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Resource room teacher info (in Brooklyn, NY)



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amother
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Post Tue, Jan 19 2016, 6:31 pm
Hi, is anyone here a resource room teacher in NY? What exactly do you do? I'm interested in hearing what the salary is, and if you are paid by the school or from the BOE (P3). TIA
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amother
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Post Tue, Jan 19 2016, 10:19 pm
bumping it up for the night crowd...
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Post Tue, Jan 19 2016, 10:50 pm
I have done resource room type work. It was not what I envisioned when I first thought I wanted to be a resource room teacher because for the most part the schools I worked in lacked both resources and rooms Wink Lately there is less emphasis on sending kids to a "resource room" and more push-in services, which comes with a whole different set of challenges.

The DOE SETSS salaries are public info. Something like $42/hour for one student at a time, $62 for two students, something and something and then $100 for 5 students. It's on the NYC DOE website somewhere, google it. A lot of cases are funneled through agencies which for the most part pay considerably less. But if they are a good agency and give you a W2 it may be worth it, you save the hassle of dealing with the DOE yourself and the money of self-employment tax.

Another resource room avenue is Title I. Title I is basically a resource room, though I don't think it's called that, it's a very similar type of setup - small groups of kids who need extra help. And you don't need a special ed degree to do it. I don't know about other agencies but Catapult provides everything you need and makes it pretty simple, you need your own behavior management skills and that's about it. Pay isn't too stinky though less than a high level professional job. Maybe in the 30/hr range.

I actually don't know any schools that run their own resource rooms anymore because they are all busy taking advantage of Title I and SETSS, which is a shame for kids who don't qualify or could use the help before they get officially qualified. Also a shame because going through the DOE you lose a certain amount of control over what you can work on.
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amother
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Post Tue, Jan 26 2016, 10:05 pm
Thanks seeker for the info. Do you know if most schools just pay a salary or do they allow you to bill privately? Is every school different? I just got my certification and would like to get an idea of what's out there.
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Post Thu, Jan 28 2016, 7:27 pm
Some schools do the billing and pay you a salary, some let you bill on your own. I teach in a resource room where the school bills and pays salary approx 6500/period
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amother
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Post Thu, Jan 28 2016, 8:34 pm
wine amother, youre in Brooklyn? A period is 45 min?
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Post Fri, Jan 29 2016, 3:13 am
Anything that pays a salary has the advantage of not depending if kids are sick, school events interfere with sessions, cases come and go, etc. On the other hand it squares up to less per hour. Per-hour if you go through the board of ed is between $42 (for one student) to $100 (for 5-8 students). However a lot of schools contract with agencies who tend to take big cuts, not likely to get more than $35 per hour for an individual student (and that would be the most generous) and it doesn't go up nearly as much for groups. If you have a special expertise, such as a reading specialist credential, you can sometimes get more from parents or schools who are looking for that.
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amother
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Post Fri, Jan 29 2016, 7:44 am
Yes and yes
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amother
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Post Tue, Feb 02 2016, 3:56 pm
Thank you seeker and amother for the info.
Anyone else that works as a resource room teacher that can chime in?
Also, do most schools only have SETSS in the afternoon, during Secular Studies? Or do some schools also have it during hebrew subjects?
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Post Tue, Feb 02 2016, 7:47 pm
Can't speak for everyone but in my experience, the yeshivish schools are very strict about only afternoon, except maybe in kindergarten. The MO schools vary - They tend to prefer services during secular subjects because it's more relevant, but some are less strict about it and more likely to have secular/religious studies divided evenly between morning and afternoon so you can end up with a full schedule by hopping around to different classes at the relevant times. And in non-Jewish schools obviously this is a non-issue. I once had a really pleasant job in a Catholic school, I imagine they had some religious studies periods that I wouldn't have been able to see kids but it's not half the day or more like it is in yeshivas so I simply never bumped into it. On the other hand, the more modern or non-Jewish schools also tend to have more "specials" that they don't want kids pulled from, like gym, computers, art. That's not usually as big a deal as a half-day kodesh program, though. Again this is only my experience.
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