RE: Two heads are better than one: Co-teaching in the high school classroom.
I was a systems analyst for 10 years.... then I started working at this restaurant. I went back to school to get an associates degree in teaching.
Since all I ever needed to become a systems analyst were a bunch of computer certificates, I had no degree at all when I got laid off. I was able to get my associates in Spanish with a teaching ESL addendum. My plan was to teach ESL or start as a TA.
The only positions that I was able to find were for special ed teachers assistants and all of them required you to change student's diapers. Change grown adult student's diapers.
I don't want to do that so it was really disheartening because I spent several years and my own money barely getting by working in this restaurant to go back to school to get that degree and finding out that the only position they want to hire me for is a diaper changer.
Now I am still at this restaurant..... 11 years now. I still read posts like these and enjoy them because I still see myself as a teacher. I just feel like I got lost in the system somehow along the way.
I didn't realize you had teaching education! That's a shame you couldn't find a job. Times change and education is different than it was 11 years ago. Have you thought about pursuing it again? There are other areas other than teaching. With Spanish and ESL you could work for a lot of organizations teaching English as a second language. Maybe even government jobs. I did online tutoring for extra cash and there are always jobs for people with ESL experience.
Well. I can speak Spanish and write Spanish. I did spend about 2 to 3 years doing a total immersion experience where I only spoke Spanish. I live in Texas so it's not hard to find some people that are always willing to speak Spanish with you everyday. It's hard though when you work 7 days a week because you come home tired and it's difficult to continue to try. I am still looking for teaching assistant jobs but it is difficult.
I understand. I am very happy that many of my colleagues have a calling to help the students with the most sever disabilities. It is incredibly difficult. If you don't have that calling you did the right thing to not take ea job that you would resent. I truly hope you are able to find a teaching job. You sound very passionate about it. What about teaching the skills needed to be a systems analyst?