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peripatetic_soul
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wangdaning
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| an improving economy in which fewer people are training to be teachers. |
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johnslat
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Because, as we all know, teachers are in it only for the BIG BUCKS!!! 
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peripatetic_soul
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 12:12 pm Post subject: U.S. Scurries to fill teacher shortage |
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So true, JS. However, there are some young, enthusiastic and talented college grads out there aspiring to teach. The ESL population is overflowing here.
In terms of benefits and job security, it beats adjuncting, yes?
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johnslat
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Dear peripatetic_soul
Seeing as how adjuncts are part-time, get no benefits and have no job security, I think I'll agree.
Up until a couple of years ago, the ESL teachers at Santa Fe Community College were actually BELOW adjuncts, Bet you didn't know it went lower than that.
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peripatetic_soul
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 9:59 pm Post subject: U.S. scurries to fill teacher shortage |
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Hi, JS,
Can you clarify what that means about Sante Fe teachers being BELOW adjuncts? I didn't think it could get any lower than that. I'm so sorry to hear that.
A colleague has been fastidiously checking her student rosters daily in one of the 2 allowed classes for fall semester (ESL courses at our college are 6 cr. each) in which enrollment is not sufficient. I've advised not to spend time on the syllabus and outline of weekly assignments for the entire semester until that number increases to the required 12-14. Hanging out on a limb. Such is the precarious life of college adjuncts in the U.S., n'est-ce pas?
I've reached the "golden years" so part-time is feasible for me, but I still empathize with all those younger adjuncts who depend on hours to feed their children, pay their rent, etc. I had to turn to public school teaching for some time. Teaching in UAE at a prime time saved my family and padded our retirement. Who knows what will morph from Obamacare which wasn't a quick fix for some.
Be well. In abeyance with your quotidian closing--be kind to others.
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johnslat
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Dear peripatetic_soul,
We weren't classified as adjuncts, had no access to the adjunct copy room, and our students weren't even registered at the college, had no I.D. cards or "A numbers."
We filled out "Time Sheets," had no contracts.
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esl_prof
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| Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 2:57 am Post subject: |
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Dear peripatetic_soul,
We weren't classified as adjuncts, had no access to the adjunct copy room, and our students weren't even registered at the college, had no I.D. cards or "A numbers."
We filled out "Time Sheets," had no contracts.
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John |
Hourly employees? CE courses (instead of college-credit courses)? Not an uncommon arrangement at many community colleges, unfortunately. |
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