHearingVisual impairmentAutism
Special Populations
Special EducationPhysical impairmentsBehavior disordersHomebound instruction
Special Populations
BilingualESL, ESOLCompensatory educationGifted and Talented
School Leadership
School boardsSuperintendentsPrincipalsDepartment heads“Site-based” teams
School Leadership
Integrated team teachingGrade-level teamSubject-level team
Politics
School board electionsBond electionsLocal, state, Federal funding
Sports
Other wise advice:
Keep your grade book in order. Keep it HID from students!Don’t volunteer too much
personal information.YOU are the adult in that
classroom. BE the adult!