For not working in public schools... it has to do with the public schools here, especially in my state.
--There is no funding to help pay for resources and materials. If I got an office (pretty big IF there, too) it would be the size of a closet. --There are so many children, so so many and I'd have a caseload of maybe 70 kids I'd have to see every week. Scheduling time that the kids can see you is a nightmare (I've done it once). It means that the kids often must be in groups, which isn't the best because say one kid is deaf, the other kid has severe cognitive impairment, and one kid can't say his "s" sound. It's not the ideal group for the kids, or for me. --Time is limited. Sometimes this means you have to try to get the teachers involved. This is a challenge all its own. Teachers are incredibly busy. Some teachers are happy to help the kids and be flexible, while others are so set in their ways (example: "I've been teaching for 25 years so don't you come in my classroom and tell me what I have to change -- it's not happening.") Just the thought of working with those kind of people.... @_@ --There are tons of laws you have to comply with. It involves a lot of jumping through hoops sometimes. Also, there are IEP meetings.... IEP meetings are lengthy team meetings involving a lot of paperwork, and every child I would treat requires an IEP meeting.
The only good points about working in a public school are the joys of working with children, and that I'd get time for vacations in the summer. I feel that for who I am, and my style of working and speech therapy style, and my personality... working in a school wouldn't be the best fit for me. I'd be so stressed out. I wouldn't do as good of a job as I could, to help the kids in the way they best deserve. Other people flourish in the public school setting, so I have so much respect for them! I see myself doing a lot better in a hospital kind of setting.
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--There is no funding to help pay for resources and materials. If I got an office (pretty big IF there, too) it would be the size of a closet.
--There are so many children, so so many and I'd have a caseload of maybe 70 kids I'd have to see every week. Scheduling time that the kids can see you is a nightmare (I've done it once). It means that the kids often must be in groups, which isn't the best because say one kid is deaf, the other kid has severe cognitive impairment, and one kid can't say his "s" sound. It's not the ideal group for the kids, or for me.
--Time is limited. Sometimes this means you have to try to get the teachers involved. This is a challenge all its own. Teachers are incredibly busy. Some teachers are happy to help the kids and be flexible, while others are so set in their ways (example: "I've been teaching for 25 years so don't you come in my classroom and tell me what I have to change -- it's not happening.") Just the thought of working with those kind of people.... @_@
--There are tons of laws you have to comply with. It involves a lot of jumping through hoops sometimes. Also, there are IEP meetings.... IEP meetings are lengthy team meetings involving a lot of paperwork, and every child I would treat requires an IEP meeting.
The only good points about working in a public school are the joys of working with children, and that I'd get time for vacations in the summer. I feel that for who I am, and my style of working and speech therapy style, and my personality... working in a school wouldn't be the best fit for me. I'd be so stressed out. I wouldn't do as good of a job as I could, to help the kids in the way they best deserve. Other people flourish in the public school setting, so I have so much respect for them! I see myself doing a lot better in a hospital kind of setting.