A blogspot for parents, teachers and administrators to commune on the Jakarta International School. How can we make the school better? What role do each of us play in creating a true learning community? What should inform our opinions? This is a place to discuss our school....
I've always said, no one goes into teaching to become rich. But just how bad is it? The New York Times puts teacher pay into perspective in "A Teacher's Year, a CEO's Day: The Pay's Similar." Yikes.
posted by Cheryl van Tilburg @ 9:17 AM
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Before moving to Jakarta, I taught English literature and composition at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois. I received a BA in English from the University of Michigan, then went on to get a masters degree in international management (Thunderbird), and another masters in teaching (National-Louis University). My husband says he'll divorce me if I go back to school (I believe he's joking...) -- but I think a person should always try to learn new things. That's why I started JIS Topics. But after three years, it became clear that JIS wasn't a good match for our children. (It will haunt me forever that it took three years to figure this out.) We packed our bags and left a country we loved in search of a better education for our kids. So now we're in Singapore, at the Singapore American School. It's not perfect, but we're doing what we can to help bring about improvement.
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