what do you teach?

↑ shanie5

Sun, May 09 2010, 12:38 am

mommyofsix wrote:

shanie5 wrote:

yo'ma wrote:

I used to teach
-(assist) and sub pre-school
-some sort of home economics class for h.s. girls(if you want to call it teaching Rolling Eyes

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-sub sewing for h.s. girls
-conversational english for h.s. girls

I've always wanted to teach 1st grade english.

yo'ma-this is too coincidental-are u me?

I was a preschool assistant
I teach home management to H.S. girls (anything from balancing a checkbook to cooking, sewing, and basic car maintenance
sub younger grades when begged to

Besides car management, where do you get the rest of your home management material? I teach a life skills class at a post HS seminary and am always looking for new material.

I go crazy trying to come w/ s/t each week!! I teach the whole H.S. (all 8 girls), so I cant even repeat one year to the next! Wanna start a new topic here-maybe we could get more ideas.

Some of the things I've done:

Laundry-including dryer safety-cleaning out the exhaust pipe
ironing
sewing on buttons/snaps
balancing checkbook
cooking/baking
menu planning-and shoping list to go with it

amother ↓

Sun, May 09 2010, 12:51 am

I teach 9th grade girls in frum school, math. Not my subject and first yr doin high school! Did 6th grade girls for 3 years and before that 5 years of 4th grade girls. I think next year will be my first teaching-free year since seminary! I've taught for the past 9 years-wonder what I'll feel like giving it up for awhile....

↑ youngbubby

Sun, May 09 2010, 1:08 am

I kind of resent that comment "choppy jobs" As I said I have been teaching special ed. in the public school system for actually 16 years..I taught for 4 years then quit to have my kids and went back 16 years latter and have been teaching for 10 years. I enjoy my job, although Im very busy between my own kids and grand kids and family obligations.

groisamomma ↓

Sun, May 09 2010, 2:03 am

My "choppy" career is not because of my own doing, either. I taught 2 yrs. of 5th grade, 5 yrs. of middle school math and then the school closed down, 1 yr. of playgroup, and now I'm back to upper elementary math. I'm looking to move into the public school system next year, so if any of you hear of an opening in NJ for a middle school mathematics teacher, (pretty) please let me know. I have a CE in Elem K-5 and a CE in MS Math.

morah

Sun, May 09 2010, 4:55 pm

High school English, grades 10-12 in a public school; after-school ESL. This was not quite what I was planning. I wanted a frum school. I wanted to teach Tanach as well. I am probably going to have to leave teaching for a while, until there are more jobs and my husband is making a steady salary. I am really upset about circumstances forcing me out of teaching :-(

soldat

Sun, May 09 2010, 6:03 pm

kindergarten - limudie kodesh. it was the first job I ever had, and no matter what else I've done - (middle school, first grade assitant, 2nd grade in a foriegn country in a foriegn language) I always have loved kindergarten.

TzenaRena

Sun, May 09 2010, 9:14 pm

I taught nursery, kindergarten, pre-1a, both as teacher and assistant, both here in NY and for a year on shlichus. Currently I'm subbing in kindergarten and my friend's playgroup, and doing the bus routes, and babysitting for my baby grandson Smile

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I also taught subjects for upper elementary grades, subbed high school and elementary grades in previous years. I've also done office work, data entry, writing and editing, and lice checking for camps and schools!

mosma

Sun, May 09 2010, 10:49 pm

I teach 9th grade English this year, but I've taught 9-12 over the past 7 years.
I love teaching but it does NOT pay me enough (especially since the BY I'm working for this year keeps bouncing/delaying/only giving 75% of my paychecks). I'm going to have to stop soon and find something else Sad

manhattanmom ↓

Sun, May 09 2010, 11:21 pm

So many English teachers!

I have given private piano lessons for a few years--does that count?

I'm in graduate school now but when I'm finished and really teaching (not just student teaching and internships, etc.) it will be mostly teaching braille and assistive technology for students who are blind or have low vision.

↑ yo'ma ↓

Mon, May 10 2010, 7:35 am

manhattanmom wrote:

I'm in graduate school now but when I'm finished and really teaching (not just student teaching and internships, etc.) it will be mostly teaching braille and assistive technology for students who are blind or have low vision.

What made you decide to teach that?

↑ nicole81 ↓

Mon, May 10 2010, 10:14 am

mosma wrote:

people complain that working for public school isn't ideal, but we never have these issues b"h. sorry this is happening to you!

↑ manhattanmom

Mon, May 10 2010, 10:29 am

yo'ma wrote:

manhattanmom wrote:

What made you decide to teach that?

It found me.
Wink

↑ amother ↓

Mon, May 10 2010, 9:23 pm

Western Civ/World History, American History and variations on 9-11th English, I also taught 6th grade limudei chol for a few years, but I love teaching high school. I've also done a lot of adult education/corporate training.

Anon b/c anyone who knows me would now know my screenname.

c.c.cookie

Thu, May 13 2010, 2:41 pm

I taught English to native English speakers in Israel grades 1-8 for 5 years.
Now I teach English in a Belzer high school. They don't learn English in groups (it's a minhag) so I teach pairs. I have 2 pairs each period, and I teach one while the other does quiet work, then switch. The funniest part of this job is that I'm 100% litvish, but I have to dress Chasidish for work. It's hysterical! I'm just waiting for my daughter to express her mortification! (she's almost 9). It's totally worth it, though. I B"H love my job, and I have tons of vacation (but get paid 12 months a year.)

↑ yo'ma

Thu, May 13 2010, 3:54 pm

snm wrote:

The funniest part of this job is that I'm 100% litvish, but I have to dress Chasidish for work. It's hysterical! I'm just waiting for my daughter to express her mortification! (she's almost 9). It's totally worth it, though. I B"H love my job, and I have tons of vacation (but get paid 12 months a year.)

I taught in Satmar and a friend of mine still does and we never had to dress chasidish, only tznius. They also have non jewish teachers, but when they have a jewish teacher, even if she's not religious, they make them dress tznius and cover their hair if they're married.