Welcome 2012

2012 awaits with promise, hope and excitement. Changes in education policy will dictate the education provided to students and the amount of contentment educators will have with their ever changing job descriptions. How will Race to the Top change the prospective of parents, students, and educators? The new Common Core curriculum looks to provide a more cohesive education for students moving from state to state during their K-12 education. More to come in the next few days.

New Beginnings

When I left North Georgia College and State University in May 2011, I knew that my life would take a turn. What I didn't realize was what the turn would be. I have worked as an educator for several years and haven't had a lot of time for myself. Well, that is until now! I have had so much fun renewing my emotional state, my physical state, my mental state, and most importantly connecting with friends. In the coming days, I will begin posting about some of the changes that have taken effect in my life. I hope you will tune in to the fun!

Gwinnett County will be hiring -

Updated: 1:47 PM Jun 19, 2011
Schools need 530 teachers
District has already filled 359 positions
SUWANEE — Gwinnett County Public Schools will need to hire about 530 teachers for the upcoming school year, the chief human resources officer told the Gwinnett County Board of Education this week.
Posted: 7:33 PM Jun 18, 2011
Reporter: By Heather Darenberg, Staff Writer
Email Address: heather.darenberg@gwinnettdailypost.com

Job at French Consulate in Atlanta

Hello,

The Consulate General of France in Atlanta has a job opening: we are looking for an Assistant to the cultural and press services. This is a full-time job, beginning as soon as July, 15th 2011. We need someone that is fluent in both English and French.

Please find attached the job offer, with all the details. Feel free to forward this advertisement to your students who recently graduated, or anyone that you think could be interested.

Thanks,
Clémentine
______________________________

Deputy Cultural Attaché
Linguistic and educational cooperation

Consulate general of France
Lenox Building / Suite 500
3399 Peachtree Road NE
Atlanta - Georgia 30326

Tel: 404 495 16 86
Fax: 404 495 16 61
www.consulfrance-atlanta.org

Math Tutoring in May

Ridgeview Charter Middle School is seeking assistance with math remediation for students during the month of May. Details are as follows:

Dates: May 5th through May 20th
Time: (2 hours a day) 11:00 – 1:00
Rate: $28.00 per day

Interested students should send an email with their resume to:

Ms. Angelo Umoh
Assistant Principal
Ridgeview Charter School
404-843-7710
umoh@fultonschools.org

Language Job

Cherokee County is looking for a teacher who is certified in both Latin and English. If you are interested in the position, or know someone for whom this might be a fit, please feel free to contact Leslie Pourreau at:
leslie.pourreau@cherokee.k12.ga.us

Spanish Opening for 2011-2012

Whitewater High School in Fayetteville, Georgia currently has a Spanish teacher position open for the 2011-2012 school year. Applicants should have the ability and willingness to:
1)Teach multiple levels of Spanish
2)Participate in and recruit students for state and national competitions: FLAG Spoken Language Contest, Clemson Declamation Contest, National Spanish Exam, Composition Contest, etc.
3)Sponsor Spanish Club
4)Chaperone weekend fieldtrips such as the Clemson Declamation Contest and the Spanish Immersion Weekend
5)Plan and teach thematic units based on the state GPS
6)Work collaboratively with other language teachers

If you are interested in applying, please visit www.fcboe.org to fill out an online application. You will find a more detailed job description with the job posting on the county website. You will also need to mail a letter of interest along with your resume to the school (100 Wildcat Way, Fayetteville, GA 30215). If you have questions, you may email the department chair Karen Dean (dean.karen@mail.fcboe.org).

Geography Tool

Great interactive tool for Geography lessons. Thanks for sharing,Dr. Mann!

http://www.rethinkingschools.org/just_fun/games/mapgame.html

French Jobs in NYC

Two new French dual language programs opening in New York City in the Fall. The schools are both in Brooklyn: PS 110 (Greenpoint/Williamsburg) and PS133 (Parks Slope/Gowanus). It's good news! Both will start a French-English dual language program (50-50 Model) in September 2011, starting with grade K and adding a new grade each year. Finding great teachers is key to the success of these programs.
If you are interested or know of someone who is interested please ask them to forward a letter of application and resume to:
Dana Raciunas (PS110) at draciun@schools.nyc.govhttp://fr.mc269.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=draciun@schools.nyc.gov>

Heather Foster-Mann (PS133) at hfoster@schools.nyc.gov<http://fr.mc269.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=hfoster@schools.nyc.gov>

Other French dual language teachers are also needed at the following schools.
PS84, a K-5 elementary school on the UWS is urgently looking for a substitute teacher for its French dual language program for approximately 12 to 14 weeks. The program, most likely, will also be recruiting for a permanent position for the fall. The applicant should be bilingual, bi-literate, NYS certified, NYC licensed. Experience preferred. Please send a CV and cover letter to: Principal Robin Sundick, PS 84, The Lillian Weber School, 32 West 92nd Street, New York, NY 10025 or email AHauschild@schools.nyc.gov<http://fr.mc269.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=AHauschild@schools.nyc.gov>.

