home

=Teaching as a Second Career - BarCampPhilly 2009= Room 1123, 10:30 am, Saturday, November 14th 2009

=Discussion Leaders=
 * Kevin Jarrett | @http://www.ncs-tech.org | @kjarrett
 * Who else? (here in Philly)
 * Skype/Tinychat
 * Richard Byrne
 * William Ferriter @plugusin @http://teacherleaders.typepad.com/the_tempered_radical

=Big Ideas=
 * Teaching is INCREDIBLY REWARDING if you enter the profession FOR THE RIGHT REASONS
 * Teaching is NOT FOR EVERYONE
 * Teaching is a PROFESSION not "just a job"
 * Teaching can be ISOLATING but that can be easily OVERCOME with a personal learning network
 * Alternate certification may not be ENOUGH preparation for your entry into the classroom

=Discussion Roadmap=
 * Why teach?
 * What's a typical day in the classroom like?
 * Elementary
 * Middle
 * High School
 * What do you have to offer a classroom/school/district?
 * Where are the jobs? (subjects, geography, economics)
 * Marketing yourself
 * Substitute teaching

=Resources=
 * Richard Byrne's Google Survey for 2nd Career Teachers
 * Live form
 * Results
 * State Alternate Certification Programs
 * New Jersey
 * Pennsylvania
 * Harvard's Project on the Next Generation of Teachers: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~ngt/

=What Else?=
 * 6-Year-Old Stares Down Bottomless Abyss Of Formal Schooling (yes, it's satire)