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Teaching in New York City
yourspaceholiday
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So, I'm just about finishing up my application for NYCTF. It's basically a fellowship for people without teaching experience or certification to teach in New York City public schools while getting a masters and teaching certification. Seems like a really great idea. I have a degree in aerospace engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and one year industry experience in general aviation. I'm applying for the Science Immersion fellowship, which is (not surprisingly) specifically for people wanting to teach science. I think I'm really doing all I can for the fellowship (essays are all good, resume's up to date, etc etc), but I have a couple questions for people that either teach in the NYC Public School system or (even better) went through the Teaching Fellowship program.
Would me not living in New York work against me? I grew up in Upstate NY and went to school in Troy, but I'm currently living in Wichita, KS for work. I obviously want to relocate to NYC and get into education, but I'm not really sure if they're looking for locals (which, to a certain extent, I am. I've only been in Kansas for 6 months). It doesn't mention anything on the site, which is good, but I guess I just want to make sure.
The starting salary for the fellowship is about $45000. I'd be taking a slight paycut, which is fine, but I'm concerned about the increase in cost of living. Is $45000 a livable salary in NYC? I don't have a fancy lifestyle to maintain, but I'd like to save some. I'd most likely be living with a roommate which could help with living costs, and my only bills would be rent, internet, cell phone, groceries and mass transit, but I'm sure that adds up quick.
Teaching seems to require a lot of dedication, which is great, but I've been curious on how much out-of-class time is spent grading/preparing for class/etc. Will I be working 20 hour days 6 days a week? Will I be teaching a class every period? I'm just not sure how much of a teacher's time is spent working outside of school (heck, even inside of school. My high school teachers had free periods, but I'm sure city schools are a bit bigger).
Those are pretty much the questions I've had in the front of my mind. I haven't even gotten accepted yet, but I have high hopes, and it's something I'd really love to do. Thanks.
Would me not living in New York work against me? I grew up in Upstate NY and went to school in Troy, but I'm currently living in Wichita, KS for work. I obviously want to relocate to NYC and get into education, but I'm not really sure if they're looking for locals (which, to a certain extent, I am. I've only been in Kansas for 6 months). It doesn't mention anything on the site, which is good, but I guess I just want to make sure.
The starting salary for the fellowship is about $45000. I'd be taking a slight paycut, which is fine, but I'm concerned about the increase in cost of living. Is $45000 a livable salary in NYC? I don't have a fancy lifestyle to maintain, but I'd like to save some. I'd most likely be living with a roommate which could help with living costs, and my only bills would be rent, internet, cell phone, groceries and mass transit, but I'm sure that adds up quick.
Teaching seems to require a lot of dedication, which is great, but I've been curious on how much out-of-class time is spent grading/preparing for class/etc. Will I be working 20 hour days 6 days a week? Will I be teaching a class every period? I'm just not sure how much of a teacher's time is spent working outside of school (heck, even inside of school. My high school teachers had free periods, but I'm sure city schools are a bit bigger).
Those are pretty much the questions I've had in the front of my mind. I haven't even gotten accepted yet, but I have high hopes, and it's something I'd really love to do. Thanks.
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There is a great deal of out-of-class prepping to be done in teaching. Normally, you will spend double if not more the amount of time preparing for the next day, week, semester unit, than you will be teaching. Example: in your uni classes, you probably had to give presentations. Those presentations required a great deal of research, editing, etc (all of the necessary steps). And you spend an hour or so actually presenting your work to your uni class, and then you're done with it. This is the same scenario with teaching - only, you will be presenting the same material for x hours (depending on your school) per day. Period 1: trial period for lesson. Something doesn't go as planned, so period 2 you make adjustments.
I have 6 periods and 1 prep period. And I stay at least 1.5-2hrs after school, to offer kids assistance. I then spend at least 1 hour at home reviewing what I'll be doing the next day. I actually have all of my units prepared before the semester starts, so I'm not creating new lesson plans every night, but rather reviewing/editing. So, on a normal day, the school week is 12-15hrs/day. Weekends, just a few hours if not fewer/day. You also have to factor in extracurricular activities (like going to your kids' sporting, theater events).
Personally, I do my best to get all of my work/preparing done while at school, rather than at home - but phone calls, department meetings, parents, etc, tend to distract me.
Good luck with your application!
as a good rule of thumb, most landlords here require that you make 40X the monthly rent.... in your case that would be a little over $1100 or so... which gets you a room in a shared apartment, but definitely not an apartment of your own
the further out you go, of course, the cheaper the apts.... you can probably score an apartment for $1100/month if you're willing to live an hour or so outside of the city
First, Good luck!
Second - Yes, mostly in that NYC has large amount of competition from people who live in city/knows someone/better qualifications, etc etc. I wouldn't fret over it, that's something you can't change even if you lived in Manhattan.
45G a year is livable in the city...sort of. It really depends on where in the city you're going to live, how many roommates you have and so on. There's a lot of variables to take into play and chances are you'll either be just getting by or be looking for a second job.
Not to say its impossible, it certainly isnt! It'll probably be a tough first year, though.