I will be retiring from the SC system after this school year. My husband is taking a job in Jacksonville, FL this spring so I hope to pursue another media specialist job in that area.
Sue
LARRY RETZACK > Sue FitzgeraldDecember 29, 2008 at 6:49pm
Well, I've been job hunting here in Wis. like crazy for over a year now. I've only had a couple interviews & no offers. I'm stuck substitute teaching in W Allis/W Milwaukee. The library sub jobs are great but the music sub jobs are the pits. Some of the most glaring examples of lack of parenting skills I've ever witnessed. Truly law suits waiting to happen. Despite the economic downturn though, I'm optimistic that I'll land something better soon.
I retired as of last June. At the moment I'm working on an M.Ed degree, as I never had the time to do it while I was teaching. I also plan to work with my sister who is a distance learning consultant, and my husband and I are going to travel but NOT during peak travel times!
I have been off this Ning for some time and missed some good conversation! I wasn't taking a pass on Chavez, even though his gov't supposedly turned down my VISA. I had to come back to the States after working only 2 and 1/2 months. (It is possible it was a down-sizing on the part of the school; no way to know.)
I have stayed semi-retired, working from home for a wonderful company that librarians need to know: ART IN HISTORY, INC. (artinhistory.com) Check it out. Your schools will love it. I can send you a free catalog or even ask for a sample kit. Great for Humanities or for Language Arts, Fine Arts and Social Studies classes. I'm an educational consultant for them; great title, not much money. ;-)
I'm also an International coordinator for Aspect Foundation. So far, I have placed 2 students---both in our house!! haha Girl from Norway and boy from Italy---both arrive this week. We have had over 30 international kids live with us, so it is a pattern. (Last year--Venezuela and Moldova. The girl from VE surely had opinions about Chavez!!)
The sleep apnea is better, but I have problems with my hip. There are a bunch of new schools going up in my district; I'm thinking seriously about trying for a position the next year. A part-time job would be awesome!! Cool that it is your old job!! If I can get the hip thing fixed and catch up with what I've been missing technology-wise.........................
I'll be checking in more often!! I'm still on LM_NET for fun and especially to read Richie P's reviews!!
Best Wishes to anyone going back to work this year! Happy Days for the rest of you!!
Well, I just learned this very morning that the Supt. of Public Instruction's aide kept her word and I got a new 5-yr 900 Librarian-Media Specialist license. I'm submitting my application for subbing in Oshkosh this morning. Hopefully the document will arrive this week so I can photocopy and submit application for an ele. Librarian-Media Specialist position in Milton. It took the DPI bureaucrats over a year for me to get the 900 license. Now I need to complete an online 3-sem. credit graduate course with Fresno Pacific U that I put on hold until I got moved back to Wis. & obtained the license. But it should be all downhill now.
Thanks so much for your networking help in the past. After over a year of "negotiating" with the Wis. Dept. of Public Instruction, I've finally been able to renew my music teaching license and expect my new Librarian-Media Specialist license within a week. I've got a number of applications in process: 2 in Wausau @ UW-Marathon County/Northcentral Technical College & just submitted via WECAN for a middle school library job in Oregon. Of course, I'm delighted to be back in Wis. and eager to get a job. After 5 years in California, returning to my roots here is just great.
Yolan Mistele > LARRY RETZACKAugust 4, 2008 at 8:03pm
Welcome back to WI. I hope you have success finding a job. I admire your stamina.
I lived/worked in Japan 30 years for the U.S. Dept. of Defense Dependents Schools before retiring in Fukuoka Sept. 1, 2001. We returned to California April 12, 2003 and I briefly taught music in 2004 until getting my current job @ Colton High Feb. 24, 2005. But I'm not a Californian; I'm a native Badger and am eager to return to my Midwest roots in America's Dairyland by next July. The road rage in California is horrendous and some drivers are packing heat. I'm tired of living in a desert where lawns consist of commercial sod nurtured by automatic sprinkler systems. I'm hoping to locate somewhere between Eau Claire, Oshkosh, and Milwaukee.
I "retired" in 2000 to travel, take care of ailing in-laws and to enjoy my brand-new grandchildren. Well, my in-laws have passed away and my grandchildren are starting kindergarten and preschool. In 2002, I began working part-time (one Saturday/month) at a nearby community college, and my hours there have fluctuated from 4 hrs./wk. to 40 hrs./wk. I also have substituted for young librarians on maternity leave. Right now, I am job sharing at my old K-12 school with the librarian who replaced me and wanted more mommy time. Working part-time allows fun time AND intellectual stimulation for an aging brain.
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Larry "Library"
I moved from FL to Georgia in 2002 - east of Atlanta. Watch for openings on www.teachgeorgia.org.
Good Luck,
Colleen
I have stayed semi-retired, working from home for a wonderful company that librarians need to know: ART IN HISTORY, INC. (artinhistory.com) Check it out. Your schools will love it. I can send you a free catalog or even ask for a sample kit. Great for Humanities or for Language Arts, Fine Arts and Social Studies classes. I'm an educational consultant for them; great title, not much money. ;-)
I'm also an International coordinator for Aspect Foundation. So far, I have placed 2 students---both in our house!! haha Girl from Norway and boy from Italy---both arrive this week. We have had over 30 international kids live with us, so it is a pattern. (Last year--Venezuela and Moldova. The girl from VE surely had opinions about Chavez!!)
The sleep apnea is better, but I have problems with my hip. There are a bunch of new schools going up in my district; I'm thinking seriously about trying for a position the next year. A part-time job would be awesome!! Cool that it is your old job!! If I can get the hip thing fixed and catch up with what I've been missing technology-wise.........................
I'll be checking in more often!! I'm still on LM_NET for fun and especially to read Richie P's reviews!!
Best Wishes to anyone going back to work this year! Happy Days for the rest of you!!
Thanks so much for your networking help in the past. After over a year of "negotiating" with the Wis. Dept. of Public Instruction, I've finally been able to renew my music teaching license and expect my new Librarian-Media Specialist license within a week. I've got a number of applications in process: 2 in Wausau @ UW-Marathon County/Northcentral Technical College & just submitted via WECAN for a middle school library job in Oregon. Of course, I'm delighted to be back in Wis. and eager to get a job. After 5 years in California, returning to my roots here is just great.
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