RM>The REAL problem is that there aren't enough teaching
  >candidates around, so schools must settle for less than
  >ideal candidates.  This despite the "extravagant salaries",
  >"lifetime jobs", etc that teachers are supposed to enjoy.
 RL> Your post really surprised me. Here, there are so few jobs in teaching
 RL> and hundreds of exceptional teachers. MY board has 
 RL> been interviewing for
 RL> years and has a so called approved for hiring list that they put the
 RL> exceptional teachers on.  Don't know why they do so though as there
 RL> seems to be no rhyme or reason to their hiring 
Come on down! :)
Of course our pay is near the bottom of the barrel - $22,000 to start and 
$37,000 at the top. Supposedly our living costs are lower here than the rest 
of the country.
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