Job Responsibilities
I am a teacher for a two grade level classroom - 1st and 2nd
grade. I teach in a religious day school and I am their secular
studies teacher. I teach in a room with one other teacher and 2
aides. There are 23 kids ranging from 6 yrs old to 9 years old.
We teach each child according to their own needs. (their own
workbooks and curriculum).
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Job Requirements
They have secular studies in morning and religious studies in the
afternoon.
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Uppers
I love the teaching environment. The educational philosophy of the school is
amazing. I have never seen so many kids at so many different levels thrive so
well.
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Downers
I travel atleast 40 minutes to work and it doesn't pay enough for
my childcare or all my other expenses so I may have to take a
leave of absence for a few years while my kids are young. I
don't want to just cause I love my job and I am pssionate about
teaching this way.
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Lifestyle
I teach from 8 AM till 12PM and I teach all regular subjects. We learn themes
every month and we're doing a unit on the solar system now. We also have time
where we do reading workbooks, read with each kid in the class every single day
and we have time for math workbooks, writing assignments and anything else that
comes up. We have art class once a week and all other bonus classes are
scheduled in the afternoons.
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Compensation
I receive medical insurance and I am reinbursed for whatever
expenses I have from purchasing items for my classroom. I also
may bill things to school accounts when necessary.
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Advice to Jobseekers
I do not suggest anyone to go into education unless they have 200
percent of their heart in it. 100% is not enough because it does
not pay anything in a nice school. There is always some kind of
trade off. I truly love teaching with my whole soul. We impact
lives more than anyone else on earth. Its key that we think
about that before we go into this field marely to make a buck
like anyone else.
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