well, it depends really... If I want to teach at a community college or be an adjunct, I just need to graduate. If I want to teach at a primarily undergrad or at a big university, I'll likely need to do a post-doc position somewhere for another couple years.What all would you need to do?lol, i'm actually considering getting back into the education game (college level... not high school. eff that noise)Should I start an education thread, or should c2i and I just pm each other back and forth to make it easier?
I'm trying to move up to middle school. Not that big of a difference for me though.
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I do admissions for a college now. Couldn't be happier. Honestly I don't think I'll ever try to get back into actually teaching. Gonna get my MBA for free and move from there.
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I think I would love working for a university. I've been recruiting for much of my life, and have excellent (if I say so myself) interpersonal skills. I'm tired of the rat race.I do admissions for a college now. Couldn't be happier. Honestly I don't think I'll ever try to get back into actually teaching. Gonna get my MBA for free and move from there.
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So you're different in person?I think I would love working for a university. I've been recruiting for much of my life, and have excellent (if I say so myself) interpersonal skills. I'm tired of the rat race.I do admissions for a college now. Couldn't be happier. Honestly I don't think I'll ever try to get back into actually teaching. Gonna get my MBA for free and move from there.
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I have a money and banking group project, and we chose quantitative easing as out topic. Comparing foreign countries qe programs with ours. I feel if the us changed to something like the euro (which would never happen) it would decrease inflation and strengthen the dollar.
Anyone have any inputs? I'm still just a college kid and don't know 100% about the economy and monetary system
Anyone have any inputs? I'm still just a college kid and don't know 100% about the economy and monetary system
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Education? I'm again' it!
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Education? I'm again' it!
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I recently became employed at Bobby Mo, and I can say without a doubt that I love working for a university. Not in a sports related job or anything, but it is fun times so far.
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High stakes testing, indeed.On their eighth day of deliberations, the jurors convicted 11 of the 12 defendants of racketeering, a felony that carries up to 20 years in prison. Many of the defendants — a mixture of Atlanta public school teachers, testing coordinators and administrators — were also convicted of other charges, such as making false statements, that could add years to their sentences.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/04/02/us ... rrer=&_r=0
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I posted this in the political thread because I forgot I made this thread...
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersa ... ar-AAakt3k
This is cool... I wish I had known about any schools like this when I was applying to college (not sure there were any) as I was in the under $65,000 a year by a large margin.1. Stanford University will provide free tuition to parents of students who earn less than $125,000 per year — and if they make less than $65,000, they won't have to contribute to room and board costs either.
2. Students are still expected to pay $5,000 toward college costs from summer earnings and working part-time while enrolled in college.
3. The announcement is an expansion of Stanford's old financial aid policy, which previously applied to students from families making less than $100,000 per year.
4. Most universities can't afford to offer such generous financial aid to their students. But they could draw a lesson from the plan's simplicity.
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Education? I'm again' it!
Man I am predictable. I saw this thread and was going to come post this exact status only to see I had already done so a week ago.
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That's pretty cool that Stanford is doing that. I know that most of the elite universities have such huge endowments that they could waive tuition for a majority of students, and it wouldn't really have a big negative impact on their bottom line.
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They also said that they can afford to do it with so many students coming from wealthier families that don't really care about the cost of the school.That's pretty cool that Stanford is doing that. I know that most of the elite universities have such huge endowments that they could waive tuition for a majority of students, and it wouldn't really have a big negative impact on their bottom line.
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Nice that the Obama's don't send their kids to a place that doesn't believe in high stakes testing. I get the private school, but at least back up your own policy.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ans ... zed-tests/
The Obamas, for example, send their two daughters to the elite Sidwell Friends School, a private Quaker preK-12 school with campuses in Washington D.C., and Bethesda, Md. Sidwell, like other independent schools, does not bombard its students with high-stakes standardized tests. (It also doesn’t evaluate teachers by the test scores of their students, a policy promoted by the Obama administration.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ans ... zed-tests/
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I'm taking a break between finishing my masters and starting my doctorate. When I lived in NC I wanted to teach at the local community college to start seeing if formal teaching is something I really want to spend my life doing. I don't have any desire to pursue academia as a lifelong endeavor, I just enjoy instructing and want to teach at the 2-yr/4-yr level.
