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Topic: Looking to become a woodworking teacher
Posted: Wednesday, April 6, 2011 3:23:32 PM
You guys are missing the point. Most of the students you get aren't going to college maybe a few. Getting them ready for jobs is the most important issue. CTE is a waste of time. I have been involved with it and it has not helped with anything. The biggest reason kids don't sign up for your classes is because IT DOES NOT GET THEM READY FOR COLLEGE. This is the big push, how many kids are going to college from your school? How many kids graduate college from your school? After you retire Eric they will shut down your shop. That is reality. When the budget gets crunched these classes go first. Performing Arts will be around longer than "Industrial Arts." If you look at the automotive area, most administrators are looking for ASE certified. Industrial Arts no longer counts. You guys are just trying to survive in a hostile environment where everyone is fighting for a few dollars. The district here takes any money that the shop teachers don't use. Locally a fund raiser raises over $70,000 for shop needs in the district. The district has taken this money and teachers didn't get to use it. Now they will order what they need from the fund raising organizer to keep the money away from the district. Tell me what is your budget the school provides is it more than five thousand dollars a year? Good Luck and teach well.
Topic: Looking to become a woodworking teacher
Posted: Monday, April 4, 2011 1:39:26 PM
I agree, teaching is not a good choice right now. I went to school to be a wood shop teacher and have all the credentials. 15 applications at the beginning of this school year, 8 interviews and no job. A select few have what Paul and some others have because they got a teaching job at the right time. NCLB has screwed vocational education and most secondary schools put college requirements before elective classes that won't get you into college. If woodworking was a fine arts requirement then it would be right in the pathway. Here in CA all high schools are geared to meet the A-G requirements and shop classes are not on that list. The UC system is responsible for this downfall. Industrial Arts degrees went away in the mid 80's and there is no return to it in sight. If you want to teach anything related to this go green, learn the green technology and teach that. I once looked up Industrial Arts and it was said to be a 20th century term, another words outdated. The school system is constantly being changed by politicians and their wives that forget about students not going to college. Most of our manufacturing has been sent over seas and skilled labor is not what it once was in this country. I may sound like a downer but these are the hard facts. Don't get me wrong I would love to teach woodworking, but circumstances being what they are prohibit this from happening. Good Luck.

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