Bear in mind that all the schools listed below are also actively looking for French teachers.

Grades K to 5: PS 58 (Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn) - contact Giselle Gault gmcgee@schools.nyc.gov<http://fr.mc269.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=gmcgee@schools.nyc.gov>

Grades K to 5: PS 151 (Astoria-Woodside, Queens) - contact Jason Goldner JGoldne@schools.nyc.gov<http://fr.mc269.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=JGoldne@schools.nyc.gov>

Grades K to 5: PS73 (Yankee Stadium, Bronx) - contact Jean Mirvil JMirvil@schools.nyc.gov<http://fr.mc269.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=JMirvil@schools.nyc.gov>

Grades K to 5: PS84 (Upper West Side, Manhattan) - contact Robin Sundick rsundic@schools.nyc.gov<http://fr.mc269.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=rsundic@schools.nyc.gov>

Grades K to 5: PS770 (Brooklyn) - contact Shimon Waronker SWaronk@schools.nyc.gov<http://fr.mc269.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=SWaronk@schools.nyc.gov>

Grades 6 to 8: MS22 (Bronx) - contact Linda Rosenbury LRosenb6@schools.nyc.gov<http://fr.mc269.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=LRosenb6@schools.nyc.gov>
Grades K to 5 (Harlem) - contact Katrine Watkins: katrinewatkins@yahoo.fr<http://fr.mc269.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=katrinewatkins@yahoo.fr> <http://fr.mc269.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=katrinewatkins@yahoo.fr>

Also, please visit and join www.newyorkinfrench.net<http://www.newyorkinfrench.net/> to find more information about these programs, the parents and educators behind them, and the increasingly dynamic French-speaking community in New York. You can also post your job vacancies, find out about New York's teacher certification, and much more.

Positions

The word is out that the position at Whitewater High School, (100 Wildcat Way, Fayetteville, GA 30215 , phone: 770-460-3935) is open. Here are some descriptors

• Good command of the language
• Recruit new students
• Sponsor of German Club and German Honor Society
• Plan, organize, execute and accompany students to Germany with a GAPP exchange
• German I, II, III/IV combined at the high school and German I across the street at the Middle School
• Statewide/National Competitions: FLAG Spoken Language Contest, Clemson Poetry Declamation Contest, State German Convention, National German Exam, Governor's Honors
• Plan Language lab interactive projects

Contacts:

Principal Greg Stillions: stillions.greg@mail.fcboe.org or f.l. department chari dean.karen@mail.fcboe.org

There are also two positions available in a private school for the 2011-2012 year.
The positions are Secondary Mathematics and a Chemistry position. Email me if you are interested.
Barbara Dixon@bdixon@northgeorgia.edu

T3 Regional STEM Conference

Hosted by Forsyth County Schools and The Lambert High School

UPDATE, 2/23/2011

FINAL Conference Program Posted for Review-Click Here!

The pdf of the program is searchable. Use the search box at the top of the document.

Check out the GREAT Elementary Math and Science additions! Do a search for Elementary to find all of the sessions.

Due to the crippling snow and ice that hit metro Atlanta GA Jan 11-14, we must alter the original schedule for this conference. March 18th is now a full school day for our school district so no conference events will occur on Friday. We have reworked the plans and we are going to have a Super Saturday Event! All conference events will now occur on Saturday, March 19, 2011

General Schedule:

7:30-8:30: Registration, breakfast and visiting vendors

8:30-12:20: Concurrent sessions

12:20-1:00: Lunch and visiting vendors

1:00-4:50: Concurrent sessions

5:30-7:30: Dinner with guest speaker and great door prizes

The 2011 Texas Instruments T3 (Teachers Teaching with Technology) Regional STEM Conference will be one of the most engaging professional learning events you have attended all year. Meals are included in your registration fee.

Registration is $48 until March 18th and onsite! GREAT prizes will be drawn from the list of names from the first 250 registered attendees. Prizes include: 8Gb ITouch, $100 Target Gift Card, $50 ITunes Gift Card. Sign up now to be eligible for this drawing.

There are discounts for preservice teachers, Forsyth County employees and primary presenters for sessions. Please follow the registration link for the full details.

For the website, please follow this link:

T3 Regional STEM Conference

Are you sick of highly paid teachers?

by Meredith Menden on Friday, February 18, 2011 at 6:32pm

Are you sick of highly paid teachers?

Teachers' hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or10 months a year! It's time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do - babysit! We can get that for less than minimum wage.

That's right. Let's give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they spend before or after school. That would be $19.50 a day (7:45 to 3:00 PM with 45 min. off for lunch and plan-- that equals 6 1/2 hours).

Each parent should pay $19.50 a day for these teachers to baby-sit their children. Now how many students do they teach in a day...maybe 30? So that's $19.50 x 30 = $585.00 a day. However, remember they only work 180 days a year!!! I am not going to pay them for any vacations.

LET'S SEE....

That's $585 X 180= $105,300 per year. (Hold on! My calculator needs new batteries).

