[nobe-l] introduction and seeking an advise

Thu Mar 3 13:43:34 UTC 2011

It's in Falls church VA,  it's  a small school primarily focused on teaching 
Russian  language and  Russian children literature to kids.
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> What does the Russian Academy do?
> Perhaps you're near Mclean and therefore know about them.
> Do you work near Mclean Heather?  I am looking for work.
>
> Tell me off list if you want.  I'm not in the education field, but do want 
> to influence children/youth; so working in an organization which does 
> outreach to kids or promotes literacy is something that interests me.
>
> Ashley
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Heather DeAtley
> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 9:28 PM
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> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] introduction and seeking an advise
>
> 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
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>> ----- From: "James Fetter" <jfetter at nd.edu>
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>> nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 3:10 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] introduction and seeking an advise
>>
>>
>>  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>
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>>>> <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 5:12 AM
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>>>>
>>>>  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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