We start school far later up here (Labor Day weekend), and don’t get out till late June. So hiring season won’t happen for another month and a half or so. And SchoolSpring 100% in Massachusetts.

Sorry, meant the public library not schools.

For teachers? Lol, no. And they barely enforcethe one for they have for the firefighters and some cops. Do you mean school librarians or librarians for city libraries? Because school librarians are considered public school employees, so are not subject to residency requirements.

I don’t see how a free market on education would benefit all students. Also, in a true free market no one would get a publicly funded voucher right? If someone has two kids then would they get 20k? What about people who own property but don’t have children do they get 10k a year too? I am not trying to start a fight I am saying that a voucher system is not free market, but I think we can both agree that the funding mechanism is in need of revision. Cutting public education for decades and segregating funding to those that have and those that don’t furthers a fight among the many who need the best education possible.

Does Springfield have a residency requirement for teachers? They do for the library staff...

Edit: and the library is ALWAYS hiring which is odd

That won't leave enough money in the system for the students with special needs. They are very expensive to educate. Public education is efficient because of economies of scale. The average cost per pupil includes the special needs students, the students who don't speak English as a first language, and the students who need all sorts of social services. Spilt it all up into separate private entities and watch the costs skyrocket. The private schools we outsource our neediest students to are 80-240k per year. If we sent out all of our kids with special needs, our costs would triple, at least. Charter schools seem cheap because they cherry-pick the kids who don't have special needs, behaviors, or social support needs.

The user seems to have deleted their account, so their opinion does not matter. Locked.

> The account that posted this was deleted.

I noticed that too. So I'll be locking the thread.

It's absolutely not saturated. Our district is hiring....everyone. LOL. I don't think your wife will have ANY trouble finding a position. Keep in mind teaching licensure is pretty demanding in MA compared to most states so she should definitely start figuring out what she'll need to do now.

Welcome to the hippy, happy, Pioneer Valley! We do weird shit here, and it's a great place to live imo.

Wipe off the snow

Saw a statie tailgating an SUV in the left lane on 495. Sheet of ice came off the SUV, flew over the statie and smashed on the pavement. Statie passed the SUV in the middle lane and kept going.

Uhhh ok guys, it was a minor ice storm

Canada does this every day with the cold temps btw - their windshields don’t crack

I simply believe there should be a free market on k-12 education. If the expenditure per student is 15k but someone wants to send their child elsewhere or homeschool, they get a 10k voucher

Definitely the time of year, but it could also be what area you are looking in. For example, it just so happens that I recently lost my psychiatric nurse practitioner!! You must be a gift coming here!! Lol. Funny though because one of my sister-in-laws lives in Louisville and another lives in North Adams, which is closer to the Northampton, MA area. What a small world!

My sister-in-law out in Western MA also works at the Berkshire Eagle in a break away local cultural arts magazine that may be of some knowledge there.

If you enroll on www.masshireberkshirecc.com, you may be able to start visualizing more opportunities and apply early if possible?

If you like, feel free to send me a PM before the move and maybe we can help you expand your access or welcome your family when you arrive!! From what I hear from the Louisville sis, Western MA is waaayyyy different culturally and in general, so I think you'll like it here!!

Western Mass will be a great spot for your family! Best of luck on the future move and welcome to the area!

Interesting. I'll break out the ratchet straps next time it's too icy to remove.

Well, you'll be happy to know that I was pulled over for using my cell phone while driving. It was a pretty good trick too, because it was in my pocket. My hands were folded over my steering wheel as I picked at my nails. Didn't matter though, because according to this fine state trooper, one must have BOTH hands on the wheel at ALL times. When I tried to call him on that by asking for the statute, he said some BS about how he could pull me over for going 56 in a 55, but don't. Ultimately, he gave me a written warning, which pisses me off because I lost my get out of jail free card, but whatever. As soon as I pulled off, he bagged someone else withing 15 seconds. I'm all for the law, it just pisses me off that there is no way to prove it apart from an interior camera and that some cops either don't know or misrepresent the law to justify their overzealous enforcement of it.

BPS gets a paltry $101M for central administration. They cannot be expected to do all of that stuff properly on such a tiny budget. /s

I think I understand the thought process on your comment, however, public education is supposed to be for everyone. We fun schools based on property taxes making the access to education fundamentally unequal. Charter schools are publicly funded private schools that don’t really have to answer to anyone. Some are good some are dumpster fires, most pick and choose their students. Fully funding education and having an actual discussion about funding changes would go a long way to allow everybody a great education. School choice is a stopgap measure because of the funding issue. Sure some short term changes would help but privatizing education is a step that may lead to even greater divides in access to education.

This is why we need school choice, charter schools, or a voucher system. Public k-12 education is broken, inefficient and over administrated

Yes, but this is actually a serious issue and it's a problem country wide. I've dedicated a lot of time personally to a Veterans Non-Profit also so I could understand where the poster was coming from. Since much of the financial assistance has dwindled down, many of the only resource facilities that can help Veterans are Non-Profit, their CEOs and VPs receive 6 figure salaries, while many of the rest are overlooked for compensation. Some of them are just happy to have equal help available and maybe a little gas reimbursement. And they can put them on a W2 Wage. They should be providing a wage if they are repetitiously providing their personal time for over 10 hours a week, If the VA can provide at least that, so that advocates can be trained to help with services. People are more inclined to care deeper when they are appreciated and feel like part of a family. Less sloppiness, laziness and inadequate care, It also it is a reflection many times to them, in how those who help them are treated by others outside in an open environment, for everyone around to see. They find it disrespectful when their advocates are made to feel overlooked, like many of them felt when they come home from serving. They're very humble to have someone listen to them and have lunch with.

And the non-profit bullshit, refusing to pay and not providing a wage because you're "volunteering" doesn't allow a person to keep devoting their own time to put forth if they aren't receiving any type of income in the meantime. The United Way is worth to be over a $20 Billion (Non-Profit). If they weren't being compensated, they wouldn't be able to devote so much to fundraising and creating all the fun activities to keep them fun and active. If communities want the responsibility moved over to non-profits and away from the VA and other private groups, then someone should be stepping to assist in getting them up to par.

People should be caned for that shit.

you could always make yourself a diy snow brush thingy like they have for 18 wheelers. They drive through all the snow is gone.

I am a teacher in the pioneer valley. She will need ti pass both MTEL tests before getting her license as the state does not offer reciprocity with other states. Most districts will not hire her under a provisional license without those tests but a few would (Holyoke and Springfield).

Neither is prohibitively hard - she will also have a much easier time getting a job if she has her SEI endorsement - also a test/class.

Check the DESE website for certification routes she can take.

If she had these licenses - and especially if she has any experience in sped - she could get hired in my district today.

Jobs get posted in April and throughout the summer.

Good luck and best wishes.

One can avoid taking RETELL/SEI by passing the SEI MTEL. Otherwise, they’re stuck taking the course. Larger districts with large numbers of ELL students will often offer the course for free, teachers in smaller districts will either have to pay out of pocket for the class or pay out of pocket for the test.