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Old 05-22-2013, 06:16 AM
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ShootingStar1
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Can you talk to the principal of the new school and say that all that is keeping you from accepting the job is the salary because it will not let you be financially independent? Figure out how much more you would need to have a minimal financial comfort level and see if they can accommodate you.

Or another thing to do, and where it is a charter school and not a public school with legal salary step scales and all, is to ask if you can have a review after the first semester for a x% raise.

And a third thing is to see if there are any extra assignments that you could take on for a stipend - maybe running a club, or sports or music, if you are so inclined.

Maybe there is some kind of work - office work or administrative or curriculum planning - that you could do PT in the summer.

They already have decided they want you. And if they get you, they also don't have to keep on going with the search, so they are motivated to make this work.

Expect that they will want to work this out, and approach them with that attitude and when you express what are very genuine needs, you may be surprised at what they can do.

This will also get you back into the mainstream of teaching regular classes instead of special ed, and in the future, if you just can't make it on this salary, you will be much better positioned to get the kind of job you want in a regular school system.

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