Hunting

So, I really like to teach, but the people in charge are making life so miserable, I wish I could find another job. Not as easy as I thought it might be. Every job I have ever had has sort of fallen into my lap. I do not know if I have the energy to pound the pavement as it were or more importantly the time to try to find something else. I do not feel too bad, as most people who come into the teaching profession only stay about 5 years. I love doing the college gigs because the admins know that good professors need autonomy to deliver the material in the way they see fit. At the lower levels, however, people with no training in education or recent experience inside of a classroom, make all the decisions.

It is the higher-ups that seem to be really causing the most damage to education, despite the popular opinion that the teachers all just suck. I learned today, for example, that if you get a nice grant, no matter what it is for, that the district automatically gets 10% right off the top. What... we have to tithe to the bosses now? It is supposedly for administrative fees, but if I am managing the grant, why do they get the money? That of course is just the tip of the iceberg. I can only imagine what really happens to all the money that goes to education. I know that not very much of it trickles down to the classroom and it certainly is not in my paycheck.

So the hunt is on and if I do not find something SOON, I will have to spend another year in the trenches and despite having seniority at my grade level, I have a feeling I will still have to have the class of behavior problems and learning issues. It would be a complete dream to have the gifted class, but since I am not an admin favorite, I can kiss that wish goodbye.