[airics]

Originally Posted by vegas2005

I was right, 110,

but to some ****heads here, I don't know ****.

If I don't know ****, what does that make the rest of you?

Those that don't do, teach. That is absolultely correct.

Was not referring to you at all Vegas2005.....

[olecapt]

Originally Posted by airics

and for the big dollars......

http://www.ccsd.net/jobs/pdf-HRD/Additional_SUB_Pay_Rates.pdf (broken link)


You don't know everything!

YOu sure? Licensed teachers have a different application process and I think they get the same wage as a regular teacher broken down to a per diem. That is what we were told when i was in substitute school.

[airics]

yes i'm sure, remember my wife was preschool.. she had a lot of licensed friends that were subs also.

[vegas2005]

OP, special education is going to be a layup for you to find work, as these are the last jobs to go.

I should have read the entire thread before I put my foot in my mouth.

And I think you have a good strategy to sub teach before you jump in. I would stick with Henderson schools though.

Good luck.

[airics]

i still wouldn't do it for $110 a day.. not when a base casino job is going to pay you 14 an hour, tips, bennies (incl dental, vision, and life), and feed you for the day

[vegas2005]

Originally Posted by airics

i still wouldn't do it for $110 a day.. not when a base casino job is going to pay you 14 an hour, tips, bennies (incl dental, vision, and life), and feed you for the day

pros and cons.
The casinos jobs can be stressful, they tell me, because of the noise and crazy customers, and management that sweats the money.

Teaching is a clean job, and easy job for the most part.

I still agree with you airman, I mean airics, because if I am going to be stuck somewhere all day, I want to get paid.

[cecnj]

Vegas 2005: Teaching is "an easy job"? Where did you teach? I've taught in public and private schools and it is many things, but "easy" has never been on of them. What exactly did you find easy about it...or, are you one who has never taught but is an expect on the field anyway?

[vegas2005]

Originally Posted by cecnj

Vegas 2005: Teaching is "an easy job"? Where did you teach? I've taught in public and private schools and it is many things, but "easy" has never been on of them. What exactly did you find easy about it...or, are you one who has never taught but is an expect on the field anyway?

Well, when compared to most 8-5 jobs, its easy because you have about 2-3 breaks during a 8-3 day, vacations all year, and summer off.

Kids are a pain. Parents are a pain. Administors are a pain.

My ex-wife was a teacher, and she was good at it. But, its easy imo, when you consider the overall benefits.

LOL.

[cecnj]

Originally Posted by vegas2005

Well, when compared to most 8-5 jobs, its easy because you have about 2-3 breaks during a 8-3 day, vacations all year, and summer off.

Kids are a pain. Parents are a pain. Administors are a pain.

My ex-wife was a teacher, and she was good at it. But, its easy imo, when you consider the overall benefits.

LOL.

Not at all---obviously you haven't taught. I left the corporate world, where I worked about 50 hours a week, to become a teacher. I took a hefty pay cut (happy to, because I do enjoy teaching!) and work at least 60 hours a week. I do not have summers off (cannot afford to) and have no teacher friends who do. We all work year round and have part time evening/weekend tutoring jobs to help pay the bills. I bring work home each evening and on weekends. We are expected to coach and advise students, meet with parents, and coordinate myriad other activities, etc. I do not mind any of this. What I do mind is others who are not teachers passing judgment on what teaching involves. If you don't teach, you do not know. Period. No, I do not work 8-3. I arrive at 7:05 each morning, beging tutoring at 7:15 and leave school at around 4:30 (except for 3 days a week when I coach until 6:00). I also have no prep period this year (that means I teach from 7:15 until 3:15, no break and must sit with my students during their 20 minute lunch period.) That is not a short or easy day. Parent phone calls and emails take place in the evening, as does grading. Lots and lots of grading.

All this said---I do enjoy it and was happy to take the pay cut to work with kids (even the challening ones, and there are many). Teachers seem a target for those who are unhappy in some way and feel they have some intuitive knowledge of a profession for which they have neither prepared nor participated. Just my two cents (not valuable to most, I know, since I'm one of those dreaded teachers!).

[007 license to sell]

Here we go again, more educators to be laid off.
Facing dreary financial outlook, school district to weigh job cuts

Source: Las Vegas Review Journal