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Inside the Classroom: What It’s Like Teaching in a Blue State
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California Teacher
What does teaching look like on the progressive West Coast? After exploring education in a red state last week, we turn our microphone toward the challenges and rewards of teaching in San Francisco—one of America's most expensive blue cities.
Amy Brownstein Lum shares 25 years of wisdom as a literacy specialist who helps struggling readers navigate the complexities of language, and talks about the financial realities of teaching in an astronomical housing market as she breaks down the salary structure.
Learn about the Wilson Method https://www.wilsonlanguage.com/announcements/orton-gillingham-and-wilson-reading-system-what-you-need-to-know/
What is Orton–Gillingham system? https://www.understood.org/en/articles/orton-gillingham-what-you-need-to-know
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Music credit: Kate Pierson & Monica Nation
Chapters
1. what it takes to be Literacy Specialist (00:00:00)
2. What certifications do you need (00:03:21)
3. Teacher Shortages and Classroom Dynamics (00:04:50)
4. Teacher Salaries and Side Hustles (00:07:15)
5. Have to deal with ICE? (00:10:05)
6. What changes would you like to see? (00:12:12)
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