Interesting Job Opportunities
Update: know who else has jobs? Teach for America (on Craigslist, no less). The first thing they say you get out of TFA? "Leadership abilities." They single out Garfield as a problem for African-American students.
Teacher is the only job available in Seattle at the jobs section of the TFA site. When you don't have traction, you don't need a lot of staff, I suppose.
I'll be interested to see if the new dean at the UW College of Education keeps up this nonsense of running the TFA program in the red.
end of update.
I sometimes peruse job listings at SPS and other outlets as you find the most interesting things.
To whit:
- SPS is looking for at least two "Senior Project Managers." On my "back to basics" mission, I find it trying that we can't have nurses/counselors but JSCEE has SO many projects, they need managers for all of them. What I find doubly trying is the description of what they are to do:
This position is responsible for managing key District business and technology initiatives.
What business initiatives? Wait, it says the Bell Time Analysis. That's business?
Follows established District Portfolio Governance process to establish appropriate priority for initiatives.
Really? I'll have to ask for this "district portfolio governance process" because the district seems to have a problem with governance issues as well as keeping up with policies/procedures so I'd love to know what this is.
Good money, though - $82K to nearly $114K.
Who does this person report to?
This position reports jointly to the Project Sponsor and the Director of Project Management.
Who are these people? Again, I'll have to ask.
Then I see that the state is looking for a new "Ombud" for the Office of Family and Children. SPS could take a page from the state for brevity of explaining a job.
Meanwhile, know a teen or young adult looking for a job? There's a couple of openings for them.
Investigative Aide (age: 17 1/2 - 19 years)for the Liquor Control Board.
Tobacco Investigative Aide (age: 16 - 17 1/2 years)
Teacher is the only job available in Seattle at the jobs section of the TFA site. When you don't have traction, you don't need a lot of staff, I suppose.
I'll be interested to see if the new dean at the UW College of Education keeps up this nonsense of running the TFA program in the red.
end of update.
I sometimes peruse job listings at SPS and other outlets as you find the most interesting things.
To whit:
- SPS is looking for at least two "Senior Project Managers." On my "back to basics" mission, I find it trying that we can't have nurses/counselors but JSCEE has SO many projects, they need managers for all of them. What I find doubly trying is the description of what they are to do:
This position is responsible for managing key District business and technology initiatives.
What business initiatives? Wait, it says the Bell Time Analysis. That's business?
Follows established District Portfolio Governance process to establish appropriate priority for initiatives.
Really? I'll have to ask for this "district portfolio governance process" because the district seems to have a problem with governance issues as well as keeping up with policies/procedures so I'd love to know what this is.
Good money, though - $82K to nearly $114K.
Who does this person report to?
This position reports jointly to the Project Sponsor and the Director of Project Management.
Who are these people? Again, I'll have to ask.
Then I see that the state is looking for a new "Ombud" for the Office of Family and Children. SPS could take a page from the state for brevity of explaining a job.
Meanwhile, know a teen or young adult looking for a job? There's a couple of openings for them.
Investigative Aide (age: 17 1/2 - 19 years)for the Liquor Control Board.
Tobacco Investigative Aide (age: 16 - 17 1/2 years)
Comments
miller
For the bell times project, I would expect the sponsor to be Charles Wright, although it's possible it would be delegated to someone else.
Wright would deliberately sabotage the bell times analysis. Besides, he's busy meeting with Holly Miller and Burgess.
Special education teachers that are trained in best educational practices, research-based methodologies, and computer software designed to address deficits in reading, writing, and mathematics.
--Michael
BTW. The same is true of general educators too, btw.
Speddie
If you do a bit of research you will find several recent court rulings in favor of students who teachers where state certified but failed to be effective in providing FAPE. This was ruled because of the school NOT using evidence based methodologies and services especially designed to meet the needs of the student.
But by all means if it makes you feel better keep apologizing for SPS.
--Michael
-J
CT