DOL Occupational Outlook Handbook re: teachers, www.bls.gov/oco/ocos069.htm

KIPP: The Knowledge is Power Program, www.kipp.org/  founded by 2 TFA alumni, focuses on college prep

Interview with David Levin, co-founder, www.q-and-a.org/Program/?ProgramID=1000
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KIPP

Coalition of Essential Schools, www.essentialschools.org/

EducationNext, educationnext.org

44 states reciprocate re teacher licensure

Education America a big site for teaching jobs, www.educationamerica.net/
National Council of Teachers of English, www.ncte.org/

From a "Teaching Fellows" program website:  Approximately one-half of all secondary teachers leave the profession within the first 5 years.
(A more accurate number is probably greater than 40%, but less than 50%.)

**  TeacherPortal.com  lots of informatinon, including salaries,
    teacherportal.com/
So You Want to Teach blog,
    www.soyouwanttoteach.com/

UVa career services, great links page,
    curry.edschool.virginia.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1102&

"The 'Certified' Teacher Myth" ("It doesn't help classroom performance")  2008 Harvard study
    online.wsj.com/article/SB122912779960403217.html  

Private School Review jobs page -- www.privateschoolreview.com/articles/6
Southern Association of Independent Schools www.sais.org/  Career Center!
Prep school teaching jobs www.nais.org/
The Association of Boarding Schools www.boardingschools.com/  has a careers page
Episcopal Schools career opportunities – www.episcopalschools.org/careers/
Church Schools in the (Episcopal) Diocese of Virginia --
    www.thediocese.net/Diocesan_Organizations/Church_Schools/

Klingenstein Center for Independent School Leadership @ Teachers College, Columbia,
        www.klingenstein.org/
        Summer intensive "Leadership Academy," www.klingenstein.org/content/masters-degree---two-summers/
            2 summers, six weeks each (late June-end of July) + "site-based work" for the intervening year
                and the semester following the second summer = 18 months total
            MA (32 hours) or EdM (60 hours) in Education Leadership
            Applicants must have 3+ years experience in private school teaching or administration
        Summer Institute for Early Teachers, www.klingenstein.org/content/summer-institute/
            2 weeks in late June at the Lawrenceville School, NJ; max of 75 students per summer
            Applicants must have 2-5 years teaching experience
            "Fellowships" cover tuition, room and board

Association of Classical and Christian Schools -- www.accsedu.org/
Society for Classical Learning -- www.societyforclassicallearning.org/

Montessori teacher training programs -- www.montessori.edu/northamerica.html
 

MAT PROGRAMS

"2014" US News ranking of graduate schools of education (published March 2013)  (181 schools ranked; LOTS OF CHURNING)
    grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-education-schools/rankings
    but GRE score info from the issue on the stands in the fall of 2008.

#1  Vanderbilt (Peabody/Sewanee cooperation?),  initial licensure 
    Online admissions chats  
    Apply by Jan. 15 for financial aid
    2012-13 T = $1265 per credit hour
    For fall '12 entry to master's and EdD programs:  1187 applications, 627 offered admission, 291 entrolled
          Entering fall '12 Master's students average GRE (V+Q) = 307
          All entering students:  80% female
          Fall 12 entrollment all Master's students = 540
          > 60% of students receive financial aid
    Fall 08 avg GRE (per USN&WR):  651Q, 555V (all ed grad students) = 1209 (60%ileQ, 76%ileV)
                                                            732Q, 640V doctoral students only
                                                            Masters' acceptance rate = 62%
    website re fall 2007:  370 MEd students average GRE = 1128
                                       EdD = 1193 and PhD = 1374
                                       admissions for MEd and EdD:  614 apps, 403 admitted, 244 enrolled
    More than 60% of new students receive financial aid
    MEd + secondary certification in English = 38 hours minimum (so total T = $42,750)
    2008-09:  only 3 MEds in english teacher education awarded  [All fields total of 179 MEds and 34 doctorates]

#2  Johns Hopkins, education.jhu.edu/Academics/masters/MAT/
    12 months, $428/credit * 39 credits = $16,692
    Fall 08 (per USN&WR) masters' acceptance rate = 71%

#3  Harvard, www.gse.harvard.edu/academics/masters/tep/index.html
    12-13 T + health ins = $41,578; 60-70 students/year; 11 months
    Fall 12 entering class:  644 EdM students -- admitted Q 66.6 %ile, V 83.1 %ile, 4.7 writing
    Fall 10 entering class:  592 EdM students -- 655Q, 596V, 4.7 writing  1251
    Fall 09 entering class:  635 EdM students -- 649Q, 592V, 4.7 writing  1241
    Fall 08 entering class:  533 EdM students -- 660Q, 589V, 4.8 writing  [63%ileQ, 83%ileV]  1249
            44 EdD students -- 695Q, 642V, 5.2 writing  [72%ileQ, 91%ileV] 1337
    Fall 08 avg GRE (per USNews):  656Q, 586V (all ed grad students) = 1242 (61%ileQ, 85%ileV)
                                                            684Q, 637V doctoral students only
                                                           Masters' acceptance rate = 59%
<<  Harvard Div School had a program in religion and secondary education, BUT it has been replaced by the Religious Literacy Project and the Religious Studies & Education Certificate.

