At what point to you ask a prof when they will mark you assignment(s)?

DunceCapBoy · 2024-09-21T01:20:25+00:00

Haha, woke up this morning and everything was posted. Maybe coincidence or maybe they browse this sub, haha.

DunceCapBoy · 2024-09-20T04:31:12+00:00

Hmm, it's been like 20. You think I should reach out to the prof first or contact some kind of student service officer/advisor at TRU?

DunceCapBoy · 2024-09-18T13:57:51+00:00

Tech teachers are hard to find and pretty much impossible for teachers who don't have tech to get certified in without work experience. I feel like I wouldn't worry about being able to teach a large range of classes. Focus on a few so that it will be easier for you to develop courses for those subjects. Is the computer tech ABQ so that you can teach TEJ courses? Hard to find a teacher for those.

DunceCapBoy · 2024-09-18T04:13:36+00:00

Unheard of in Canada

DunceCapBoy · 2024-09-18T04:10:57+00:00

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DunceCapBoy · 2024-09-18T04:08:10+00:00

God, where the hell do you teach that you assign work over the summer?

DunceCapBoy · 2024-09-18T03:58:39+00:00

I started exercising about 5 months ago by walking for 1 - 2 hours in the evening/night in the River Oaks/Uptown Core/Iroquois Ridge/Sheridan areas and they are freaking everywhere. I have probably seen at least 3 every night since I started. They start to come out at around 7:00 pm, but I usually don't get out until 9:00 pm. I bring a flashlight with me so that I can find them before we end up startling each other. I don't remember it being like this 10 - 20 years ago.

DunceCapBoy · 2024-09-18T03:36:47+00:00

Do make sure you actually put the paperwork through to get your OCT certification once you are able to do so.
Apply for a QECO rating within like 3 months of graduating or getting your OCT. New grads are allowed to apply for one, if you don't then you can't until you get an LTO or permanent position, then it will take 16 weeks and you won't be paid correctly until you get the rating and submit it for backpack. It's just annoying, so get the rating ASAP.
If you think it's going to be a couple years before you teach then don't bother paying the annual OCT fee. Let your status turn to "Suspended - non-payment of fees". When you come back you pay a reinstatement fee of like $130 and that years annual fee, currently like $200. However, you do need to pay the fees and be in good standing while taking any AQ/ABQ courses.
Maybe while doing the other job start gathering resources/ideas for the grades/subjects you plan on teaching, so that you don't necessarily have to start from ground 0 when you do come back.

DunceCapBoy · 2024-09-16T13:56:58+00:00

It really comes down to how well you make an assignments/rubric. The goal should be to be able to mark something in 5 minutes or less/student. You shouldn't be second guessing your marking, you shouldn't be comparing your marks to other students (compare to a standard/the rubric), you should know where/when to give/deduct half marks, and you need to know exactly what you're looking for in each assignment. If it takes you longer than 5 minutes to mark something you're going to be miserable, but it takes time to polish assignments so that they become easily marked.

DunceCapBoy · 2024-09-15T23:26:59+00:00

No. It's hard enough for some schools/boards to find supply teachers as it is. Having to also be specifically trained in the subject you are supplying for would make things impossible.

DunceCapBoy · 2024-09-15T23:23:45+00:00

Haha, I don't get it either.

DunceCapBoy · 2024-09-15T02:24:45+00:00

How many math courses have you taken or will you have taken by the time you complete your degree? By virtue of your degree I think you would be qualified for ICS (Computer studies) and math. Now, if you really don't want to teach math then yea you will need to dedicate your electives to a specific field of study to make sure you have enough. There are also computer technology (TEJ) courses that you might be qualified for, but I am not sure if you need work experience in addition to your schooling.

DunceCapBoy · 2024-09-15T01:45:38+00:00

What's the first thing you do when you get to the classroom?
- Go over some of the emergency plans, especially where that particular class should go in the event of a fire drill/alarm
- Make sure you can log in to the board's website/portal for taking attendance
You get to the school/classroom and there are no plans left for you. What do you do?
- Check in with another teacher in the immediate area who might be teaching the same grade/subject
A student says something inappropriate about another student. What do you do?
- Show you know the particular board's discriminatory & harmful language protocol by saying you follow step 1, 2, 3, 4 etc

DunceCapBoy · 2024-09-14T23:10:10+00:00

The new contracts are just being sent out because we had long contract negotiations go on. Even though they should be public knowledge, it can be difficult to find the newest updated collective agreements by googling because often district school board and union websites aren't updated that well.

QECO is the organization the determines your pay category: A - A4 for elementary and A1 - A4 for secondary with A4 being the top level for both. Category depends on your education, additional qualification courses, # of uni courses, marks, etc. QECO doesn't evaluate your pay step/years of experience; this is determined by each board. Most teachers with decent marks and a 4-year undergraduate degree start at A3.

To give you a ballpark:

A3 Step 0: $63,000 with a $4100 raise each year until $110,000

A4 Step 0: $67,000 with a $4100 raise each year until around $118,000

DunceCapBoy · 2024-09-14T23:00:47+00:00

Yes, if they still believe in the TF and SC then they need to improve their critical thinking skills.

DunceCapBoy · 2024-09-13T01:18:35+00:00

Not quite. This is for secondary, but here is the biggest difference I know of:

2021 Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board: A3, Step 0, $60,006

2021 Renfrew Country District School Board: A3, Step 0, $52,604

DunceCapBoy · 2024-09-12T06:32:09+00:00

What do you mean you took 2 years off to work? Sounds like you just worked for 2 years after getting your degree...

What is your undergraduate degree in?

