How many of us have a spouse teaching public school?

[Musical Belle]

My dh is a middle school teacher. I thought our situation was unique in the homeschooling community, but it seems there are others in the same boat! Just wondering how many of us there are so we can encourage each other. :thumbup:

[Unicorn]

Cuz I was coming to ask that same question! :001_smile:
My dh teaches at a middle school too- 8th grade.

[Diana in OR]

Not me, but I know several hsers where one parent is a ps teacher.

[BamaTanya]

Now he's a school counselor in an elementary school.

[Sue G in PA]

he is back in educational reform at JHU. He visits schools in need of help/reform and help them implement JHU's Talent Development curriculum. So, not in the classroom teaching anymore, but still in education and frequently in a school building.

[Kristen in NC]

My dh is a high school chemistry teacher. This is his 8th year teaching.

[Rosie_0801]

Mine is teaching year 7, 11 and 12 Auslan at the moment. Perhaps that's one reason I'm so against sending the kids to school. He spends more time teaching them how to pass Auslan exams than actually teaching them Auslan. :(
Rosie

[Laurel T.]

I was just posting under my previous thread about how we should all get together and figure out how to survive on (in our case) one teachers salary. My dh has worked two jobs since my first son was born so that I could be home with the kids. He is a chef and started teaching culinary arts 3 years ago. He misses the kitchen, but loves working with students. He has also worked as a youth minister.

If he had not had this teaching experience I do not think he would have ever wholeheartedly embraced homeschooling. Its funny since teaching is not his background for him to be asking me about the scope and sequence or lesson plans for the kids. I think he was born to teach. He walked straight from a restuarant kitchen to the classroom and the students have bonded with him from day 1 (probably because they get to eat in his classroom). Sorry for the brag, but I love my dh and am feeling pretty thankful for him right now.

Laurel

[kokotg]

my dh is a high school math teacher. There's another teacher in his department whose kids are homeschooled, too. Homeschooling is very common in our area, so no one really seems to bat an eye about it.

[Musical Belle]

Sorry for the brag, but I love my dh and am feeling pretty thankful for him right now.
Laurel

I think bragging on the hubbies is an awesome idea! They work hard and deserve our admiration. :001_wub:

[ArwenA]

DH is a doctor but there are two lovely hs moms that I know who have a ps teaching hubby. Both men think homeschooling is great and are fully supportive of it.

[midwestbelle]

My DH was a band director for 11 years and an assistant principal for one year. He left education for a higher paying job, totally unrelated to education.

[Jenny in Atl]

I heard somewhere that former teachers make-up a great percentage of hs parents. I would not be surprised if this was true. My almost SIL is a teacher to the deaf in a number of schools near to us. She is very supportive of us HS'ing.

[Hen Jen]

my husband does not teach, but he is a school building inspector for one of the larger school districts in Ca. Here is Ca because of the earthquakes, they have to have super-extra building requirements. He is usually unseen and un-noticed, so he observes much on the different campuses he works on. It has cemented his resolve that our kids will never go to one of the schools here.
We are sad for the kids who have no choice where to go.

[Rosie_0801]

I heard somewhere that former teachers make-up a great percentage of hs parents. I would not be surprised if this was true. My almost SIL is a teacher to the deaf in a number of schools near to us. She is very supportive of us HS'ing.

Considering the state of Deaf education, I can understand why! My is also a qualified teacher of the deaf and has worked in the deaf school and integrated settings. If I had a deaf child and school was compulsory, I think we'd move to Sweden.
:)
Rosie

[Linda in NM]

My situation is worse--I teach teachers going for their graduate degrees...talk about a balancing act!

[theodwyn]

Sometimes we wonder why we are homeschooling but recently he has been coming home saying he's glad our kids don't go there.
It is hard living on a teacher's salary so I supplement by working part-time as an RN at a pediatrician's office.

[Valerie in Chicago]

DH has been teaching English at one of Chicago's magnet high schools for about 15 years. He's one of those rare eggs that left a higher-paying job (trading at the Mercantile Exchange) for teaching. He has three classes of freshies and two classes of Advanced Placement juniors. A lot of the kids are immigrant kids or second generation, so he sees often sees "the American dream" happening as his kids go to some very good universities. They come back to see him, sometimes as doctors, finance experts, etc. Most of the BS that he sees involves the other teachers, the administration and CPS itself.

[Jean in IN]

Mine is a high school guidance counselor. He coaches soccer at the local college in the fall and coaches traveling teams in the spring.

btw, I love the quote at in your siggy. That is definitely true at our house :)

[Musical Belle]

btw, I love the quote at in your siggy. That is definitely true at our house :)

Thank you! Yes, one big reason dh is teaching is so he can have summers off to spend with his family. We love him!:001_wub: