Record #:

38202

Author(s):

Rhew, Adam

Abstract:

Among the life lessons the new Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools superintendent shared straddled the boundary between personal and professional. Examples of life lessons that impacted him professional and personally: people who inspired him to go into teaching; teaching philosophies such as the importance of building a rapport with students; what it is about teaching that inspires him to still be passionate about the profession.

Source:

Charlotte Magazine (NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 23 Issue 9, September 2018, p17-18 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system ; Public education--Charlotte; Public education--North Carolina; Teachers--Job satisfaction; Teachers

Record #:

35328

Author(s):

Brooks, Jacob

Abstract:

For educator Jacob Brooks, defining the year as nerve-wracking was easy, as easy as it was defining the last twelve months as “quite a year.” The challenge was in deciding which of the two events discussed—one personal, the other professional—was more so.

Source:

Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 47 Issue 9, September 2015, p6

Subject(s):

Teachers--Job satisfaction; Teachers

Record #:

25385

Author(s):

Blackburn, Marion P.

Abstract:

Karen Singer, a science teacher at Central Farmville High School, explains what drew her to teaching. There are many reasons recent graduates don’t choose to teach at rural schools, but for Karen, those reasons were an attraction.

Source:

East: the Magazine of East Carolina University (NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 5 Issue 1, Fall 2006, p16-18, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Teachers--Supply and demand; Teachers--Job satisfaction

Record #:

52

Author(s):

Davis, Gracie M.

Abstract:

A research study conducted by Dr. Gracie M. Davis describes the initiation, settlement, and outcomes of fifteen teacher grievance cases settled in North Carolina from 1987 to 1989.

Source:

North Carolina Education (NoCar L 11 N86x), Vol. 22 Issue 2, Winter 1992, p22-23, por

Subject(s):

Teachers--Job satisfaction; Grievance procedures

Record #:

35863

Author(s):

Wiseman, Scott G.

Abstract:

Wiseman attended school in a one room schoolhouse with a new teacher nearly every year when he was a boy. When he was not at school or helping out on the farm, he spent his time hunting, fishing, swimming, and participating in various community events.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 33 Issue 1-2, 1985, p42-50 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Schoolhouses--one room rural; Farm life; Hunting; Fishing; Teachers--Supply and demand; Teachers--Job satisfaction