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Teaching is a Job. Yes, I was a Teacher too…. Rewarding
Job #26 Printing Industries of Southern California – How to Sell
Printing and Marketing for Printers. During my Days working for
my Dads Printing company I also became a teacher for the Printing
Industries Association of Southern California from 1978-1988 Teaching
How to Sell Printing & Marketing for Printers. I also served as President
for the PIA Sales Club a Volunteer Position during that time.
Job #27 – 2001 Bassett Unified School District Substitute Teacher
on Call
After resigning from Westamerica job #24 after 911 to pursue my new
employment path as Teacher I was hired by Basset Unified School District
as a Substitute Teacher. I must say it was a lot different than being
an outside Sales Representative. It was a nice change to try something
different. I worked as a Sub for 6 months and was then hired by Long
Beach Unified as a District Intern.
Job #28 – 2002- 2004 Long Beach Unified School District Teacher
Special Education Intern & Resource Specialist Taught at Middle
School & High School
I was hired by the LBUSD for the 2002-2003 as a District Intern School
Teacher and was assigned to Washington Middle School for the School
Year. The Salary was $37,000 annually with a 2 month break in the
Summer. I thought with my teaching contract that I had found a job/
career I could do maybe for the rest of my career. The year was very
rewarding working with students who had disabilities and the staff at the
school I worked with were awesome.
When the school year ended I was offered to move to Wilson HS in
Long Beach. I was still a District Intern. The job was my own Special
Day Class teaching (ED) Emotional Disturbed Students. This was an assignment
that my Grad School Counselor said not to take. I took the job
against the advice because I wanted to teach at the High School level.
It was a mistake. It was apparent from the 1st week I was not a good fit
with the School Administration. My wife who had been a Teacher for 10
years said to me that in education there are some school administrators
that got your back, some that don’t care and some that can get you fired.
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