How's it to teach at Community Colleges in NYC?

[Elvira Black]

Originally Posted by gabe66

If I heard wrong then would you please tell me what the situation is then? How would you characterize community colleges in the NYC/NJ region, if you had to generalize, in terms of students motivation and behaviour?

I can't say, but I'd venture a guess that those colleges offering both Associate's and Bachelor degree programs would have potentially more motivated students than those offering only terminal Associate's programs. Some offer business-oriented degrees and thus might have more of a need for math teachers than some of the adult/continuing ed programs would.

In general, students going on for college certification of some kind are likely sufficiently motivated in most cases. Some are juggling work, school, and children, however. Unlike public shcools, they don't "have" to be there (though of course there is a large high school drop out rate in some NYC school districts). I believe more females than males are pursuing post-high school /college programs as well.

[gabe66]

Originally Posted by Elvira Black

I can't say, but I'd venture a guess that those colleges offering both Associate's and Bachelor degree programs would have potentially more motivated students than those offering only terminal Associate's programs. Some offer business-oriented degrees and thus might have more of a need for math teachers than some of the adult/continuing ed programs would.

In general, students going on for college certification of some kind are likely sufficiently motivated in most cases. Some are juggling work, school, and children, however. Unlike public shcools, they don't "have" to be there (though of course there is a large high school drop out rate in some NYC school districts). I believe more females than males are pursuing post-high school /college programs as well.

That's a couple of excellent points there, thank you!