A year or two ago, it might have been easy to find hundreds of school districts around the country with plenty of vacancies. However, due to the economy, teaching positions have become more competitive. Some have left the corporate world to find their calling leading classrooms, and even higher education has seen a boost in enrollment for advanced degrees. Some states ...

Social media is all around us, allowing us to instantly connect and communicate with friends. Yet, failing to understand privacy settings and not establishing clear boundaries may result in your private life bleeding into the public domain. This can have unforeseen consequences, e.g. not being awarded teacher degree and teacher firing. Here are simple tips to protect yourself and be a ...

In my own attempts to make ends meet, I've been doing just about anything and everything I can think of to save money or make money. Spending the last year in Boston made this not so much a lifestyle choice as a necessity. First, I had to make my money go farther: • Moved back to south Texas to cut rent ...

Saturday, September 25, is the first day of Banned Books Week, a national celebration of our freedom to read; it was launched in 1982 in response to what organizers describe as "a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores, and libraries." In anticipation of Banned Books Week, GOOD scrolled through the American Library Association's list of ...

4 Ways the Stimulus Will Impact Education 1. Spend funds quickly to save and create jobs. ARRA (The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) funds will be distributed quickly to states, LEAs and other entities in order to avert layoffs and create jobs. States and LEAs in turn are urged to move rapidly to develop plans for using funds, consistent with the ...

Jobs for teachers used to be constantly available, but with the current economy, more people are seeking teaching as a career alternative. Wonder which teaching professions are the most in-demand despite the economy? The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that the job prospects for all teachers will grow as fast as average in line with other occupations. However, teachers willing to ...

Over 3 million people call themselves educators in the U.S. today. In the next few years, hundreds of thousands of teachers will be retiring, mostly from the baby boomer generation. One million educators are currently over the age of 50-- almost a third of the teaching force-- and the next decade will provide roughly one million vacancies for prospective educators. Isn't ...

If you look up the definition of teacher you will find that a "teacher is a person who teaches or instructs others (usually professionally)." If you are a teacher you know that we are so much more than just “educators”. 1. Teachers are EMTs We may not be certified EMTs and deal with medical issues on a much smaller basses but ...

If you're tired of hearing the words bailout and stimulus, you're not alone. The media is throwing around the number $819 billion like it's no big deal. But to teachers who work hard for every too small paycheck, it sounds like an unfathomable amount of money. The big question is, will all of this money trickle down to have an impact ...

Despite the downturn in the economy, educators have been repeatedly told that their careers are recession-proof. Proponents of this outlook site statistics about the education industry adding jobs each month and the increased demand for workers like preschool teachers, science teachers, math teachers, and bilingual teachers. But education hasn’t been immune to the recession. Teachers and school staff have been laid ...

Elementary School Teachers 13% Job Increase Roughly 209,000 New Jobs There are currently over 1.5 million elementary school teachers not including special education. Elementary education teachers represent the largest portion of the teaching force. Market Forecast: Most job openings will result from the need to replace the large number of teachers who are expected to retire over the next few years. ...

With all of the talk about student achievement and turning around schools, there is a larger issue lurking in the shadows. Teachers. For much of this year, we've focused discussions of teacher quality on how we measure effective instruction in the classroom. And while Eduflack is all about the outcomes, the research shows that the inputs of teacher quality are just ...

In the past few years, school districts have worked hard to balance budgets. Teaching jobs have become more competitive than ever as many educators were laid off. Districts across the nation have taken a hard look at their student growth and what kinds of teachers are needed for achievement. Because of this, several trends have been identified that will impact how ...

Teaching is definitely not the career for everyone. A good teacher needs to be an organized individual that is good with time management, planning, and multi-tasking. A teacher should be creative, energetic, and sensitive. If you’re good with crowd control, speaking in front of a group, and responding quickly to an abundance of emails (and phone calls) from teachers, parents, and ...

During an economic squeeze, organizations can no longer afford to carry dead wood, even if it was tolerated during more prosperous times. If staff members have to go, it makes sense to let go of the useless ones and retain the useful ones.” Learning how not to be deadwood is such an important skill that we need to teach it to ...

Since I entered motherhood last year, it's caused me to reflect on my career. I think that career and family goals are closely intertwined. The quote that came to mind recently was something similar to a quote my dad used to say, "You can take the person out of the classroom, but you can't take the teacher out of the person." ...

5 Smart Excuses For Missing Work #1: Sickness and Injuries If you're really sick, you probably have a fever and are contagious. You may even have stomach issues and dizzy spells that make it impossible to stand up and teach. For the sake of your students' health, stay home and try to recover quickly. Don't use a sick day if you ...

“As budget cuts loom again in many states, employee termination, seniority, and ‘bumping rights’ are in the news. The essential issue is whether organizational leaders should be able to retain the employees they think are the most highly-skilled or whether seniority (or some other factor) should be employed instead. ‘Highly skilled’ in this instance means ‘employee quality’ or ‘best fit for ...

"We need to incorporate technology in the classroom and understand social networking trends and the way that today's student communicates. Teaching is more interactive and collaborative than it has been in the past and students want to feel like they play a part in their own education, rather than feeling like they are memorizing information and repeating it back." Suzann ...

In an effort to maintain the transparency and accountability promised during the Presidential campaign, the Obama Administration launched Recovery.gov. The site is a searchable database of how and where tax dollars are spent as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Teaching found the most useful part of the site is the Estimated Job Effect Flash Map of the ...