Why do you want to teach specifically in a high-need school?

Question

If you are a teacher I would really appreciate it if you answered the following question.

Why do you want to teach specifically in a high-need school?


* High need schoold being schools with poor trained staff and schools in low income communities...stuff like that *

Answer 1

I taught in an inner city school my first three years of teaching. I could not afford a car so I took the job as it was in walking distance to my home. Around the middle of my second year I realized that I loved my job! The only reason I left was due to marriage and relocating.
I want to make it clear that teachers in a high need school need to be MORE qualified! They are a special breed of people who are willing to give of themselves.They find themselves spending longer hours at the work site. They also will need to be prepared to supply some basic comforts for their students such as snacks, tissues and supplies as the parents are not able to do this and the school is on a tight budget.
Most of the children have learning problems "up the kazoo". This may be due to poor nutrition,or mothers who took drugs, used alcohol and smoked during pregnancy. You will find yourself working with many specialists. The reading teacher, speech pathologist, math specialist, physical therapist, and possibly an audiologist quickly become your new best friends and colleagues.
They will mentor students who have many emotional, physical and social problems. It comes with the job. The school psychologists, social workers and pediatricians become not only their advocate but yours also! It is harder to teach these children as they usually are not socially aware of the world.
All in all, however, I look back with great pleasure on those years. I truly believe I made a difference!
So to answer your question-- Why would one teach in a high need school. ? You do it because you truly want to.
Those teachers who go into this type of teaching solely because they want loans paid off soon fall by the wayside.
Check out this link for some interesting reading.

http://www.successinhighneedschools.org/journal/

Answer 2

High Needs Schools

Answer 3

I used to teach in a high-need school. Since then, I've moved, so I now teach in a "better" district. I know some teachers end up in "high-need" schools because they can't get jobs elsewhere. For example, the school I am in now does not hire first year teachers, and they are not likely to hire someone without his/her masters. I actually took my first teaching job because it is the high school from which I graduated. Was it easy teaching there? Heck no, but it was rewarding. The chaos in the hallways, quite frankly, was not permitted in my classroom, and the students who so desperately needed stability and structure appreciated it. I found the students in that district to be much more empathic and appreciative. I am a petite female, and I could not tell you how many fights I had to step between, and I was never once touched or threatened by a student for doing so. I would never do that in the district I am in now because the many parents have taught their children that teachers are not to be respected; thus, I think a teacher is much more likely to be injured there. The only thing that would have caused me to change districts (other than moving) would be the administration. Most, while they could be nice people, were ineffective administrators. One would actually undermine the teachers in front of the students. Kids are kids, and many are going to try to see what they can get away with, so when administrators let them get away with everything, it just creates an unpleasant environment.

Answer 4

Working in a high-need area is definitely difficult, but it is also rewarding. You get to help students build background knowledge in which they may never have gotten without an education. Most of the students come to school because it is the one place that they feel safe and they are driven for the routine and schedule that they may not get at home. You will have success stories, and you will have your kiddos that struggle to make it in society. To work in a high-need school, you need to have patience, flexibility, a big heart, and a big bottle of Tylenol!

Another reason, you might want to teach in a high-need school is that, if you are a recent graduate from college, then some of the federal loans like the Perkins loan and the Stafford Loan will cancel 75 -100 % of your student loans. This is one of the big reasons why I wanted to work in a high-needs school. Face it, teachers don't get paid much, and the $200 a month that I'm saving by teaching in a high-needs school is well worth it!!!

Answer 5

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Why do you want to teach specifically in a high-need school?
If you are a teacher I would really appreciate it if you answered the following question.

Why do you want to teach specifically in a high-need school?


* High need schoold being schools with poor trained staff and schools in low income communities...stuff like that *

Answer 6

I did it two years. It's really difficult. You work in such a school to make a difference and your efforts don't go to waste. You have to teach your subject, but you also have to teach 'life'. Time, efforts and care are never wasted on children who have nothing.

If you plan on working in a high-need school, get prepared. It will be hard on many levels. It would be easy for anyone to give it up too. Staying there requires determination and will.

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