I wish to run a school. I have been teaching now for 18 years, I have the experience and energy and skill and dedication, but no funds to run a school. Who can help.
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not sure really but id start with finding out who runs the local schools near you and ring them to ask for advice/ numbers to ring etc. \n\ngood luck
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There is plenty of government funding out there. Call you local social services for adults and they will get you started with the right people for funding. There are other groups and organizations in your local areas. Start by writing alot of letters to group and organization they will help. Good Luck.
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I am 36 and this is my eighth year teaching.  The first 1-3 years are tricky because you have to figure out how to NOT spend 2-3 hours after the fact grading papers.  It took me about 2 years to figure out what works for me and what doesn't.  I spend a lot of time around positive people who love their jobs and who are willing to share and receive new ideas.  I keep a binder of ideas, good and terrible, to help me keep from making mistakes over and over.  As far as the pay goes...yeah, I'm underpaid.  But you know what?  I work 180 days a year from 7:30-3:30.  I am out of school when my child is out of school.  I do something everyone of those 180 days a year that really matters.  Talk to people who love their jobs and see if they say things that sound appealing to you.  Truth is...nobody ever decided to be a teacher because the pay is awesome or because it is easy as pie.  Folks who love teaching either feel called to do it, love kids, enjoy the opportunity to do something different in the summer (I got my real estate license and sell at my will), etc.  If you have a deep feeling that it isn't the right thing for you, move on.  There are children who deserve a teacher who wants to be there and who feel good about their work.
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You're too late to do any applications for funding outside the school your son will be attending. But the school itself should have several options.\n\nYour local library will be your greatest resourse. Just ask the librarian.\n\nAlso, local grants and foundations support educational opportunities. Go to one of the non-profit organizations in your town, and ask them who the money-people are in the area. The non-profits always know where the money is.\n\nIf all funding efforts fail, low-interest loans are available.
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This is not an ordinary case...... you can sue this administrator if you think it is necessary... but i think the best solution is to transfer to another school...... be careful......they hold the "power"......call the attention of the principal or the parents-teachers-association.... as soon as possible before its too late.... take action!!!!
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your question betrays you - \n-it leads to another:  Are you qualified by education and experience to start such an organization?  \n-and another: Do you plan to run this organization?\n\nYou may have had a course on grant and proposal writing when you were in school - if not, return to your university: that may be a good starting place.
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Lack of funding.  \n\nSpecial education teachers generally carry overloads (for example, I was at 154% by February last year), and may run multiple programs across several academic subjects. They are only human, and are stretched way too thin.   Not enough funding for full staffing....\n\nRegular ed teachers are NOT trained in special education issues. The idea there is that they should be team members with the special ed teachers, and use the sped teacher as a full resource to help them adapt their own teaching to their students' needs. In reality, regular ed teachers have minimal accountability for special ed kids' performance... those kids "belong" to the sped teacher in the regular ed teachers' minds. Therefore, IEP modifications end up not being implemented in the regular ed classroom unless parents are very vocal.  No funding is placed into regular ed teacher professional development in the area of special needs.\n\nSpecial education training programs, just as with any other profession, have variable quality from college to college. There are very good training programs out there, that turn out a steady amount of quality special education teachers. And then, there are the really BAD programs, that don't. It is very interesting that state professional testing doesn't catch this... which shows that those tests are not valid indicators of professional quality. I work with some people trained from a local college (I got my degree elsewhere), who have NO clue when it comes to how to help their students.\n\nSPED costs money. The federal government does not fully fund its mandates. State education money originally tagged for special education goes into district general funds, rather than staying tagged for special education.... which means the less each school pays out for individual student needs, the more can be put into other programs. Notice how the football team always has new uniforms?\n\nParents are the driving force, whether the football team OR special education, in determining how funding will be spent. For a special education parent to be fully effective in this, however, they really must become a lay lawyer, fully educated in special ed law.
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People who run schools.
