I turned in my letter of resignation on Friday because I had no interest in coming back to teach the same thing I taught this year (chemistry).
But it turns out that there's a new position open: Forensic science/soccer coach.
Now, I know I'm certified to teach forensic science since I have a Science Composite certification but I want to know is how hard it will be to teach since I don't know much about it.
Obviously, I would prepare over the summer and I can learn as I go but since I'll have the added workload of coaching, I don't want to bury myself with work.
Now, it is urgent because I JUST turned in my letter of resignation and I know my department head will take me back but the principal seemed quite annoyed that I was quitting so the sooner I act, the better chance I have.
So, I'd like to know anything you guys know about it (what type of work did you do, was it mostly labs, is it hard, etc).
As always, real and joke answers are appreciated.
tl;dr version WHAT IS A HIGH SCHOOL FORENSIC SCIENCE CLASS LIKE?
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From: Achromatic | #003 I don't know but I bet if you google it...!
I did that an hour or so ago and have been reading about it since!
I mean I know what forensic science is but since it's not a core subject, I would likely be responsible for most of the curriculum so I just wanted to get a feel beyond what I've read.
From: ShadowHalo17 | #004 Hey you'd be a soccer coach, that's something you'd enjoy isn't it?
F*** YES!
I'd say try it, at least.
I'm pretty much going to, just wanted to get as good of an idea before I go in tomorrow as I can because there is no way I am backing out if they say yes.
I don't want to screw them over.
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Anri have you not seen any comedy movie about people who aren't strictly qualified somehow becoming amazing teachers?
Basically this:
1. Know the subject (you are working on it) 2. Learn to sound confident that you actually know the subject (work on this!!!) 3. Be likable so the kids don't hate you and have lots of notes so the book worms will be too busy taking notes to ask you questions you may not know. 4. Google.
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From: Achromatic | #014 I hope that is phrased "My passion for teaching Chemistry has faded, but forensic science is a hobby of mine you see.."
<_< >_>.
Yeah, I am really gonna lay it on thick just how excited I would be to teach this subject.
And honestly it's true.
The one problem is that I am not a fan of the head coach (I'd be the assistant) and I think he might not like me. So he could hurt my chances but I doubt it.
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From: Princess Anri | #015 And it is for juniors/seniors instead of sophomores.
This is the most important factor to determine whether you'll enjoy it. Freshmen/Sophomores SUCK. Juniors and Seniors are much better. Somewhere between Sophomore and Junior year kids tend to suddenly grow up and make a leap in maturity. All of my teachers as a Junior and Senior said they much prefer the upper classes to the lower ones.
From: SmartMuffin | #017 I have enough friends and family who are teachers to know that all you really need to be able to do is read a textbook and sound convincing and authoritative, even if you don't know the subject at all.
You guys do NOT have to convince me of this.
I have worked with plenty of (actually, MOSTLY) these kinds of teachers.
And I could not be one. It's just not right.
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From: CybrMonkey | #022 Hard, unless you're lucky enough to be in one of the few states that isn't slashing education budgets.
Yeah, I do know that much is true but I have the best, most versatile certification (I can teach biology, chemistry, physics, aquatic science, forensic science and others) and I'm a second year teacher so they'd have to pay me the least.
So out of all teachers, I'd at least have the best chance.
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Can you teach math too? (Just curious) But yeah looks like teaching an elective or physics would be a better option than chem since you'd probably get older students and/or students that are actually choosing to take the class rather than being forced to take it. I imagine you could learn the material for basically any class you could be teaching at a normal high school over the summer.
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Took a Forensic Science class last semester. It was a lot of genetics, basic biology, crime scene investigation procedures and analysis, some history of the field including what laws were important. And since it was an Anthropology class we also had a portion of the class dedicated to forensic anthropology which involved learning about the skeleton and how it's used in relation to forensic science including age estimates and sexing. Basically, it was a sick ass class even if I had trouble staying awake most of the time.
Sadly, it was all lecture based. Except for the forensic anthro section, during that we got to handle a number of bones and such. Though since it was pretty much an overview class, we only got one class with the bones. I'd imagine you'd be able to make it a lot more hands on quite easily though. Especially the genetics and biology stuff. And creating your own crime scenes and having the students go through the procedures in some way might be cool.
Videos were shown, yeah. I remember we watched a scene or two from Dexter when we went over blood splatter analysis (which was a really cool section). We also watched a video of how DNA analysis has cleared a lot of falsely accused people though I can't remember the name of it right now.
Like I said, it was all lecture based, two days a week. But in a high school setting I'm sure there would be a lot of time to actually do experiments and stuff, especially if they're planning on it being a year long course.
assuming this is for college, forensic science, as a course, happens AFTER you take biology, chemistry (those two are first year), physics, and organic chem (your second). it's pretty heavy on the sciences since ultimately you're mostly gonna be doing lab work. gotta know calculus by the time you reach it too, but considering chemistry + physics this is unsurprising. it's a pain in the ass that very few students ever reach at the college level. however, if this is more high school then really focus more on having them get the core sciences and math down because THAT is gonna matter much more to them if they ever want to pursue this.
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