#4  Texas-Austin UTeach Liberal Arts program, www.utexas.edu/cola/progs/uteach/ 
    3 semesters 
    12-13 full-time T resident per semester = $4858, nonresident = $9683 
    Fall 08 avg GRE (per USN&WR):  618Q, 522V (all ed grad students) = 1140 (53%ileQ, 66%ileV) 
                                                          634Q, 523V doctoral students only 
                                                          Masters' acceptance rate = 52% 

#6  Columbia/Teachers College, www.tc.columbia.edu/
    12-13 T = $1286/credit hour + "college fee" (of $680/term??)
    Fall 08 avg GRE (per USN&WR):  635Q, 547V (all ed grad students) = 1182 (56%ileQ, 73%ileV)
                                                            653Q, 567V doctoral students only
                                                           Masters' acceptance rate = 56%

#11  Michigan,  www.soe.umich.edu/academics/masters_programs/secmac/   
    Fall 07 avg GRE (per USN&WR):  635Q, 547V (all ed grad students) = 1182 (57%ileQ, 72%ileV)

#14  Northwestern,  www.sesp.northwestern.edu/msed/secondary-teaching/index.html
    09-10 T = $2622/course * 15 courses = $39,330

#17tie  USC, rossieronline.usc.edu/academics/master-of-arts-in-teaching-program/
           new online MAT@USC launched September 15, 2008 with 2Tor -- 13 months, $48.994
           Inside Higher Ed story

#17tie  NYU, steinhardt.nyu.edu/teachlearn/english/ma/
    MA in English education
    GRE not required
    42 credits * $1260/credit = $52,920 total (financial aid available)

#19tie  Indiana, site.educ.indiana.edu/bSecondarybrTransitiontoTeachingb/tabid/4509/Default.aspx
    09-10 T resident = $9700, nonresident = $20,800
    Fall 07 avg GRE (per USN&WR):  608Q, 515V (all ed grad students) = 1123 (50%ileQ, 62%ileV)
    Ed School homepage says "nearly 90 percent" placement of graduates

#19tie  Illinois, education.illinois.edu/ci/programs/grad_cert.html

#32tie  William & Mary, education.wm.edu/academics/ci/degrees/sec/en/index.php
    07-08 T resident = $9800, nonresident = $23,014
    Fall 08 avg GRE (per USN&WR):  610Q, 542V (all ed grad students) = 1161 (50%ileQ, 71%ileV)
                                                            623Q, 546V doctoral students only
                                                           Masters' acceptance rate = 57%
    For MAEd in secondary education (English):  40-43 hours

#37tie  UNC, soe.unc.edu/academics/mat/    40 credits; summer-year-summer
    09-10 full-time T resident = $7162, nonresident = $21,560
    Fall 08 (per USN&WR) masters' acceptance rate = 52%

#40tie  Florida, education.ufl.edu/school/Programs/EngEd/eeproteach.html,   
   1 year; 07-08 T resident = $299/credit hour, nonresident = $942/credit hour
    Fall 07 avg GRE (per USN&WR):  592Q, 506V (all ed grad students) = 1098 (46%ileQ, 60%ileV)   
    fall 07 (?) averages for admittees to masters' programs:  550Q, 516V = 1066

#43tie  Georgia MEd plus certification, www.coe.uga.edu/lle/english/secondary/mat/ 
    07-08 T resident = $5044, nonresident = $20,298
    Fall 07 avg GRE (per USN&WR):  559Q, 496V (all ed grad students) = 1055 (40%ileQ, 60%ileV)

#44tie  Florida State, www.coe.fsu.edu/most/
    M.S. in Teaching
    36-40 hours, certification

#47tie  Texas A&M, Secondary certification, tlac.tamu.edu/articles/secondary_certification
    21 hours (can all be credited toward MEd) + full year public school internship

#51tie  UNCG, www.uncg.edu/soe/

#60tie  Georgia State, msit.gsu.edu/1452.html
    MAT in English education

#78  Auburn Alternative master's teacher education programs, education.auburn.edu//files/file1624.pdf

#79tie  NC State, ced.ncsu.edu/profed/mat/

#81tie  Alabama Alternative MA, education.ua.edu/departments/ci/english-language-arts/alternative-master-of-arts/
    42 hours; 09-10 resident full-time T = $3500 per semester
    Fall 08 avg GRE (per USN&WR):  550Q, 454V (all ed grad students) = 1004 (37%ileQ, 48%ileV)
                                                           Masters' acceptance rate = 75%

