Nice, competent fellow by all accounts. Rest in deserved peace, Mr Olver.

Western MA is so much better than yuppy Puritan stick up the ass east coast Ma

By clean your car off you mean drive wicked fast til it falls off right?

Look at the graph in the linked article at states gaining population and states losing population.

It's not a mystery.

There aren't a lot of good jobs in that field in the area, sadly. There are some but they are very competitive. My wife left the field and became a secretary because they offered 20k more a year than she got teaching.

As others have said you will have no trouble getting jobs in either of those fields here. Some schools might not post positions until the summer though? I’m not sure how it works. Cities will probably have more positions but it might be more challenging.

Hey man, not cool. We shouldn’t label people like that. This is merica, anyone can have a nice smartphone and nice car

She’ll think it’s extra when someone convinces the insurance companies to blame you 50-100% fault because there was no video evidence

The best part is not being sued for bodily damage!

The best part is not being sued for bodily damage!

Pigs don’t clean themselves

It’s so cringe when people turn things into sex like that, awkward 12 year old Humor r/trashy

Boomers:

The generation that sold society out to the 1%

Enjoy your living hell I mean future life

It is frustrating to constantly read things like this that lack nuance. Yes, some EL students in the past were placed in ESL classes that were one higher than their ELD level. This is because the teachers who work with them and know them realize that a test like ACCESS doesn’t tell the whole story. We have had ELs who score a 3 on the ACCESS who arrived in the first grade, speak English fluently, and have a reading disability. These kids don’t need an ESL class, they need more special education support. In the past, a teacher was able to bring together evidence showing this, and the student was able to get the reading support needed instead of an ESL class. This school year, because of this report and the state, we cannot and the student suffers. Or sometimes the student just doesn’t take ACCESS seriously and goofs off, now they have a score lower than their actual English level. Again, teachers know this and want to put students in the correct ESL classes…but now we can’t because outsiders don’t understand the nuance of teaching.

u/BostonGlobe it would be more helpful to paint a complete picture versus always trashing on BPS with a small summary. Rather than trying to inform the people of Boston, you chose to post this here and also in a SchoolSystemsBroke subreddit?!

I'm a short person who drives a tall car, and after getting tired of making do with a broom/step stool, I bought an extendable snow brush and it's been an absolute game changer. Mine even has a rubber attachment that I use to break up ice when my car is completely encased. Strategy is to turn the car on and let it melt a little, then go to town with the rubber end. Safe for the paint job and oddly satisfying.

This isn’t the reason and you sound stupid for thinking it is

This isn’t the reason and you sound stupid for thinking it is

She will be able to find a job. As others said, districts tend to start posting their openings in the spring for the following year.

I haven’t seen anyone else mention it yet - A Master’s degree is required to teach in Massachusetts. She will need to earn one within 5 years of employment.

one time i was driving to work. i was probably doing 50 in a 45 and some guy flies up on my tail and rides me for a bit before passing in a no passing zone, hands flailing and cursing at me bc im only going a little over the speed limit. not a mile up the road i see him pulled over by a cop. now that's the way to start a work day

"I've always felt we should tax poor people more for not having money"

A teacher I used to work with (she was both a general ed K teacher and a special ed K teacher for ~5 years), moved from the greater Boston area to the Pioneer Valley area and wanted a kindergarten or first grade position. She started looking and applying in June. She received 5 callbacks and interviews. This is almost unheard of in general education in eastern MA. Western MA is not saturated like eastern MA.

With that being said, your wife will need to acquire her MA teacher license beforehand. She will need to complete the appropriate MTEL assessments and obtain an SEI endorsement. Getting a MA teaching license is no joke and it will be time consuming. It’ll be like starting over licensure-wise. Also, she will need her masters within 5 years of teaching in MA. Masters degrees are required here.

Maybe you should be then

>Oh my fucking god. It's a NIGHTMARE. We have to have 7 people on 7 computers trying exactly at 8 am 6 months before we want the site (when the campsite goes live), and MAYBE one of us will get a site before they all get sold out.

Certain sites are only letting you book 4 months in advance now

I will. I promise.

Lots of opportunities for para just wait until spring/summer timing. She can work on taking the MTEL teacher tests when you get here to work on licensure. Mass is a great state to teach in. Welcome!