[nobe-l] introduction and seeking an advise

Thu Mar 3 02:28:01 UTC 2011

Hi Tatyana,

In addition to the other suggestions, perhaps the Virginia Russian Academy
(in McLean) might yield some successful employment or at least point you in
promising directions::

http://www.russianacademy.org/en/

Best of luck,

Heather

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Tatyana <tagriru at gmail.com> wrote:

> James,
> thank you  very much for the links.  I checked them and got no promising
> results. Private tutoring is good idea  as well but I'm afraid there is no
> same need in Russian as in Spanish in DC area. Honestly I didn't try it but
> I see the adds
> where people looking for English or Spanish.
>
> ----- Original Message
>
> ----- From: "James Fetter" <jfetter at nd.edu>
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 3:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] introduction and seeking an advise
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>
>  Tatyana,
>> I'm afraid that Russian is not widely studied in public schools, perhaps
>> at some private ones. It may be possible to teach at the university
>> level with just a masters, since many universities hire language
>> teachers who only have a masters, albeit often on a part-time basis, at
>> low pay, and with minimal benefits. It may be worth looking at the jobs
>> section in the Chronicle of Higher Education for instance. The site is
>> www.chronicle.com. The academic job market is pretty bad as well, but as
>> a native speaker, you may have an edge. Also, there's private tutoring,
>> though I have no idea about how that industry works. I hope this helps.
>> All Best,
>> James
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/1/2011 2:02 PM, Tatyana wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not sure that Russian  is studdied in schools. My be some adults
>>> want to learn Russian, I think it's not so great population interested
>>> in Russian. And I don't know how to find out about it. I see adds
>>> about Spanish mostly.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hank & Dawn" <illibrium at yahoo.com>
>>> To: "National Organization of Blind Educators Mailing List"
>>> <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 5:12 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] introduction and seeking an advise
>>>
>>>
>>>  I am not teaching yet,  but I wanted to suggest looking into teaching
>>>> Russian.  Or maybe becoming a translated.  Don't let fear stop you.
>>>> Dawn Scott
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 28, 2011, at 17:25, "Tatyana" <tagriru at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Hello all,
>>>>> I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Tatyana,
>>>>> I'm blind, I live in Maryland near Washington DC.
>>>>>
>>>>> I recently got   my Russian diploma transferred into US equivalent.
>>>>> I have a  master degree in education and I'd like to find a job.   I
>>>>> don't have any  working experience in the states, and have no
>>>>> knowledge about studying or  working in the US public schools as well.
>>>>>
>>>>>  After  graduation, in Russia, I  didn't work as a teacher in a
>>>>> school. The only experience I had with teaching is practicing  in a
>>>>> children school while studying in a college in Russia. It was 15
>>>>> years ago.
>>>>>
>>>>>  My vocational counselor  from blind services suggests to use my
>>>>> degree in education and conceder   a job in a public children school.
>>>>>
>>>>> I          have  great doubts  as  a blind plus not native English
>>>>> speaker,   and  one who  neither studied in US schools, nor had
>>>>> general knowledge about them, should I work toward getting teacher's
>>>>> job or something else.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have tons  of questions and uncertainties. Please help me decide
>>>>> on that.  What the pros and cons are in my situation. I think I'd
>>>>> prefer part time job in general since I'd like to have more time
>>>>> dedicated to my family.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please write to me
>>>>>
>>>>> tagriru at gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you very much to all.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tatyana.
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