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student teacher supervisors
I've always thought I'd enjoy supervising student teachers. It seems as though it would be a some what flexible schedule, I'd be helping people who really do want to be teachers, and I'd be in and out of different schools and classes, I like that type of variety. I would be able to get the certification by the end of this year, which is when I'm hoping to have LO #2. Ideally rather than return to teaching, I would then go into the supervision of student teachers and perhaps teach a college course or two. Sounds like a great plan, but there always seems to be a catch. By the time I'd like to start supervising I'd be 30 years old and have six years in an urban class room. I'm a certified English K-12 teacher with a masters in reading and a reading specialist certification.
I remember supervisors being primarily retired superintendents, however I also remember meeting a woman in her mid 30s who did it. I really have no desire to be head of a department or an administrator, and I'd also like to get out of the classroom. Anyone know how common it is to have student teacher supervisors who have not been administrators?
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Re: student teacher supervisors
I went to a private grad school in Boston so my experience might different than others but all of the supervisors were retired teachers or department heads. My supervisor taught at the school where my student teaching was done for 30 years... 10 of those was as the History Department Chair.
Around here, it's rare that it is someone other than a retired teacher/department head.
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Well thanks for the help, but I really don't post all that often and when I do it's probably for help with something that is bothering me, so that would obviously come across as negative. While I don't dislike everything about my job, ideally I would like to get out of teaching though, which is why I'm interested in doing this. It's very easy to say if you don't enjoy your job you should leave, however when you have a family and mortgage and no real skills/ experience other than teaching and one of the perks of your job that you're not willing to give up is getting to have more time with your family than most other professions, it is very difficult to actually be able to leave.