On 10/31/09, Queens Teacher wrote:
> On 10/31/09, Marry someone in thE doe... wrote:
>> On 10/31/09, 2 cents wrote:
>>> For more than a decade, DoE has been talking about getting rid
>>> of social worker positions, it is not serious as there are only
>>> less than 500 to 600 position in the whole system. I personally
>>> know someone who has been trying to obtain a full time position
>>> for years with no avail.
>>>
>>> On 10/30/09, mike wrote:
>>>> Aren't social worker positions extremely hard to come by in
>>>> the doe? What can I do to improve my chances?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for advice.. you guys been of tremendous help.
> As a Pre- K teacher, we work closely with Social Workers as we are
> assigned one that comes to our school each week to work with the
> children. Our social worker recently mentioned that if you have a
> strong second language that is needed by the DOE, you have a better
> chance of getting a job. In my school that would mean Korean,
> Chinese and Urdu!They already have many bilingual Spanish/English
> speaking social workers.

Charter schools also hire social workers. There are many other jobs for
social workers, full time with benefits. Some good colleges are Hunter
school of social work, Columbia, and Fordham has a pt grad program. You
are far better off on this course than going into teaching. You will
get much more respect.

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