Who Among Us Are Teachers?

[Southern Oracle]

I graduated college in 1992 with a Bachelor's in English and certification to teach in the state of Tennessee. Never did find a teaching job, though, as I didn't want to move, and now I'm too jaded to deal with teenagers. I'll stick to trying to keep my kids from turning out like the monsters in my student teaching classes...

 

[Herremann the Wise]

I've been tutoring in Maths for the past 10 years after university.
I currently tutor about 12 hours a week on the side apart from my normal job - which is not teaching.
It means long days during the week but unlike regular classroom teaching, you can devote most of your time to what you have planned - teaching/facilitating learning environments - rather than crowd control. I always think in the back of my mind that I might go back to it but then I stop myself. My current job is fairly flexible, very well paid and allows me a small amount of time to be creative on the side too.

Best Regards
Herremann the Wise

 

[DarrenGMiller]

High School (grades 9-12)
instrumental music (marching, concert and jazz bands)
AP Music Theory
IB Music
12 years

It has been a good year, but I am still glad it is almost over. I was named Teacher of the Year at my school and was a semi-finalist for district ToY.

DM

 

[diaglo]

Please give your grade level, subject, years of experience and any thoughts you have about teaching you might want to share.

referee
Dungeons & Dragons
well into my 3rd decade
Some years are more difficult than others. The last 5 in particular.

 

[Pinotage]

Some years are more difficult than others. The last 5 in particular.

I w2onder why?

Pinotage

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

Workin' on it

 

[EricNoah]

School Library Media Specialist
grades 7 & 8
9 years of experience

Job fits me perfectly!

 

[nakia]

I just finished my PhD in Social Foundations of Education. I've got a job as an Assistant Professor, teaching foundations (philosophy/history/sociology of education) to undergrads who are interested in education and folks who are returning to college to get certification and/or advanced degrees. I've taught philosophy and foundations courses in various settings (community college, large research universiities, high school continuing education) on and off for six years while earning my PhD.

I love being in the classroom as well as the scholarship aspect of being a professor. I'm lucky to be at a place where both are important. I'll also get to interact a lot with those in public schools, which I enjoy as well.

Teaching, I think, is one of the most existenitally demnading professions there is. By that I mean the more you put yourself out there, the better your students respond, but putting yourself out there is risky and exhausting.

 

[Hellefire]

English using the Callan system for the last 2 years in Poland.

Aaron

 

[Eeralai]

Former elementary music teacher grades preK-fifth. Taught for five years and loved being with the kids. The adult interaction, however, was lacking as the other teachers looked down on me , the PE teacher and the librarian as prep time and not actual teachers. By the time I left, I think many of them saw the light, but then they hired an idiot to replace me and all my hard work went down the drain. Now, I teach my son's kindergarten class once a week, which is a real challenge with a baby sitting on my lap, but it's been fun getting back to it