Teach This

Comment by Courtney

November 18, 2005 @ 4:17 pm

don’t like this post!!!!!!!!!

xoxo Courtney

Comment by Diane Sutton

November 21, 2005 @ 11:29 am

Jenifer,
Congratulations on your Masters. At least you will see an increase on your salary for that! You have worked hard and deserve all the good that is headed your way. Are you still working on a reading endorsement or did you decide to let that go for the time being?
Blessings, Diane

Comment by Jennifer

January 7, 2006 @ 6:17 pm

Hi Jenifer… found your site from clicking links originating at http://www.iniardwatch.blogspot.com/

congrats on the Masters degree… I am actually going back to school to get 2 yr licensure to teach preK - 3rd grade. I only need 21 hours total to get it so I’m really excited! I start Mon and should be done in August. Any advice? I really want to teach Kindergarten and see that is the grade you teach. I look forward to updates here….
Good luck with the rest of the school year!

Comment by Jenifer

January 7, 2006 @ 8:34 pm

Thanks, it was a lot of work, but I enjoy teaching, so it is worth it. You can teach with only two years and 21 hours–where are you from??? That is incredible. I have only taught kinder for this year–so it is new to me–i have been a reading specialist until this year. I really enjoy it so far, but it is a lot of work. There is never enough time to do what needs to be done, which is a bummer, but I cram as much in as I can. My advice–prep, prep, prep–and ask parents to help a LOT!

Comment by Jennifer

January 8, 2006 @ 9:58 am

actually, I already have my BS in Human Ecology from Ohio State with Early Childhood Ed Certification… took the National Teacher Exam and with having all of that… I sent my transcripts to Ashland Univ and they came back and said I only need 21 more hours to achieve the 2 year license… I’m in Columbus and Ashland as a regional campus here so that’s why I am going there…. is it hard being a teacher and having your own kids at home?

Comment by Jenifer

January 8, 2006 @ 1:57 pm

Okay, that makes sense–not being nosy or anything, just curious–I guess that is nosy! It sounds like you have already accomplished quite a bit. Sometimes I feel like i will be in school forever. Does 2 year license mean you will only be a teacher for two years, or it will only take two years? It is hard, simply because of all the work and dealing with kids pretty much 24 hours a day, but I still enjoy it, I can’t imagine doing anything else at this point! I do only work part time, which makes life much easier, except kindergarten really isn’t a part time job, I probably work a minimum of 10 hours a week over what I am paid for, but it is either that or not feel prepared, and I need that!

Comment by Jennifer

January 8, 2006 @ 8:47 pm

I will get my 2 yr license after I complete my 21 credit hours… I should be done in August of this year… once I get the 2 yr license and teach for 1 yr, I will get evaluated and then if I pass that, I will get a 5 yr license… from there I have to either take classes every year to keep it up or go for my Master’s… which is probably what I will do since Ashland offers a Master’s program. Are you in Ohio too?

Comment by Jenifer

January 8, 2006 @ 9:07 pm

That makes sense. I am in Oregon! We get what is called an initial license for the first 5 years (now 10 or something, they change it all the time), then, we either have to have 45 credits or get a Master’s degree. When I graduated 5 years ago, we did not have that choice, so I started my Master’s, which I just finished–I was so far, I wasn’t going to stop! It is a lot of work, but it feels good to be done and know that when I take more classes now, it is because I want to, not because my license requires it.