Job Responsibilities
as a drama teacher of k-8 i am resposible for various levels of
teaching assignments with afull work load of 40 hour week my job
is challenging and creative i organize my program according to
my students abilities and thier needs we have twice a month
professional development to aid the staff in dealing with
current educational texts and policies
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Job Requirements
one must have a bachelors degree and complete a masters level
program within a certain period of time salary icrements are
awarded based upon additional credits maximum being 30 above the
masters
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Uppers
the best parts of the job are the benefits and the feedback i recieve from the
children also the general freedom inpreparing and planning my program
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Downers
due to extreme changes in the dept of education unfortunately at
this time policies and politics have made my job regimented and
unpleasant the hours are longer there is more accountability for
teachers and more power for parents which makes teaching
difficult i generally find due to alack of structure at home
that i do more baby sitting as opposed to teaching also
administration has become more difficult to work with as they
are under pressure from the "higher ups"
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Lifestyle
a teachers life is hectic requires a tremendous amount of energy depending on
the school flexibility in personal business interfering with work could be a
problem we are alotted 10 sick days and recieve an end of the year evaluation
that is placed in our file no travelling is required except sometimes we are
asked to report to different locations for workshops unfortunately dress code is
not an issue for both the students and the staff
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Compensation
the salary is excellent in comparison to the hours it is a city
job therefore the benefits are wonderfull we have summer
vacation and major holidays salary is on a sliding scale
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Advice to Jobseekers
one would need to be deicated to children be able to be creative
and flexible were not called magicians for nothing dont go in to
this field for the money the job is both emotionally demanding
and rewarding at the same time
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