|
Post by Squad 51 on Oct 5, 2023 12:30:35 GMT -5
That's why I wanna gather information first. It's just a thought to play with.
|
|
|
Post by ladyfiaran22 on Oct 5, 2023 16:11:07 GMT -5
In New Jersey, one needs at least 60 college credits to work with kids, 3+ years experience with kids to qualify as a substitute teacher and 120 credits to sign up for the Praxis, the teacher exam. I’m a licensed substitute teacher and have passed the Core Praxis, I’m saving up to pay for the Praxis exam in English and History for both middle and high school, each test is $150. You might want to look into what qualifications are needed in your district, Jana, at the least you need some college to work in a school in the US
|
|
|
Post by Squad 51 on Oct 5, 2023 16:35:01 GMT -5
I've studied though, yet not for teaching. I'm sure that there are some tests coming up but I need to see anyway what conditions are needed here in Thuringia and maybe in Jena as well. Therefore, information gathering first before I finally decide what to do.
|
|
|
Post by ladyfiaran22 on Oct 5, 2023 16:55:06 GMT -5
It depends on what grade level you want to teach, I’ve worked in preschools where the teacher assistants just had a high school diploma since that’s mostly playing and teaching social skills. The higher grade levels require more education, eventually I want to teach middle or high school which is going to put my degree in History to use.
|
|
|
Post by Tim on Oct 5, 2023 17:10:06 GMT -5
Got it.
|
|
|
Post by ladyfiaran22 on Oct 6, 2023 16:32:11 GMT -5
I am going to be lazy AF this 3-day weekend, Monday is Columbus/Indigenous People’s day so schools are closed. Today I was at an elementary school and supposed to work with a fifth grade class, but since the 1st grade teacher was absent I had to take over that class. The kids were little bastards, yelling and hitting each other and squabbling over everything.
The thing is that the US in general has a teacher shortage, so elementary schools might feel that the lower grades need a teacher more than the upper grades who can do their work on a laptop. Younger kids can’t do work on a laptop so they need an actual teacher but older kids can work quietly on a laptop so they might only need a teacher assistant. And New Jersey is actually a wealthy state with good teacher salaries, I imagine the teacher shortage is a lot worse in poor rural states like Alabama or Mississippi
|
|
|
Post by Tim on Oct 6, 2023 17:20:43 GMT -5
I am going to be lazy AF this 3-day weekend, Monday is Columbus/Indigenous People’s day so schools are closed.
Thanksgiving up here.
|
|
|
Post by ladyfiaran22 on Oct 6, 2023 17:51:37 GMT -5
I am going to be lazy AF this 3-day weekend, Monday is Columbus/Indigenous People’s day so schools are closed.
Thanksgiving up here.
Happy Thanksgiving from south of the border 😄 But seriously, Monday is the last day off before November. The second week of November has Election Day and the NJ Teacher Convention so that week there’s only two days of school, that’s the next school holiday until American Thanksgiving. We’re going to visit my older brother in Virginia, he makes excellent smoked Turkey with all the trimmings 😋
|
|
|
Post by Tim on Oct 6, 2023 23:18:56 GMT -5
Cool.
|
|
|
Post by Melinda Halliwell on Oct 6, 2023 23:57:08 GMT -5
We have a teaching shortage also in the UK.
As you will know the ones who do work frequently have been striking a few times over the past year due to pay and working conditions then.
Teachers do a good job for a pittance with either next to no help in classrooms or a lack of resources etc which they want to be resolved of course so I completely understand why they feel the need to protest overall.
|
|
|
Post by ladyfiaran22 on Oct 7, 2023 8:51:25 GMT -5
That sucks there’s a teacher shortage and teachers have to strike in the UK, Katherine. There’s a nation-wide teacher shortage in the US and a big market for substitute teachers, so there’s lots of openings. I’m fully booked throughout October and November except for October 16, I’m waiting for something to open up. I get jobs throughout an app which is like an online bulletin board, when there’s an opening I got a notification. I’ve actually rejected stuff that popped up on that day because it was either too far or didn’t pay well or I don’t like the school. But I know something better will pop up so I can be choosy, on any given day there’s 20+ openings if I look early in the morning
|
|
|
Post by Squad 51 on Oct 7, 2023 9:18:41 GMT -5
Same here with teacher shortage. That's why I'm thinking about it. Though I can look into it.
|
|
|
Post by Tim on Oct 7, 2023 11:26:51 GMT -5
Wonder if AI will one day replace human teachers.
|
|
|
Post by ladyfiaran22 on Oct 7, 2023 11:46:02 GMT -5
Wonder if AI will one day replace human teachers. That’s actually a horrifying idea, since kids are already on screens a lot and to be on a computer all day at school isn’t good. But since there’s a teacher shortage, I wouldn’t be surprised if in the upper elementary grades and high schools there would be online classes but on school grounds to save money on teacher salaries. For example, remedial and intro classes being AI on a laptop but specialized courses taught by a human teacher. That would suck because remedial students are mostly poor children and children of color, in many places they already get a substandard education and AI classes at school would make it worse. Plus the schools are seen as a free babysitter by a lot of people, the schools have to be open so parents can work. This is why preschool and kindergarten is seen as useless, they’re seen as free babysitting for poor people so the parents can work
|
|
|
Post by Tim on Oct 7, 2023 17:13:22 GMT -5
I could see this happening, though.
|
|