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• ThePastor'sWife

  July 2011

  FT SAHM - the job market for teachers is horrendous in PA, so I'm hanging at home w/ DS until things improve. I'm hopeful that maybe the '12-'13 school year will look better, but w/ the new governor that just came into office this year, and the cuts he's making, I'm not entirely confident in an upswing.

  
  
  
  
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• KathrynMD

  July 2011

  understood - enjoy!!

  one of my friends kids favorite teacher was commuting from PA down to MoCo for an elementary teaching position until about a few months ago.  Bad

  

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• FieryIrishAngel

  July 2011

  A friend's friend is stressing - she's a teacher in PA and is so worried about losing her job. 

  I hope your time at home is enjoyable!

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• ThePastor'sWife

  July 2011

  Yeah, there's lots of teachers that have been doing the PA-MD commute just b/c teaching positions have always been hard to land in PA, but it's just plain ugly now. Districts are furloughing or laying off left and right, and any vacancies are being filled internally b/c of positions being cut across the board. I've been stalking school districts in 4 counties surrounding where DH's new church will be since Feb, and there's just nothing in my area (elem ed/early childhood). So, so frustrating, but I'm trying to focus on the bright side of getting to spend at least one year at home w/ DS (and that fortunately we can swing it financially).

  
  
  
  
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• KathrynMD

  July 2011

  Just curious, but what about working at a private daycare?

  The 4s and up teachers at DD's school all have BAs.  Maybe even the 3s and up.

  

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• ThePastor'sWife

  July 2011

  KathrynMD:

  Just curious, but what about working at a private daycare?
  The 4s and up teachers at DD's school all have BAs.  Maybe even the 3s and up.

  
  
  It's an idea that I've explored (trust me, there's very little in the education world I HAVEN'T considered at this point), but even those positions aren't around... Lots for infant rooms at daycares, but I really am not interested in that age group. The other issue is pay - as in, at least in PA, the pay isn't really worth it for what we'd pay in daycare for DS, from what we've priced out.
  
  I would LOVE to teach preschool, but those are rare to open up anyway. I do prefer being in a school setting, truthfully, but we'll reevaluate next year and see where we're at and what the job outlook is for teachers in PA (and maybe then even those infant room positions will seem that much more desirable ).

  
  
  
  
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• TheLinkBride

  July 2011

  Enjoy your time at home!  I'm sorry about the job market though.
  

  My sweet boy
  

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• weezie825

  July 2011

  Congrats to your DH about his new church! And congrats to you on getting to stay home with DS for the next year. Where in PA will you guys be. (I don't mean specifically, I mean like Southern, Northwest,....) And most importantly, you are going to stick around the Baltimore board, right?!?

  

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• ThePastor'sWife

  July 2011

  weezie825:

  Congrats to your DH about his new church! And congrats to you on getting to stay home with DS for the next year.
  
  Where in PA will you guys be. (I don't mean specifically, I mean like Southern, Northwest,....) And most importantly, you are going to stick around the Baltimore board, right?!?

  
  
  Thanks! We're really excited about this opportunity for him, and it's close to my family, which will be nice.
  
  We'll be in south-central PA, which is actually where we've been for 3 of the past 4 years (we're going about 45 mins north of where we are currently). I hopped over here when we lived in Baltimore '09-'10, and just never left when we moved back. Sorry, I don't think you guys can get rid of me; I like it too much over here!

  
  
  
  
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• NittanyLionLaura

  July 2011

  ThePastor'sWife:

  weezie825:

  Congrats to your DH about his new church! And congrats to you on getting to stay home with DS for the next year.
  
  Where in PA will you guys be. (I don't mean specifically, I mean like Southern, Northwest,....) And most importantly, you are going to stick around the Baltimore board, right?!?

  
  
  Thanks! We're really excited about this opportunity for him, and it's close to my family, which will be nice.
  
  We'll be in south-central PA, which is actually where we've been for 3 of the past 4 years (we're going about 45 mins north of where we are currently). I hopped over here when we lived in Baltimore '09-'10, and just never left when we moved back. Sorry, I don't think you guys can get rid of me; I like it too much over here!

  Yes and knowing your Mom, she is beyond excited for this, but Auntie Laura will now be further away from your little man.  *pouts* 
  

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