You DON'T get robbed every time you stop at a robot (traffic light).
You DON'T have to drive with your windows rolled up
And your children wont get kidnapped or worse if they go to the park.
Some people have spread a lot of stories about our country, some may be true, others exaggerated. But the story I want to tell you is TRUE. Every bit of it.
South Africa is LOOSING TEACHERS!
Yes. Almost every day, more than 18000 - that's eighteen thousand people - apply to immigration agents to leave the country for better pastures. Most of them are professionals and many of them are teachers.
Lured to Teacher Jobs overseas, or Au-Pairing in America etc.
A year or two down the line, many of them come back.
Our country is not perfect but whose is? Yours? I doubt it.
What I am proposing is that Teachers, and other professionals, make an effort to come home. Come Home to South Africa.
I am a member of a Professional Teacher Recruitment Agency, www.primecareplacements.co.za and I have seen the result of our teachers leaving our shores. We urge any teachers that were qualified in South Africa and that have birth residency, to return home and fill the shortages that we are so desperately needing.
We constantly are getting in Teacher Vacancies, Child Care Jobs and Au-Pair Positions for many areas around Gauteng (the province that Johannesburg and Pretoria Lie In). So, contact us now via our website and see what we can do for you!
Money?
Like so many people, Teachers are always concerned about money. What salary will I get? What perks? What benefits?
I know for a fact (due to my wife been a Kindergarten Teacher for the last ten years) that Salaries for teachers are on the increase.
Every year, a teacher's salary is increased by on average 10% from the previous year, and private schools try to increase this even more!
Most GED (Gauteng Education) posts also grant Housing subsidies and Medical Insurance.
I tell you again, Teachers Come Home. We need you. Think of why you became a teacher in the first place?
You wanted to Teach?
You love children?
You want to make a difference?
That's why you must come back? Not because the salary is getting better. Not because the country is stabilising.
Come back because you WANT to.
Because of the children.
Who is going to teach them if all our teachers leave?
Teachers, come back, and save your country!
Current Vacancies at www.primecareplacements.co.za
? Temp post for Grade 4, 5, 6 and 7, Geography and History at a Private School in Gauteng
? Domestic Workers needed for several areas
? Au-Pair needed in Haterbeesport dam to look after an 18 year old girl with Autism.
? High School English, Maths and Science Educators needed
? Nursery School Teachers needed for Grades 000, 00, 0 and younger classes
Again, I ask you. Teachers. Find it in your heart to come back and teach the children. No one else can.
Regards
Christopher P West
www.primecareplacements.co.za
Why Do Teachers Teach
We expect children and youth to have essential behavior skills for school, but we don't necessarily thoroughly teach them the specific skills. Many kids will not be able to perform specific skills that they were never taught. Here are the basic class or group discussion skills that will be needed in nearly any school or agency. These important methods are taken from our Breakthrough Strategies to Teach and Counsel Troubled Youth Workshops and books like our popular All the Best Answers for the Worst Kid Problems: Maximum-Strength Motivation-Makers, which are detailed at our web site, http://www.youthchg.com.
Manage the Mind and Body
Example strategy: Use a rag doll to have students show you the do's and don'ts of managing the mind and body in class or group.
Raise the Hand
Example strategy: To teach hand raising skills, tell students that waving your arm all over is called "helicopter arms," then ask them to have "flagpole arm." Have students demonstrate flagpole arm.
Know What to Say
Example strategy: Teach students to get an answer ready just in case they are called on, then practice this by giving a topic and calling on each group member to speak.
Moderate How Long and Often You Talk
Example strategy: Have your group establish a recommended number of times to talk per hour or class. Without a specific guide, it may be unfair to expect a "reasonable" amount of input.
Be Ready to Be Called On By Surprise
Example Strategy: It's especially valuable to give students sentences to use when called on in class, as that's when many students can freeze and become mute if scared or nervous. Consider giving students a sentence or two like this: "Yes, I want to answer but I need need time to think. Could you come back to me in a minute?"
Watch Out for "Red Flag" Problem Times
Example strategy: Use a red flag to alert your group that problematic behavior is occurring or might occur, then prep the group members how to minimize the problems rather than exacerbate the difficulties that happen. For example, when someone makes an inappropriate comment, you can stay quiet rather than make an even more inappropriate contribution.
You should teach these skills one skill at a time, with plenty of repetition to be sure that the concepts are mastered. You should also vary the way you teach the skills so that you teach each skill a bit differently each time. Our books and workshop have thousands of strategies for that. To learn more about our books and workshops, visit our site, link below. The strategies in our books and workshops use cartoons, pictures, quizzes, contests, demonstrations, and just about any innovative method that can be used to teach youngsters. There are hundreds of these creative, compelling devices on our web site (link below) if you want to see more of our terrific tools for problem and difficult students.
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