Teaching Woes
Jul. 26th, 2004 08:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sharelleI hate when this happens. Why? I shouldn't. It should be a good thing.
I just got a call from a doctor friend of mine whose wife works at one of the public high schools a few towns away. He says there is a position for a Spanish teacher opening and would give me a recommendation if I decided to apply.
Pros:
- My salary would probably double.
- Any graduate or Act 48 classes that I needed to take would probably be covered completely, as opposed to the 50% tuition reduction that I'm getting now.
- With a larger faculty, I could broaden my social ties (which have been extremely weak lately)
- There's always the chance the diocese might close my school down -- and I may not get a chance like this again.
- I have six years experience under my belt, coupled with the recommendation of a well-respected doctor with a spouse in the school system, - there's a good chance I might get the job.
Cons:
- I *like* where I am. (Private, lower-salary school or not.)
- I've never especially wanted to get a job at one of the public schools around here. (I've heard stories.)
- I've made a place for myself at my school and I have very good students who respect my authority. (Who knows the type of kids they have in the public system.)
- I get along extremely well with my current co-workers (a rarity, I'm told, among educators within a school - especially with the local politics in play).
- Most of the stuff in my classroom, I bought myself. I'd have to clean out everything and take it with me.
- I've written my own curriculum and am in charge of my own department right now. I wouldn't have as many freedoms in the new school.
- Would I have more work in the public school? I hardly have time to myself as it is, I hate to think of starting over from scratch again. (Frankly, my first year teaching was absolute hell.)
I got a call about a potential job last year, too. But that was an easy choice. It was a very far drive and the students' age group was much younger -- and I prefer the older kids. I really don't know what to think of this one, though. The thought of prospectively leaving my current job really upsets me, for more reasons than one. I just can't help but imagine that there's something I'd be missing out on if I didn't try the other.
I just wish I knew what would be best for me in the long run.
I just got a call from a doctor friend of mine whose wife works at one of the public high schools a few towns away. He says there is a position for a Spanish teacher opening and would give me a recommendation if I decided to apply.
Pros:
- My salary would probably double.
- Any graduate or Act 48 classes that I needed to take would probably be covered completely, as opposed to the 50% tuition reduction that I'm getting now.
- With a larger faculty, I could broaden my social ties (which have been extremely weak lately)
- There's always the chance the diocese might close my school down -- and I may not get a chance like this again.
- I have six years experience under my belt, coupled with the recommendation of a well-respected doctor with a spouse in the school system, - there's a good chance I might get the job.
Cons:
- I *like* where I am. (Private, lower-salary school or not.)
- I've never especially wanted to get a job at one of the public schools around here. (I've heard stories.)
- I've made a place for myself at my school and I have very good students who respect my authority. (Who knows the type of kids they have in the public system.)
- I get along extremely well with my current co-workers (a rarity, I'm told, among educators within a school - especially with the local politics in play).
- Most of the stuff in my classroom, I bought myself. I'd have to clean out everything and take it with me.
- I've written my own curriculum and am in charge of my own department right now. I wouldn't have as many freedoms in the new school.
- Would I have more work in the public school? I hardly have time to myself as it is, I hate to think of starting over from scratch again. (Frankly, my first year teaching was absolute hell.)
I got a call about a potential job last year, too. But that was an easy choice. It was a very far drive and the students' age group was much younger -- and I prefer the older kids. I really don't know what to think of this one, though. The thought of prospectively leaving my current job really upsets me, for more reasons than one. I just can't help but imagine that there's something I'd be missing out on if I didn't try the other.
I just wish I knew what would be best for me in the long run.
