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Message: [QUOTE="Hey Adrien!, post: 4030773, member: 5787"] Math teacher, coach and curriculum leader at the private school I've been teaching at for 11 years. It's the only full-time paying job I've had out of grad school and took a circuitous path to arrive where I am: majored in math in college, switched to English, went to grad school for secondary English education, finished grad school in '09 to hunt for HS jobs in CT but most districts at the time were in hiring freezes. Applied to 50+ jobs, got three interviews and two demo lessons, but no job offers. At the advice of my mom, she suggested I send my resume to a private school whose head of school at the time was my elementary school principal and his wife taught with my mom in Stamford. At that time, I had no desire to teach in a private school, but it was August, had no job prospects and nothing to lose. I get a reply from the school's secretary to let me know that the HOS wanted to talk with me to catch up. I show up in a causal button-down shirt, shorts and Birkenstocks, expecting just to say hi. The school didn't have any positions available, but on the spot I was offered a position as a full-time building sub with the expectation to be in school every day without a specific role, get paid sub wages ($100/day) but with benefits included. The following year, I was offered a PT 5th grade math position to add on to my building sub wages. The pay was still minimal, but I was living at home, paying off college loans, working weekends and saving up. Third year, I became a FT teacher, teaching two English classes and one math class. Following that year, the new HOS asked me to pick a subject to stick with and I picked math, been teaching math ever since and I am now entering my third year as the curriculum leader. Met my wife at the school and we've been married for six years and both still teaching there. I guess the lesson I've learned through this is no matter what you do, work hard, be kind and be open to possibilities that come your way. [/QUOTE]

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