My issue is that I moved to western WI and they don't really have community colleges, just these poorly organized regional institutes and they don't have anything really available in my area. So now I'm looking at becoming an adjunct online. It's not about the money, I just think it would be fulfilling. I know that online adjuncts are looked down upon in this community but I don't have the same professional goals as you individuals.
I'm just not exactly sure where to start. I have a few specific schools in mind and plan to apply in the next month. I just wonder what departments are looking for. My education, work experience, industry certifications, prior teaching experience (none), whether I'm published (I'm not), if I have any formal instructor credentials, etc. Everyone has to start somewhere but I wonder if I'm so unqualified to teach that it would be a waste of my time and the hiring managers time.
My issue is that I moved to western WI and they don't really have community colleges, just these poorly organized regional institutes and they don't have anything really available in my area. So now I'm looking at becoming an adjunct online. It's not about the money, I just think it would be fulfilling. I know that online adjuncts are looked down upon in this community but I don't have the same professional goals as you individuals.
I'm just not exactly sure where to start. I have a few specific schools in mind and plan to apply in the next month. I just wonder what departments are looking for. My education, work experience, industry certifications, prior teaching experience (none), whether I'm published (I'm not), if I have any formal instructor credentials, etc. Everyone has to start somewhere but I wonder if I'm so unqualified to teach that it would be a waste of my time and the hiring managers time.
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I'd imagine they would have a list of requirements for employment on their website. If you meet those, then no reason not to apply.
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Alright, thanks.
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Starting work on my MBA on Thursday, little nervous.
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Testing is of the devil. (I mean that).
It is awful what it does to kids and teachers and in no way is predictive of future (or current) abilities.
It is awful what it does to kids and teachers and in no way is predictive of future (or current) abilities.
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That piqued my intetest.I have a money and banking group project, and we chose quantitative easing as out topic. Comparing foreign countries qe programs with ours. I feel if the us changed to something like the euro (which would never happen) it would decrease inflation and strengthen the dollar.
Anyone have any inputs? I'm still just a college kid and don't know 100% about the economy and monetary system
Don't know if you read this but it's interesting.
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Yeah I read about half of that but as I mentioned out group project was on Wednesday so It was the same thing lol.That piqued my intetest.I have a money and banking group project, and we chose quantitative easing as out topic. Comparing foreign countries qe programs with ours. I feel if the us changed to something like the euro (which would never happen) it would decrease inflation and strengthen the dollar.
Anyone have any inputs? I'm still just a college kid and don't know 100% about the economy and monetary system
Don't know if you read this but it's interesting.
Our project was about the impacts of quantitative easing (qe) in the United States and how it could be different in the euro zone (not the eu).
We started ours in 2008, the Eurozone started theirs last month. Same goals of stimulating the economy, lowering long term interest rates, and boosting confidence in markets. The Eurozone also needs to raise their dangerously low inflation rate.
In the states, the GDP growth raise rose from -8% in 2008 to like 7 or 8% in 2010. I think it's like 2% now which is ok but for the 1.2T we put in some people see it as a failure. Interest rates went down and the stock market went up, which was good as well. However, inflation didn't rise that much and it's not what we hoped for.
We mentioned a possible reason for this is because the Fed is paying banks to hold their excess reserves instead of lending them out. So the banks look profitable and might not lead to inflation. The ECB actually charges banks to hold reserves, so they'll lend more money out which hopefully will be spent and stimulate the economy to get higher inflation.
Other reasons why inflation could rise in the Eurozone besides the negative interest rates charged on banks by the ECB include an underutilized labor market (decreasing unemployment equals higher inflation based on the Phillips Curve) and the fact that most of the 19 banks in the Eurozone are more dependent on a central bank than the US is, (so they're more susceptible to politics increasing inflation in a stupid way)
I think that QE will be more successful in the Eurozone than here
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I know that when I do have kids, if the standardized testing system is still in place, we will be opting out of it every single year. Companies are making too much money on testing for the government to scale it back at this point. It's really unfortunate.
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That is what it will take to end testing. It basically has to be. mass of parents though, like has started happening in some places. One reason making it more difficult is that part of a schools "grade" is the percentage of kids taking the test. A lot of parents are happy with the school and don't want to screw it over by having kids not take the test.
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