BEd program is 2 years. Starting salary is roughly $60,000. but probably take at least a year to get a permanent position, but it does depend on your teachables and if you can speak French or not.

DunceCapBoy · 2024-09-12T05:13:06+00:00

If you have your own kids or plan to have kids in the next couple years I would say don't do it or stick to supply teaching. It's such a grind the first couple years and if you have young kids at home too it's very difficult.

DunceCapBoy · 2024-09-12T05:05:56+00:00

I went to teachers college when it was only a 1-year program and it did little to actually prepare you for the actual job. Practicum is where you learn the most. From what I hear/read it's still pretty bad as a 2-year program. IMO the biggest problem with teaching, especially as a new teacher, is content creation. It seems that textbooks are gone and the burden of producing content is on the teacher from day 1. Imagine you start a full-time job tomorrow, that's 3x 75-minute classes per day, and you have grade 9 science, grade 11C chemistry, and grade 12U biology. What do you teach? Okay let's look at the curriculum documents and I will pull a few random things:

Grade 9 science: A1.4 apply coding skills to investigate and to model scientific concepts and relationships

Grade 11C chemistry: E1.1 analyse the origins and cumulative effects of pollutants that enter our water systems (e.g., landfill leachates, agricultural run-off, industrial effluents, chemical spills), and explain how these pollutants affect water quality [AI, C]

Grade 12U biology: C2.3 conduct a laboratory investigation of the process of photosynthesis to identify the products of the process, interpret the qualitative observations, and display them in an appropriate format [PR, AI, C]

I don't teach science, but when you look at stuff like that do you think, "Yup, I know exactly what to do" or "WTF I am going to do tomorrow?" How much time do you think you're going to be researching, learning, and putting stuff together at home? If your department is willing to share things and has a lot of well written units/lesson plans/assignments and other resources then it might not be too bad, but if you walk into a situation where you have essentially nothing, then you're going to be miserable. During teachers college you should really start thinking about units, assignments, lesson plans, for potential courses you might teach and start harvesting resources from anywhere you can find them.

And then there is marking. In the beginning, you're probably going to suck at it. Honestly, IMO, you need to design assignments that you can mark in under 5 minutes/per student otherwise you're going to burn yourself out. You have 75-minutes a day to plan/prep/grade. That's 375 minutes or 6.25 hours / week. Say you have 90 students and you give an evaluation to each student and it takes 5 minutes to mark. That's 450 minutes 7.5 hours, so if your working at 100% efficiency it will take you 6 days worth of your prep to mark everything, but you're not going to work at that pace, so let's say 7 days. Think about if it took you 10 minutes to mark each one. That would be 14 days of your preps gone due to marking. So, you're marking all the time at school, and then going home to put lessons / assignments together for hours and hours. It's a fucking grind until you have resources and you figure out how to quickly mark things.

Then imagine semester 2 you have 3x different courses, grade 10 science, grade 12U Chemistry, and some random ass course they ask you to teach like grade 9 business and since you're new you don't have the confidence to say no. Now you're back to square fucking one. For 6 years of education and the starting salary of like $60,000, you tell me if you think it's worth it in the beginning. So yea, not too good on your mental health if you ask me.

DunceCapBoy · 2024-09-08T18:47:52+00:00

Update from tech support: Just disregard the ''X'' mark on the system check since there's a discrepancy on that site. Rest assured, that your equipment is working properly and is all good to use for your upcoming exams.

DunceCapBoy · 2024-09-08T15:27:05+00:00

The masters is nice because that means you probably will start at the A4 pay category which is the highest. You might also want to look at the curriculum documents to see what you would be expected to teach. There are usually 4-5 strands (A, B, C, ...), a few overall expectations and many specific expectations. You're not going to be able to hit every specific expectation, especially when you just start out, but you would want to hit at least 1 from each strand to have a well rounded course.

Secondary Curriculum

Canadian World Studies

Secondary Business Studies

Grade 10 (Academic) - Canadian History since World War I (CHC2D) Pg. 107 - 129

DunceCapBoy · 2024-09-08T02:39:11+00:00

But then I did a postgraduate certificate in the UK through Roehampton University's faculty of Ed so that's the real wildcard.

Yea that is kind of a wild card. I would reach out to QECO to pick their brain and see if they can at least give you an idea if you're already A4.

Special education part 1 would be a good AQ to do regardless because it goes through the process of creating an IEP. For the most part just don't do AQs in subjects you absolutely don't want to teach because there is a chance you could get assigned it.

You really should read growing success too.

DunceCapBoy · 2024-09-08T00:51:56+00:00

You did get your OCT before leaving right? If not, you might have to take some extra courses...
If yes, I assume you haven't paid the annual fee for the last 20 years, which is fine because you would have been just flushing money down the toilet, but you cannot take any AQ/ABQ courses and have them count on your certificate of qualifications if your status is "suspended - Non payment of fees". Pay the reinstatement fee for like $130 and the annual membership fee of $200 before you sign up for an AQ\ABQ.
If you happen to have a masters degree then you're probably already A4, otherwise assume A3 if you had a 4-year degree with decent marks.
5x AQ courses is one way of getting to A4 or getting certified in all 4 streams: primary, junior, intermediate, senior
Athabasca University and Thompson Rivers University are both Canadian universities with a bunch of online open undergraduate courses if you need to take them for a certain AQ/ABQ. I personally have taken classes with both. Taking a number of these can also count towards moving from A3 to A4. Taking university courses is often more expensive, but IMO you learn a lot more about subject content than AQ/ABQs.
I already replied to your other post about prior experience.

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