Teaching Alternative Certification and Teaching away from home
Trying to get a teaching job has involved a steep learning curve. I have the distinct impression that schools do not take kindly to applicants who have gone through an Alternative Certification Programme. But what is worse, are those who are willing to hire outside their city and state, but cannot offer a place to live.
You see, were I one-half of a married couple, we might be able to pool our money and get a place to live while I wait to start work and get my first paycheck. But, because I am single and poor, moving to a different location that offers benefits, even at half the pay of a fully-certified teacher, is financially dangerous. I was pushed into moving to Denver a week before I was supposed to start training. The programme directors said it was necessary to get my fingerprints done early, to avoid any issues that could delay my first paycheck.
In three days, I spent almost $700 ~ almost half the money I borrowed. The full amount should have lasted me enough to get me through to my first paycheck. Sadly, the Denver school district was set to convert a closed school into teachers' housing, but residents in the affluent area nixed the operation.
Though there is a shortage of teachers, and schools are forced to offer a minimum to new teachers, I am perfectly willing to take a smaller paycheck, if room and board is offered. I'm sure the numerous unemployed teachers are in the same boat.
Here, in South Texas, there are loads of empty buildings the various towns and cities are poised to take over in order to demolish and rebuild. Why not offer them up to teachers willing to work on the buildings, themselves?
At most, abandoned buildings will be occupied, and the shrinking cities will look lived-in. At least, occupants will be an extra pair of eyes whenever laws are being broken.
What say you?
You see, were I one-half of a married couple, we might be able to pool our money and get a place to live while I wait to start work and get my first paycheck. But, because I am single and poor, moving to a different location that offers benefits, even at half the pay of a fully-certified teacher, is financially dangerous. I was pushed into moving to Denver a week before I was supposed to start training. The programme directors said it was necessary to get my fingerprints done early, to avoid any issues that could delay my first paycheck.
In three days, I spent almost $700 ~ almost half the money I borrowed. The full amount should have lasted me enough to get me through to my first paycheck. Sadly, the Denver school district was set to convert a closed school into teachers' housing, but residents in the affluent area nixed the operation.
Though there is a shortage of teachers, and schools are forced to offer a minimum to new teachers, I am perfectly willing to take a smaller paycheck, if room and board is offered. I'm sure the numerous unemployed teachers are in the same boat.
Here, in South Texas, there are loads of empty buildings the various towns and cities are poised to take over in order to demolish and rebuild. Why not offer them up to teachers willing to work on the buildings, themselves?
At most, abandoned buildings will be occupied, and the shrinking cities will look lived-in. At least, occupants will be an extra pair of eyes whenever laws are being broken.
What say you?
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