Teachers on the TFP?
 

Just wondering how many of us on the TFP are school teachers? I'll accept teachers as coming from every level... primary, elementary, secondary, post secondary, whatever. If you're a teacher, tell us all. Also tell us where you teach, what you teach and how you like it.

I'll start.

I teach a Grade 5 class at Miscouche Consolidated School here in PEI. It's only a maternity leave so I will not be here forever, but it is nice here. Last year I taught at Metcalfe Public School in Ottawa Ontario. I loved it. I am looking to try and get into a secondary/ high school if I can.

So what about you?? Am I the only one?

A little off topic but, I read it.. I think my cousin goes to that school, which is kinda cool lol.. When i visited PEI in Feb. that school sounds real familiar, and I went to see one of his Basketball games :)

Neato, SeanLand. Neato mosquito. Where abouts in the big O are ya?

I was a Teaching Assistant here at Notre Dame for 2.5 years, in Philosophy and German.

Whitby. near the Oshawa border

Do ya know where Orono Ontario is??? Near Bowmanville, Newcastle area???

I teach college art.
That's all I have to say about it.

Good to know there are other teachers here.
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note: I should add that in my long teaching career, I taught art at every level from K-12 through University-level. I pretty much burned out about 5 years ago and after that hiatus, I returned to teaching last year. I like it better now that it's in its rightful place in my life.

I drive through Orono on the way to my cottage...

By the way, in one and half weeks my wife will graduate from teacher's college... She is will be qualified to teach primary school. She already teaches equestrian riding.

I was a TA at Carleton University. I TA'd Film Studies.

Its like north east if im correct.. played soccer in Orono a few times :)

Yes, that's right! Fantastic. Orono is my home town. That is very cool! I only go back there every Christmas, but I do miss it.

Charlatan. Carleton, aka "Last Chance U" is my old stompin' grounds. B.A. in History/English 1998 - 2001. Go Ravens!

i teach european history at the university level.
france mostly.

"Last Chance U" was my home from 1987 to 1991... Just a little before your time... I visited the campus a few summers ago and was pleased to see some of the changes... Unfortunately the buildings are still, generally speaking really ugly... which always struck me a sad because the location (in the space between the canal and the river) was potentially quite beautiful.

I have a home day care. I enjoy that more than teaching in an elementary school. Next year I am going to be homeschooling my daughter for Kindergarten and one of the day care kids for preschool. I've had the preschooler since before she turned one.

Perviously I have taught 4th, 5th and 6th grades. I also had highschool choir. The highschool choir actually went to a regional competition and got a 2nd place. I was thrilled since the choir was mandatory and not based on talent, I was my own pianist most of the time for practices and I had never had any training in that area except for teaching elementary music and doing school programs. I also taught music at another school for the whole school. I pretty much spent my day going from classroom to classroom when I did that. Another time I taught highschool art and I've substitute taught highschool english and algebra. I just about died doing the algrebra because I know the theory but I can't do numbers. At least the students were very forgiving.

Sexymama is an elementary teacher. I don't think she's seen this thread which is why she hasn't replied, I'm sure.

I'm GOING to be a teacher...give me time! I'm taking a year off after graduation to do some other things and generally take a break from school before doing my grad program (required here in OR) to get my Masters in teaching. Potentially I want to teach 9th and 10th grades--they have an enthusiasm for school that the older high schoolers don't have. Oh, and I'm going to teach language arts, but I'm also hoping to get certified in social studies as well.

Been "teaching," in one capacity or another, since my junior year in college...

Did a lot of volunteer tutoring as an undergrad, helping elementary kids with reading and stuff. Also taught jr. high kids in rural Thailand for a summer... when I was 18... :lol: what an experience!

Then got my secondary teaching certificate (taught 11th and 12th grade English as my internship) when I was 21, taught jr. high summer school, then ran off to Iceland for a year!

However I did not escape teaching there... taught English (language) to Icelandic elementary kids.

Then I came back and taught high school English and U.S. History (11th grade) for a year... loved that, though it killed all life outside of work. I was severely imbalanced that year in terms of social life and taking care of myself. But man that job was fulfillling; at the end of every day I felt like I had done something cool... :thumbsup:.

So then I got into grad school and got a TA-ship, so I taught intro cultural anthro 3 times a week to undergrads, for 2 years... and I still have papers to grade for them tonight!!!

If there's one constant about teaching, it's the endless cycle of planning and grading. Oh yeah, and that whole fulfillment bit. :) But I find college teaching to be the least fulfilling, mostly b/c students just want the credits they are paying for, not an education (not all, but most). Especially if it's just an elective and they're out to earn 6-figure incomes... a social science requirement isn't the most stimulating thing for them. (sigh.) 11th grade U.S. History was my favorite thing to teach... they're still really fresh and honest at that point, and man their bullshit detector is great!! They actually listen to you...

