The economy scares me. I feel I'm constantly walking on eggshells. At school, I already feel enough pressure of getting my student to impossible points (considering my resources, their prior knowledge, the requirements, lack of direction, constantly changing plans due to those above me, etc.) As if that pressure isn't enough to make me miserable and unhappy with my current employment situation, I now get to worry about having No employment situation at all. If I get laid off from a school, what in the world am I going to do?
Read more about teacher layoffs at Gothamschools.org... I hope it doesn't come down to me, but I know that my name is at the top of the layoff list in my building, being a new teacher. And even though our school has had a history of people leaving, taking away some of my chances to be laid off, I wonder if that will change this year, with the state of the economy and the lack of other options.
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What does your chapter leader say? I'm pretty sure that if your school doesn't keep you, you are not necessarily out of the DOE. If you have no U-ratings and have a fairly high-needs license (sped, ELL, etc), I think you can try to find another school.
I know what you mean. I was a teacher 10 years ago, and after getting laid off from my fundraising job in Manhattan, I've decided to try to go back to the classroom. Since I'm state-certified in special education, which is a shortage area, I didn't think it would be too hard, but it has been harder than I expected -- hopefully that's just because it's the middle of the schoolyear, though. But I am getting interviews, at least. I think since you're already at a school, you should be OK. The laying off of teachers has to just be a scare tactic -- parents won't stand for 50 kids in a class. Hang in there!
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