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Ask yourself what it is about teaching that you like.\n\nAsk yourself what you don't like.\n\n(Not many of us would put writing lesson plans at the top of our I-just-love-it list.)\n\nOnly you can know whether you will want to continue this as a career.\n\nWhat I can tell you as a teacher with since 1977, is that whole children come into your classroom every day. Some have wonderful lives. Others come from unspeakably awful situations. They are all kids. They all need to be cared for and challenged and supported.\n\nThe teachers who "make it" in the long term learn about boundaries. We know what we can do and what we can't. We are optomisitic, but not sentimental about the future. We understand ourselves and keep expanding that understanding. Most of us could make much more money doing almost anything else, but we do what we do because internally, we have no choice.\n\nChalk dust runs in my veins and in the times of my life when there was no paying job in teaching available, I taught anyone who stood still long enough anything I knew and thought the onther person should know, just like I'm doing now.\n\nIf you MUST teach, you will find the stamina to do it. If there is no inner need to do it, you can still give it a shot, but you will either discover the joy, or quit after a short time.\n\nIn any case, find a mentor, a local teacher you admire who is willing to stand by you as you make these big decisions.\n\nBest wishes.
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You need to go straight to the power.  Talk to your principle and if that dont work go to the board of ed. in your town.  You need to have a lot of people interested(enough to make a team).
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only if they made it clear at the beginning of the asking of donations that they intended to purchase school property. I'm hguessing they didn't because who would agree with that? I suggest calling the newspaper or television news. When someone shows up and starts asking them about this I am sure they will change their minds
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Contact the school you are considering, they may have aid or other donors
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I am a teacher.  And you know what I think?  I think you will succeed if you do two things.\n\n1) Find some way to start your own business.  \n\nWorking your way up through the normal ranks is not really an option for you. It will take too much effort and time.\n\nBut it order to start your own business you have to find your PASSION !   You will not succeed in anything if you have no passion for it.\n\nYou will need to start small and in most cases you will also need a side job to keep you in feed.\n\n2) You must be prepared to work harder than you ever worked in school.   I MEAN HARD!  And forget about any relationship.  Your relationship will be your work and your life.\n\nI can say these things because...\n\nA) I have not worked for anyone other than myself for over 25 years.\n\nB) I taught MYSELF to be an national expert in my field.\n\nC) A major university ask me to teach for them over 13 years ago. I am their only instructor in this field and in my state.\n\nD) I raised 5 children.\n\nE) I finished only the 11th grade !
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you can go to the local unemployment agency.  There are people there that will help you.  They know a lot of stuff about jobs and schooling and what jobs hire and what grants you can apply for *and not waste your time*
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Honestly, there is no school that is affordable anymore!  Good Luck!!!
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* Call your local public school headquarters, and ask if there is an "alternative certification" program where as long as you have a college degree, you can take classes/tests to get certified while you are already teaching and deduct the costs from your pay. If you teach a subject outside your credits, you may be required to earn additional course credits in that.\n* Also ask if there is another group that offers certification outside the school district.  In Houston it is called Region IV and\nit is better than the program offered by the public schools. Compare costs and requirements, and get recommendations from other teachers which one is better for your field of interest.\n* Can you contact Teach for America?  This nonprofit assigns college grads to teaching assignments to offset college loans.\n\nWhile you explore that, can you substitute teach? This may help you decide what subject, class size, demographics, etc. suit your teaching style, or which school administration you prefer.\n\nAs long as you have a college degree, you should be able to substitute teach or qualify for a program that will pay for your courses/certification out of your salary.  Good luck!
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I would send the money to the schools.  An education is the base to life. The school system should expand on resources.  Students these days, espically in high school are sick of learning right out of the book.  If there are more physical resources, it makes the learning process so much more fun and that goes for all grade levels.  Without an education, kids will grow up and well put it this way, someone needs to take the place as mayor, shouldn't it be a child with a proper and expansive education?  Send that $1 million dollars to the school!