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Meems
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 Posted: Mon Jul 6th, 2009 01:39 pm
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In years past they did not pay as much because the teachers did not have to be accredited.

They use the ABEKA curriculum which is a home school type program.  This keeps them from having to hire accredited teachers and therefore they can pay less.

I know this because my daughter taught there for a while.

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 Posted: Mon Jul 6th, 2009 01:24 pm
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I don't think it's as much as the public school teachers but nowadays jobs are hard to come by.
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 Posted: Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 12:59 pm
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I wonder how much the OCA pays their teachers? In the very distant past the pay was 1/2 of what public school teachers make.
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 Posted: Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 01:28 pm
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Thank you!
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 Posted: Thu Jul 2nd, 2009 02:18 am
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I think Okeechobee Christian Academy is looking for a teacher. I don't know about pay, but if you need a job, you could always ask them.
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 Posted: Wed Jul 1st, 2009 09:36 pm
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GetJiggy wrote: loveteaching wrote: GetJiggy wrote: Meems wrote: I am wondering why there are any positions open after the large laly off at the end of the school year.

There weren't any lay offs at the end of the year. What are you talking about?
Meems is talking about the teachers who were non-renewed because allocations for schools were reduced. My school went from 26 allocations to 22, so four teachers had to be non-renewed. You're right we were not layed off, just non-renewed. =(
Why were the allocations reduced?
 

Either the number of students has gone down or the budget did not allow x amount of teachers for each school. I am not really sure.
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 Posted: Wed Jul 1st, 2009 09:13 pm
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loveteaching wrote: GetJiggy wrote: Meems wrote: I am wondering why there are any positions open after the large laly off at the end of the school year.

There weren't any lay offs at the end of the year. What are you talking about?
Meems is talking about the teachers who were non-renewed because allocations for schools were reduced. My school went from 26 allocations to 22, so four teachers had to be non-renewed. You're right we were not layed off, just non-renewed. =(
Why were the allocations reduced?
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 Posted: Wed Jul 1st, 2009 09:11 pm
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GetJiggy wrote: Meems wrote: I am wondering why there are any positions open after the large laly off at the end of the school year.

There weren't any lay offs at the end of the year. What are you talking about?
Meems is talking about the teachers who were non-renewed because allocations for schools were reduced. My school went from 26 allocations to 22, so four teachers had to be non-renewed. You're right we were not layed off, just non-renewed. =(
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 Posted: Wed Jul 1st, 2009 08:06 pm
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Meems wrote: I am wondering why there are any positions open after the large laly off at the end of the school year.

There weren't any lay offs at the end of the year. What are you talking about?
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 Posted: Wed Jul 1st, 2009 03:30 pm
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Three teachers at my school moved away. One took a leave of absence.
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 Posted: Wed Jul 1st, 2009 03:22 pm
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I am wondering why there are any positions open after the large laly off at the end of the school year.
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 Posted: Wed Jul 1st, 2009 02:01 pm
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I heard that one school had 35 applicants for 4 or 5 positions.
That's a lot of interviews! I think great teachers will be found due to the large selection of applicants.
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 Posted: Wed Jul 1st, 2009 01:00 am
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With as many people as there are out of work because of the economy, I wouldn't be surprised if there were out of county and out of state applicants.

I think this is a good thing. The principals will be able to have their pick of good, quality applicants. I don't think where they come from should be a factor in hiring. It should come down to who is going to do the best job and who is best suited to teach the students.

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 Posted: Tue Jun 30th, 2009 11:35 pm
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Does anyone have any new information concerning teaching positions? I heard there are over 500 applicants for the few jobs posted in our county. It seems teachers are coming from surrounding counties. Are the out of county teachers being hired over Okeechobee residents?

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