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2004-06-24 - 10:01 p.m. I should have just stuck with elementary special education. I could deal with crayons and story time, snack time and milk. But no, I decided I wanted to teach High School, where I could really make a difference. Either would have been fine, really. Just not middle school. But now I'm stuck. I can't get out of it - unless I want to forfeit my spot in the whole damn program. I appealed to have my assignment changed to secondary ed so that I could teach High school. Now I'm bound to that designation but it looks less and less likely that I will be able to teach high school. This is what I've been informed: "She is going to receive teh [SIC] "generalist" Sp Ed certificate. This will allow her to teach in a JHS, MS, or HS setting. She is more likely to get a correct position in a middle school or a high school. The information she's gotten from the Fellows' office is correct. She can only teach Sp Ed kids in a self-contained room (ie, when one teachers teaches a group of kids all, or most, subjects), Alternately, she can be the "pull-out" or "resource room" teacher in a middle, junior, or high school. [Allow me to interject here that not one high school that I know of employs teachers that teach "all or most" of the subjects. . . And those resource room positions are highly coveted spots that are next to impossible to get unless you have seniority] "She cannot be a "Sp Ed math" teacher or a "Sp Ed social studies teacher" or a "Sp Ed English/Literacy" teacher. When speaking to principals, she should say that she will have a "secondary genralist Sp Ed certificate." This may help. But agaian [SIC], she is not likely to find the kind of position she is allowed to take in a high school. " Bottom line: Sucks to be me OR Middle school hell, here I come. � 
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