<p>@lea415 im from california and im going to school in alabama i think my highly preferred region will be in Texas im still not ready to go home yet</p>
<p>@alisenwonderland I am from NY and I am trying to get somewhere warm. My highly preferred regions are in Texas as well and I am thinking Miami.</p>
<p>@lea415 I put Texas as highly preferred and Miami-Dade as one of my least. I honestly didn’t even think of how I would do in different weather but I think I could handle Texas weather. Someone told me it does get surprisingly cold out there well cold by Los Angeles standards which we don’t really have a good idea of what cold really is. My friends from Chicago and Detroit laugh at me because I get bundled up for 50 degree weather.</p>
<p>I just filled out my preference form. I was really surprised to learn that early childhood education and special education are high priority subjects! Thats exactly what I’m interested in. Is anyone else interested in these subjects? If not, what are you hoping to teach? I also feel pretty good about my regional preferences. I did put down a lot of the grayed-out east coast places like MA and NY, but also Sacramento and Miami. I have only been to California twice but it was pretty awesome and would totally consider teaching there.</p>
<p>Special Education is my highly preferred as well. I have 12 regions in my highly preferred. Miami I have moved to #1 but I am sure I will change that a few more times. Then I have Dallas and Atlanta. It is so hard to rate them. I am trying to go based on where I would like to be most and salary. New York City I could not live on what is left over at the end of the year.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how to select middle school as highly preferred because I cannot figure it out? All I see is either high school or all elementary.</p>
<p>I’m from boston but go to school in south carolina. DC, Seattle, and Chicago are my top. Milwaukee and Dallas will probably round out my top five. After that I’m not sure, maybe nashville? Houston? Minneapolis? So basically I need to figure it out haha.</p>
<p>@pml161991 How do you like living in South Carolina? I was accepted in the last deadline for the South Carolina corps!</p>
<p>It was a big adjustment moving from Boston to South Carolina but I’ve grown to enjoy myself. Have a bit of a love hate relationship with the culture but it has been a great place for college. I live in Columbia and it is a bit rough around the edges but it has its hidden gems and I find it very livable. Charleston and Greenvilee are wonderful and Asheville, NC is not too far away as well.</p>
<p>@taffiedog10 early childhood education is my highly preferred as well. Im a substitute teacher’s aide for Los Angeles unified school district’s early childhood education centers. Sadly I can only work when I go home but I think it is such a rewarding area. One minute they’re giving you a hard time then the next minute they’re smothering you with hugs. They really are the sweetest and it’s so fun to be able to act like a big kid with them. Whenever I subbed for a long time they would run to me in the morning and give me the biggest hugs when I got there. It use to make it so hard to tell them I had to leave at the end of the week. I put special education and social studies as preferred as well.</p>
<p>Did anyone choose to add any of the potential expansion regions to their list? For those that didn’t see, Portland (OR), Alaska, San Diego, Central Florida, Pittsburgh, and Upstate NY are all on the map, do you think anyone will actually be placed here?</p>
<p>I added Pittsburgh, Upstate NY, Alaska, and San Diego just to expand my options.</p>
<p>Just so everyone is aware, ECE corps members OFTEN get paid less than other CMs. Some hired by districts are paid on the same pay scale; others, especially those who are placed outside of districts, are paid significantly less.</p>
<p>@aussiek517 That is true but I really like working with that age group I know for a fact they’re paid less in Los Angeles school district and there’s a lot of centers closing and teachers hours are being cut. Last time I was home it was a big mess and very sad. Hiring in that area has been frozen for over two years now.</p>
<p>When and where is everyone interviewing? I am December 4th in Albany, NY.</p>
<p>I’m Dec 3rd! Super nervous AHHH! Writing my lesson plan now.</p>
<p>December 3rd in Charlotte. Working on placement info and lesson plan right now.</p>
<p>December 4th Auburn, AL and I finally came up with my lesson just practicing now.</p>
<p>I am having trouble on a lesson plan. I just cannot decide which one I want to do, because I have a few in mind. I know it needs to be simple, to the point, and engaging. All in five minutes it is a lot!</p>
<p>Well all I can say is do the one that relates to what you like to do best. From the stuff I’ve been reading they say if you do a lesson on something you really love to do your excitement will show through the lesson. Not to mention you will be so well informed already. Did you read the post from the admission blog that might help you decide as well it definitely helped me.</p>
<p>hey lea415, i had the SAME experience! i thought about it for days. what really helped me was talking to some friends that have done student teaching before. i knew what age group i wanted to target (pre-k-3rd grade) so it had to be really simple. people had some ideas that were from their own classroom but they weren’t really applicable to the 5 minute lesson because they said lesson plans tend to be about 40 minutes or longer usually. anyway though, i thought it was helpful to brainstorm with friends because then your ideas get flowing. there are also a few examples on youtube but i’m not sure how reliable they are. i like the one on uppercase and lowercase A. its really simple and to the point. i think its missing the interactive piece though.</p>