Before I moved to CA 25 years ago with my new husband I was told not to go
by several of my coworkers because "they're all heathens out there and spend
all their time in hot tubs." Well, we do have a "hot tub" but we're too busy
to use it! I think people's images of CA come from TV. I live in a town of
100,000 surrounded by ag fields. It's as conservative here is at was in my
midwestern town but maybe just a tad more open-minded. We get student
teachers from several different colleges and I haven't noticed any strange
ideas from anyone. They seem to adjust to our district's No Child Left
Untested mantra!

On 6/27/09, Ask a Californian wrote:
> California is a dichotomy. Yes, it is liberal-in large metropolitan areas
> mostly. The valley and southern California is very conservative. For
> example look at Prop. 8. The conservative vote prevailed in California.
> Even Iowa is more liberal on the gay marriage issue than California.
>
> I live and work in the "liberal" San Francisco area. I've had student
> teachers. I haven't seen "humanistic ideology" coming from the colleges
> nor have I seen student centered teaching as opposed to teacher directed.
> What I have seen is student teachers approaching teaching trying various
> methods-group work, multisensory approaches, use of technology, etc.
> California credentialing is very strict-just ask anyone who has come from
> out of state. My school district-a large diverse district in the SF bay
> area-is very careful to avoid becoming a "jump on the latest fad"
> district-as I think most districts are. We're pretty mainstream.
>
> It's interesting to me that people across the country assign labels to
> California without seeing first hand what really goes on here.
>
>
> On 6/26/09, Good choice! wrote:
>> I'm originally from Oklahoma and wish I could go back. California has
>> been my home for a long time but it's just too "out" there for me. I'm
>> more small town, conservative. I've also read articles about how
>> California's teaching colleges are pushing humanistic ideology,
>> student-centered teaching rather than teacher directed. I just have a
>> different philosophy.
>>
>> Oh boy, wait to see what others post after reading this! lol
>>
>>
>> On 6/26/09, Casey LE wrote:
>>> My husband and I have decided to stay in Texas. I can't believe it's
>>> that bad in California right now. I really didn't realize the extent
>>> to which California is messed up financially.
>>>
>>> My husband said we may try again in a few years, altho it seems to me
>>> as if Texas is just all around better and sounder than California.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/24/09, No jobs in CA sorry nfm wrote:
>>>> On 6/19/09, Novalee wrote:
>>>>> On 6/19/09, Casey LE wrote:
>>>>>> So my husband is a lawyer and he REALLY wants to move to
>>>>>> California to be with his family. We currently live in
>>>>>> Dallas, Texas. I am fully certified in Texas and have
>>>>>> taught 2 years. I do not want to move unless I have a job,
>>>>>> and I've heard it is REALLY bad.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What is the job situation like? We'd be targeting the
>>>>>> Riverside, San Bernardino, Corona, Rancho Cucamonga, Inland
>>>>>> Empire area.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My certification is ESL/Middle School/4-8 and I've taught
>>>>>> 6th Grade math for the past 2 years.
>>>>> Ditto to sounds like a bad idea!
>>>>> I'm a special ed teacher in New Mexico and applied and
>>>>> received a license from Cal last year. I have ESL endorsements
>>>>> in both states and speak Spanish. I've been on Edjoin.org for
>>>>> over a year and was interviewed for one position in all of
>>>>> that time. Beside that, there are waivers on my license that
>>>>> require me to repeat my level 1 training over again in their
>>>>> state because they don't like the training I got in NM. Think
>>>>> twice and three times before leaping!

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