Oh my goodness, I know someone from Orono!! He studied in Iceland with me a few years ago... I remember it because he said he was from a town that was "a couple of letters away from being Porno." :lol:

Just because of the nature of this board, and because I've been so "out there" on it, and because I teach in a very conservative community, I'll leave it at that I'm a teacher. (Believe it or not, after that run on sentence, my major is English and Reading.) I have been for 19 years and I love it!

I teach psychology at the college level. I really enjoy it.

I teach middle school humanities, a combination of English and social studies, sixth and seventh grade. I also am part of a team that teaches 8th grade life skills and family planning, a combination of home ec, sex ed, health, and consumer math.

In my spare time (hee hee I said spare time) I have an evening class at the local college in adolescent literature.

I used to teach physics outreach, but don't have a teaching credential. Is that close enough?

That would be Jeremy Dods, right? I know him well. Worked with his dad at the arena!

Small world, huh?

And YOU are the voice of EXPERIENCE here.

You surprise me with your fresh enthusiastic attitude toward teaching. I've seen it in other posts regarding children and training. I was burned out after only a few years because of the school I was working in. I hope I can renew my enthusiasm for teaching in a regular school setting against sometime. For now the young ones are so curious that they already have the enthusiasm that I lack.

I'm a substitute teacher in Eastern Washington. Someday I'll have a middle school/high school classroom to teach English. I love subbing, but it doesn't pay consistently and lacks benefits. I wish I could stay in the city I'm working in, but that's unlikely.

You love substitute teaching?? That's interesting. I don't find that many teachers love it. I guess there are nice things, like flexible hours and choosing when you want to work, but I always felt that I'd much rather have a stable income, work every day guaranteed, rather than not knowing if you were going to get enough work each week to pay the bills. I also found that when I was first starting to sub, I had an easier time accepting kids who were difficult, who were treating subs the way I treated them when I was a kid. But the more I did it, the more impatient I got with kids who gave me a hard time. I don't know. What do you think?

* Edited for professional reasions.

I just finished teaching educational psychology at the college level. I'm off to work in an elementary school next year. It will be fun hopefully.

Subbing, from my experience, is quite difficult, and I commend anyone who loves it. We need good subs! Yeah, I've seen subs that are a lot better and a lot worse than the regular teachers.

In August, I'm shipping out to Putian University in the Fujian Province of China to teach computer science to college freshman in English. I'm really excited -- this is a sea-change from what I thought I'd be doing straight out of college -- and would love any advice about China and teaching!

i teach 4th grade math in the great state of texas. i've been teaching for 5 years.

im in school to become an english teacher. Im in Canada, so I dont know if my schooling is different from elsewhere, but what I have to do is 4yr and get my degree in english. then 2yr degree in education.
that will get my teaching at the HS level.
What I was wondering what would i have to do to teach at the college level? uni?

Not a teacher myself, but the offspring of two. My dad taught a bit at a community college and my mom has been teaching for 20+ years in elementary.

I'm a private art teacher and I teach reading and religion at the county jail.

Secondary trained, teaching English and History. Right now im just doing some relief teaching. My gf and I are thinking about teaching in japan for a year.

I'm an ESL teacher if that counts: In Taiwan, before that, China.
Macman, if you want some Advice PM me, I used to work for a college in China.

Assistant (English) Language Teacher in Sendai, Japan. Part of the JET (Japanese Exchange Teaching) Programme. I've been doing it for almost 2 years and will return to Canada this July. Truly a unique experience that makes me want to actually get certified as a teacher (I was a French/English translator in Montreal). I'm currently teaching at a junior high school, but also regularly visit two elementary schools. This is the most satisfying job I've ever had.

Since i noticed several others putting down their TA positions I guess I shall do the same.

I have been a TA for Algorithmic Design for a year (and will probably continue this next year).

The part of subbing I like the best is not having any papers to grade. As an English teacher that can get really heavy. The part I don't like is seeing so many God-awful teachers. There are just so many, you can't imagine if you're not out there. Of course, there are quite a few good ones, but they are heavily in the minority. There's four science teachers in one school I sub in. One is amazing, one is adequate, and two are terrible and have no business even being in a school as a janitor let alone teaching.
That part of subbing is really tough to see. It's funny how strong of a bond I can make with some students just seeing them sporadically throughout the year. Some teachers struggle to do the same and they see the students everyday.
Another good part is that I do get to see various schools, various teachers, many different room decors, and all sorts of approaches. I love this part the most.