[Year 12 IPM] Who will still be here in ten years time?

Wed Jan 25 20:57:04 EST 2006

Hello to everyone and welcome back,

I too have taken a 'SEE' change this year - after the better part of 6 years at Bentleigh SC I decided late last year that it was time for a change, so have taken up a position at Lauriston Girls' School. I have done the exact opposite of you Andrew - I am 25 minutes further from home, the school day is longer, and I have gone from 0.7 time fraction to full time, but I look forward to the challenges of juggling what was advertised as 'an exciting teaching opportunity' , with a son doing year 12, a daughter in year 10 attempting year 11 maths methods, constant renovation of my house, and the continued support of my husband's business (yes I get to do the books, the pays, the PAYG tax, the BAS statements and all that boring stuff!). I must admit I will have to give up the landscape design work that I have done for the last 12 years. 

Fast (too fast!!) approaching the 55/11 retirement option, I see this as an opportunity to make new friends, learn new skills, face new challenges, move out of the comfort zone, and see how the other half lives! And as they say 'if you don't use it, you lose it'! My only regret is that my decision to move schools was made after the kids had finished the year and so I did not have the opportunity to say goodbye to them. And of course I will so much miss all my friends at Bentleigh.

All the best to everyone for the 2006 school year, and a big special thanks to Kevork - if it was not for this list I would have never known about this position.

PS Kevork - I have taken a year's LWOP from the education department so my email remains unchanged.

Cheers

Ros Meadows
Lauriston Girls' School (previously at Bentleigh SC)
meadows.roslyn.m at edumail.vic.gov.au

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From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Andrew Shortell
Sent: Wed 1/25/2006 9:38 AM
To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management Teachers'MailingList
Subject: RE: [Year 12 IPM] Who will still be here in ten years time?

Hi to all still breathing smog

I too took a tree change last year, and took a position at Braemar where
I am utterly unimportant and just teach.

It is really nice to just teach, leave school at 3:30pm, not arrive
until 8:30am and not have to worry about how anything is running.
And now that I am 47 (still below the average age of teachers in
Victoria) I need to slow down and spend time with my daughter as she has
now started school.... retirement? I will have to wait until my daughter
goes to uni but oh well, I started late.

And I am teaching an all IT load ..  a nice thing I can tell you.

Happy smog breathing...   ;-)

Andrew Shortell
Braemar College

-----Original Message-----
From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of Robert Timmer-Arends
Sent: Wednesday, 18 January 2006 7:26 PM
To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
Teachers'Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Year 12 IPM] Who will still be here in ten years time?

Hello Mark and others

> Is Janelle possibly the first of the Baby Boomers that are to leave
the IT
teaching profession over the next 10 years? The industry and the IT
teaching
community is set to change dramatically as the many 50+ year olds follow
Janelle into semi of full retirement?
> I turned 50 last year and have found myself actually thinking I should
plan for retirement.
> How many are prepared to own up to being the wrong side of 50?
>
I too tipped over the other side of 50 last year and for the first time
since I came into teaching I won't be teaching mainstream IT this year.
I
have to say, though, that I'm not too disappointed - at heart I'm a
computer
science type and all this froth and bubble applications stuff has worn a
bit
thin!

Regards
Robert T-A
Brighton SC

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