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ProudLib72

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2. Uh oh.

Reply to kimbutgar (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 29, 2018, 01:04 PM

Dec 2018

I'm going in next week to discuss getting my licensure with the alternative pathways program here in Denver. I've been teaching as an adjunct at community colleges for what seems like forever, and I figured full time in high school would be better. Now you have me worried I'm making a mistake.

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Teachers are quitting their jobs at the highest rate since 2001 [View all] demmiblue Dec 2018 OP

I substitute teach and get offers to work full time kimbutgar Dec 2018 #1

Uh oh. ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #2

I'm 62 kimbutgar Dec 2018 #4

I taught one year at a gateway to college program for high school students ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #9

I work a lot of special Ed day classes kimbutgar Dec 2018 #13

You are not making a mistake. janx Dec 2018 #12

Yeah, adjuncting is horrible ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #14

I subbed a bit last year but got busier with freelance work this year mcar Dec 2018 #3

Where are these teachers finding other work paying higher salaries? My daughter would like to know. allgood33 Dec 2018 #5

Not a teacher but I work in the school system as a sub. tavernier Dec 2018 #6

I am public school teacher- bluehen Dec 2018 #7

Saw a LTTE the other day saying a teacher's strike would hurt poor families hardest. The problem is Hekate Dec 2018 #8

Republicans hate public education Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #10

Competition from the "for profit" schools FakeNoose Dec 2018 #11

In my experience the traffic flows the opposite direction Bucky Dec 2018 #15

Depending on the state, you can make better money waiting tables these days lindysalsagal Dec 2018 #16