Be ye very careful of the hidden cost. No one told me at the interview that I would have to do all these different classes, and I would have to stand the cost (hidden cost) . My first year I did not got into NTI, because no one was there to help me register. I had to rely on Jessie and Dr. Burns my second year (Thank you for your help)
When I first learnt that I had to do NTI I was told it was just for the Summer,but after the first day I realized that it will not be for only the summer but for three semesters and over $6,000.00.
After learning of the cost I was wondering how am I going to pay for it, Just graduating from CSU with a large School Loan, I did not want to add another loan to it, so I have to dip into my savings account to pay for NTI.
What I do realize is that it is hard to get help from our Career Technology Department beacuse they are not interested about career technology , their position is just another job . Since this semester my Director e-mail all those who went through NTI wanted us (me of all person) to tell him about NTI saying he will not reveil who gave the info. did he think I am a snitch? I took the opportunity of replying to the e-mail by asking if the Career Technology Department could help the other two teachers and myself from Dekalb paying for NTI not to say he did not reply, maybe because I was not a snitch
. Looking on the up-side of NTI, NTI is of great help for me although I have my wife and daughter who are both teachers for whom I can bounce any classroom questions off.
Last but not lease I am now helping one HSTE teacher to start NTI in the summer, great for her I will be able to help her. I already told her not to make any plans for the month of June.
Hey Trevor,
ReplyDeleteI think that it was a blessing that it was hidden. I probably would not have started teaching if someone told me in the beginning what I had to pay or do. I would have thought that I couldn't do it. I am glad I found out later because I would have let that stand in my way and would have wondered the rest of my life what it would have been like to follow my dream and been a teacher. I think God had a plan. He knew that I didn't need to know right away.
I thank you both for your frank comments on this matter. I think there should be more transparency in the hiring process so you know everything! It actually wrenches my gut when I have to be the messenger. You both have interesting perspectives on this and I hope we will get some more students to blog about this important issue. Dr. J.
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