Was on the hiring end of one recently. Worst interview I’ve ever been part of. He wasn’t awful (strictly speaking) but the medium did no favors to the guy.
Won't get into too much depth due to personal life etc, it's for an itinerart position working with students with disabilities in Colorado. First hour is questions, second hour is a "task and brief presentation." I assume that'll be me teaching a hypothetical class or something similar. It's the first round of two. Usual fine while in person, nervous about virtual. I receive the questions 15 minutes prior, but at that point I think I'll just ignore looking at them to not mess the mojo up. It's tomorrow morning, I'm going to stay home, crank the AC way up so I don't sweat profusely, probably take time rest of the day off sulking.
Really just want a fat reeses candy bar for the first time in forever and to chill out for the rest of the day
Just minimize the zoom window and you don't have to look at anyone. That's an intense af interview though. 2 hours? Shit.
The wording in the email is prepare for a task and a brief presentation. Should I assume that is me walking through what a lesson plan would look like? Is it appropriate if I ask for clarification on what that means?
I think that's a fair assumption, but yes, in my experience you should absolutely ask for clarification.
First part of the interview started rough by talking too fast, settled in. Not sure if I salvaged it. Knocked the second part out of the park even with 5 new interviewers added.
AP test was today, 8.5 days left with kids. Thank god, I can finally see the light. Going to be trying to transfer to another school in my district or possibly outside at other districts. I love my district but my new principal is a dipshit.
what’s everyone’s district policy on accommodating trans/non gender conforming students? we have to get parent consent to provide accomdations (including using preferred names and pronouns). a student i’m currently assisting a colleague with doesn’t want their parent to know so getting consent would basically be outing them
To my knowledge, I’ve only ever had one student that identified as Trans. Never had a issue because I always called them by their last name.
this feels so fucky. i might could understand getting parent consent if we’re talking about using the restroom of their expressed gender but even to call them a preferred name/pronoun? adults make things so much worse
https://www.localsyr.com/news/local...old-in-february-appearing-in-court-on-monday/ Had this girl on my modified track team ten years ago. $6 mil bail for murdering and torturing a 93 year old woman.
Lord help me. Lol Made the decision to finish my bachelor's and go into education. Im 34 now and have been in the business sector for about 12 years now. However I've always wanted to teach and coach and work with young people. I've got probably 4-6 semesters of school to power through depending on workload which sucks but at least I'll be much more committed to it than I was before. Got a few schools that I have contacts with looking for a head baseball guy and assistants in football. So if all goes well depending on which district I end up in I'll be on an adjunct certificate for three years doing Business Ed at a Title 1 School. Or possibly in CTE programs but all three schools I've interviewed with are title 1 schools. Plan is to teach, coach and go to school with a massive paycut. Going to be a busy fucking few years but im excited to get back into coaching and ultimately education.
I just went the opposite way on this. Got my business degree in college but went back for Ed after a couple years. Taught and coached for 5 years and then out of the blue was offered an opportunity back in the business sector that was just too good to pass up. i miss the coaching and the connections with the kids but damn, the fucking adults you have to work with are just the absolute worst. Not even the parents but the coworkers and district asshats. Good luck to you. If you can get to the right school, it’s a great and rewarding profession. Plus the Summer’s off are awesome.
I'll def need the luck lol Thankfully I do fully have a good understanding of what in getting into having been in high school coaching for a few years previously and then my best friends being educators has let me see the fuckery as well.
Teachers have to do what works. I do enjoy some of the new literature on policy, rules, and syllabi during the first few days of class. When I taught, I did the same thing. Looking back, I would have done it differently though.
I feel like context depends. Are you in a super rural area, where daddy, and daddy's daddy attended the same school, grad class of 70? Or progressive urban college town liberal?
first day I always have each class “create” our class rules and procedures but of course they always end up the same. I’ve learned it gives them a little more ownership rather than being told.
Now I'm really curious about these rules and procedures and the difference between old and new school.
id say it’s not so much the rules and procedures that is the old and new school but more how it’s introduced. With what pearl being old school and what I said being new school.
You of course have to have rules and procedures, but some studies show that if that’s the first thing you introduce, the class flows in a more authoritative way. Getting to know the students, and letting them get to know you, what they want to accomplish, etc. Gives them more ownership and helps build trust and relationships. Once they hit high school, they know the rules. Similar to what duc15 does.
I had a kid who was rocking a 17 semester average turn in 2 missing homework assignments yesterday 30 minutes before the deadline for missing grades. Congrats on the 21, my king.
Urban, inner city. HBCU within 8 miles of the campus. Not quite as bad as Lean on Me but we've had more than our fair share of guns, drugs, arrest etc
- Rules are made by the authority figure - Norms are collectively agreed upon by the group (the class)
Fuck that. Call the kid whatever they want to be called. That shit is hard enough without having to deal with asshole parents. They need as many people in their corner as they can get.
that’s my take. 40% of trans youth attempt suicide. that’s obv grim as fuck. when they get support at home and school their levels of depression are not much different from their peers. so that’s sorta informed my approach to all trans students (on top of just being a decent person)