What about those special education teachers and the ones with Master's degrees? Well, we could pay them minimum wage ($7.75), and just to be fair, round it off to $8.00 an hour. That would be $8 X 6 1/2 hours X 30 children X 180 days = $280,800 per year.

Wait a minute -- there's something wrong here! There sure is!

The average teacher's salary (nation wide) is $50,000. $50,000/180 days = $277.77/per day/30 students=$9.25/6.5 hours = $1.42 per hour per student--a very inexpensive baby-sitter and they even EDUCATE your kids!) WHAT A DEAL!!!!

Make a teacher smile; repost this to show appreciation for all educators.

Long Term Sub Position in Language Arts

Please contact me if you are certified in Middle Grades Language Arts and are available to take a long term sub position in a northern metro county.

Job Opening - French

Conyers Middle School is seeking a French teacher who is also certified to teach another content field (keep in mind, if you are not currently certified to teach another field, you might be able to add a field by passing the GACE in an additional area).

If you know of anyone who might be interested, please ask her/him to contact Principal Nesmith at mnesmith@rockdale.k12.ga.us

French Position at APS

Atlanta Public Schools has an immediate need for a certified French teacher to fill a long-term substitute position at Washington High School. Please direct all inquiries to Anita Lawrence, World Languages Coordinator in Atlanta Public Schools. Ms. Lawrence's information is listed below.

Anita Lawrence
World Languages Coordinator
Department for Learning Excellence
Atlanta Public Schools
Phone: 404-802-7580
Fax: 404-624-4073
ablawrence@atlanta.k12.ga.us
www.atlantapublicschools.us

Education Career Fair

Upcoming Career Fairs

School Of Education
TEACHER CAREER FAIR
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
NGCSU Campus
Memorial Hall
ECE/SPED Majors 2:00 – 3:00
MG/Secondary/P-12 Majors 3:00 – 4:00
MAT & Post Bacc Students 4:00 – 5:00
Meet & Greet Human Resource Directors and Principals from many Georgia School Systems.
In addition, please plan to attend our Large Group Forums to receive helpful tips such as correct resume writing, interviewing skills and conducting an effective career search. Times are as follows:
1:00 Mr. Robert Maxson, Fulton County Schools
3:00 Mrs. Kimberly Williams, Gwinnett County Schools
Memorial Hall, Room 208
BRING YOUR RESUME & DRESS TO IMPRESS!
For more information please contact Shelley Shope at srshope@northgeorgia.edu.

PRESENTATION: “Principals” of Interviewing
DATE: Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011
TIME: 1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
LOCATION: Memorial Hall, Room 208
Learn information about the following that may be helpful to you in your job search whether you are planning to begin your career in metro Atlanta or anywhere else:
School system hiring process Interview questions Job search strategies Etc.
Space is limited.

Charter School Job Fair - Georgia Tech GTRI Conference Center
Saturday, March 05, 2011
9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Open to Public
For more information please visit: http://www.gacharters.org/calendar-events/charter-schools-job-fair

GACE College-to-Career Fair
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Cobb Galleria, Atlanta, GA
Click here for more information.

JOB in French!

Rockdale County is seeking a teacher to fill an immediate French vacancy. Please contact Laura Whiddon, Director of Human Resources for more information (contact information below).

They are looking for a certified French teacher who is knowledgable in the Georgia Performance Standards, engaging with students and faculty, and who recognizes the importance of further developing the French program; offering students opportunites to develop real-world competencies and proficiencies both within and outside the regular classroom.

Summer Travel Opportunities

Thanks to Jon Valentine for sharing this:

Global Exploration for Educators Organization (GEEO) is a 501c3 non-profit organization that runs professional development travel programs designed for teachers.

GEEO is offering 13 different travel programs for the summer of 2011: India/Nepal, China, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey/Syria/Jordan/Egypt, Ethiopia, South Africa/Mozambique/Zimbabwe/Botswana, Morocco, Argentina/Uruguay/Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Costa Rica and Guatemala/Belize/Mexico.

Educators have the option to earn graduate school credit (3 credits through Indiana University) and professional development credit while seeing the world. The trips are designed and discounted to be interesting and affordable for teachers. GEEO also advises teachers on how to find funding to subsidize the cost of the trips. GEEO provides teachers educational materials and the structure to help them bring their experiences into the classroom. The trips are open to all nationalities of K-12 and University educators and administrators, as well as retired educators. Educators are also permitted to bring along a non-educator guest.

Detailed information about each trip, including itineraries, costs, travel dates, and more can be found at www.geeo.org. GEEO can also be reached 7 days a week, toll free at 1-877-600-0105 between 9AM-9PM EST. To sign-up for GEEO's listserv, please send an email to listserv@geeo.org with the subject line "subscribe."

Check out the link below -

5 Common Misspellings

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/life/5-common-misspellings-that-make-you-appear-uneducated-2438981

Top 12 New Year’s Resolutions for Teachers

Check out the following website for great
New Year's Resolutions for Teachers

http://www.teachhub.com/news/article/cat/14/item/604