Seems like a pretty chill career for the most part to me, and it'd be really cool to stay in the sport, but teachers are notorious for complaining about their jobs.
Could some teachers/coaches give me the low down on the pros and cons to their job?
Seems like a pretty chill career for the most part to me, and it'd be really cool to stay in the sport, but teachers are notorious for complaining about their jobs.
Could some teachers/coaches give me the low down on the pros and cons to their job?
teaching isn't a chill career - the downtime is great, but the uptime is really, really up. if you do it, be prepared to work your ass off when you're working. workdays and workweeks are really long. but the breaks are long too, which is nice.
I wouldn't choose to take this career path on a lark.
Coaching is great, but it's only a couple of thousand dollars of your income, and is subordinate to the teaching job. Unless you're a football (or sometimes basketball) coach, your chance of teaching a minimal load of drivers ed or PE and just coaching is slim. And the days of the old filmstrip-playing coach teaching social studies is long dead. So don't do it unless you are willing to commit yourself to being a real teacher. That said, I love doing both, and can't imagine doing anything else. But I've known lots of folks who couldn't do it without burning out.
If you can't commit to teaching, then don't even consider it. The teaching is first.
Just become a club coach or become a private coach if that's your priority. Don't ruin kid's lives by choosing to be a teacher and then not caring 100% about it.
I wouldn't say that teachers complain about their jobs any more than the average person. Teacher do, however, get defensive when their work is criticized for their hours or time off.
I have worked as a teacher and in other professions. The amount of work that I did as a teacher in the "on" months was probably equivalent or even slightly more than what I dide year round in other professions. As others said, when you are working, you are working; there is not much down time.
I currently teach and coach and I love it. youwon't hear me complain vey often about work (about some of my kids, maybe). I will say that if you plan to be a very committed runner, coaching can be difficult. you will be tempted and expected to run with the team, which may or may not satisfy your own agenda.
I'm trying to be committed to marathon training while coaching and teaching. My day today looked like thi:
Got to work: 7:15
School ends @ 2:45
Practice begins @ 3:00
Practice ends @ 5:15
My kids did speed work today, which didn't fit my running schedule,
So I ran at 5:30- 6:45
It's a long day and I'm on my feet literally all day. Like I said, though, I don't have many complaints. I get to help about 100 kids per day, and I like to think that I'm making a positive impact on them each day. Pay is average, but the job is rewarding in other ways too. Last week I had a runner tell me that he's the first of his family to graduate high school....and that he was accepted into a college. He credited running as playing the biggest role in his acceptance. That's a profound thing to hear as a coach.
I was a teacher and a xc/track coach. Here is what I found:
Many students that you would not normally see or tlak to in the school, you see daily. You also get to become a role model or a leader outside of the classroom. Many of my students who were runners talked about their experiences with me on the xc and track team more thn in school.
In short, if you are a good coach, it will carry over into the school. I had more respect, and less discipline problems than most other teachers.