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User Name: David Batten
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Real Name: David Batten
Location Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Woodwork teacher
Interests: life in general
Gender: Male
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Topic: Lay offs in california
Posted: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 1:30:45 PM
Australia has 6 independant state education departments. I have given you the employment addresses for each. In addition there is a large private system, about 25% of the total. Choose any of the addresses below to start your chase.

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/edcareers/job.htm

https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/employment/

http://www.det.wa.edu.au/jobs.asp

http://www.teachinginsa.sa.edu.au/

http://www.jobs.tas.gov.au/browse/department/index.php?dept=education

http://education.qld.gov.au/hr/recruitment/

http://www.deet.nt.gov.au/employment/

Do you have a name?

David
Topic: Lay offs in california
Posted: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 3:02:24 PM
It sounds like it is time for you all to migrate to Australia. There is a craft teacher shortage here and, from reading some other posts,we have much smaller class sizes.
Topic: ages for power tools
Posted: Saturday, March 8, 2008 2:28:45 PM
No,no,no. Don't even think about it. Twelve year olds will not listen to you when you give the number 1 lecture on safety. If they do they will not hear what you say, but even if they do they will not remember what you said. Since you have no experience I'll try to give you some.

1 Know that there are no 'musthave' woodworking skills to teach.
2 At that age they do not care what they make, they like making.
3 Your project must be achievable.

So, if you want to make a box make the old swing lid pencil box. Butt join the sides, plywood bottom and a solid top. Start from the beginning, point out which are the millimeters, point out that your rulers do not have a little blank bit at each end like their plastic ones. When it comes to assembly point out that there are no glue gobblins who sneek in and move things after they so carefully lined them up. Nor do the glue gobblins glue the box to the vice that you are using as a clamp. The mind of a 12 year old never puts 2 and 2 together, they need to be told every little thing. The body of a 12 year old is not very strong, and they lack coordination. They all have impaired vision, resolution down to about 5mm.

Give the bandsaw a miss.

Hope that helps
David

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