teacher may be fired for misconduct

[ajkroy]

$200 a day and 3 months off during the summer is not as bad as you think. the logical thing would be to try and get a teaching job closer to home for next year.

As a teacher, this kind of comment always makes me laugh. We don't really get 3 months off in the summer. I usually have nine weeks, during which I have to complete all of my continuing education credits. I also have been forced to change curriculum and classrooms each year for the past few years, which means weeks of moving and planning. However, as a veteran teacher with a Master's, my pay is closer to $400 a day.

OP, I know the type of stress you're feeling. I have been there. And the statistics they told you are true; usually only 50% of new teachers make it past year 3. However, this year is already half over. If you can hang on until the end, you can keep your license and maybe you can find a better situation.

Teaching is very much like parenting. It feels like an arduous, painful, thankless job...but it can also be the most rewarding thing you ever do.

 

[cbg]

One other thing this poster needs to keep in mind. No matter what kind of job she goes to next, they are going to be checking with the school for references. She does not want those references to include such information as, She was fired for misconduct, or even, she had to be put on a performance improvement plan and refused to do any of the things we asked her to do. Yes, despite what you've read on the internet, they most certainly can say that. Even if you don't plan to teach another day in your life once you leave this job, whether you care about your license or not, you do not want the kind of reference you're going to get if you continue on the path you're on. Your next employer IS going to check with the school whether it's a teaching job or not.

And if you leave them off your resume? You'd better be prepared with a VERIFIABLE explanation of a several-year gap in your history. And pray very hard that no one who knows you were teaching at this school ever meets up with your new employer. (Yes, it is much easier than you think to have such a gap disproved. You would not BELIEVE the information that fell into my lap about my employees when I wasn't even looking for it. And on the flip side, it's a darned good thing I hadn't lied to my employer about anything when the new COO turned out to be my father's next door neighbor.)