#97tie  Baylor - Strickland Scholars Program, www.baylor.edu/soe/ci/index.php?id=65272 and www.baylor.edu/soe/ci/index.php?id=65243
    15 months; 38-41 hours   Current:  "Strickland Scholars complete a supervised internship for one academic year as the paid teacher of record in a public school classroom or complete one-semester as a non-paid student teacher."  Older:  "The scholar will be responsible for securing a teaching position [during the student's coursework!] within McLennan County or in another approved student teaching site in Texas. The Scholar will be paid a regular teacher's salary by the school district and will be supervised by Baylor faculty throughout the completion of the internship."
    Online spring 2010:  School of Education grad students -- 170 full time and 63 part-time
                                    68 masters and 17 doctorates (and 4 other) awarded in 2008
    Fall 08 avg GRE (per USN&WR):  584Q, 475V (all ed grad students) = 1059 (46%ileQ, 53%ileV)
                                                           Masters' acceptance rate = 74%

#97tie  South Carolina (66 hours), www.cas.sc.edu/engl/grad/mat.html
    07-08 T resident = $8888, nonresident = $19,180
    MAT in English requires 3.0+ GPA and GRE-V score in the 70th percentile (540 = 71st percentile)
    Fall 07 avg GRE (per USN&WR):  537Q, 463V (all ed grad students) = 1000 (35%ileQ, 48%ileV)

#119tie  UAB, www.ed.uab.edu/studentservices/alternativemastershome.htm
    Alternative MA in Education, 48 hours
    At $227/hour = $10,896 total

#161tie  Samford, education.samford.edu/gs/programs/secondary_fynt.asp

<<  Yale MA in urban education studies CLOSED June 2011  >>

Brown, www.brown.edu/Departments/Education/TE/index.php
    2012-13 T = $ 42,808; approximately 45 students/year; 12 months
    Eight "Urban Education Fellows will receive full tuition support for 2008-09"
            "Fellows commit to serve Providence-area urban schools for 3 years upon
             graduation in exchange for loan forgiveness."
             brown.edu/Departments/Education/MATfellowship_app_essay.php
             and www.brown.edu/Departments/Education/Urban_fellowship_application.php

Duke, www.duke.edu/web/MAT/ and
    registrar.duke.edu/sites/default/files/unmanaged/bulletins/graduate/2012-13/gradbltn2012-13.pdf  (pp. 177-178)
    HS teaching; 1 year program; 15 students/year
    36 units of graduate credit
    2012-13 T = $ 46,215
    "all MAT students receive a monthly stipend for their work in Durham Public Schools"
    Up to eight "Durham Teaching Fellows" each year = full T + stipend "in exchange for an agreement
            to teach in Durham Public Schools for two years upon completion of the Program."
    Also offers 11 + 1 fellowships per year specifically for math & science teachers, who agree to
            teach in a "high need" public high school for at least 2 years after graduation.
    Encouraging description of placement record

<< Emory's MAT program CLOSED. >>

Wake Forest, college.wfu.edu/education/graduate-program/
    15 months  "Twenty students in the MTF program are awarded full fellowships, which include full tuition and a small stipend. This is roughly four students per content area. An additional five minority MTF students are awarded full fellowships, which include full tuition and a larger stipend."
    27 master's degrees awarded May 07 including 10 in English
    23 awarded May 08 including 7 in English
    34 awarded May 09 including 9 in English -- including Sarah Cooper, social studies teacher @ Simmons Middle School, Hoover
    28 awarded May 10 including 8 in English
     -- all but one each year showed teaching job the following fall 

Rice, education.rice.edu/   appears to require GREs in the 70th percentile (?)
    7 MATs awarded 06-07, 6 in 08-09
    33 hours * $1840/hour = $60,720 in 2010-11 (one year grad F/T = $33,120)

U of Houston, www.coe.uh.edu/academic-programs/reading-language-arts-education/index.php
    36 hours for MEd
    2010-11 grad T: $250/hour resident, $560/hour nonresident

Tulane, teacher.tulane.edu/
    Teacher preparation & certification program (not a master's degree program)
    All evening classes -- Full time or part time
    Secondary education = 29 hours * $282/hour = $8178 total (School of Continuing Studies)

Clark, www.clarku.edu/departments/education/graduate/mat_grad.cfm  12 months(?)
    Jacob Hiatt Center for Urban Education
    34 masters degrees in education awarded 06-07

U of Chicago, utep.uchicago.edu/  2 full years
    MAT / "Urban Teacher Education Program"
    12-13 T = $18,000 for 1st year + $54,000 for 2nd year = $72,000 total
    Departmental aid = $9,000 for 1st year + $27,000 for 2nd year = $36,000 total
    So, net cost = $36,000 (right?)
    English in K-9 only; high school subjects = math, science only
    March 2010 news of Federal grant that will increase enrollment 4x (from 15 to 60), lower tuition, support $20K grants during residency

Rochester, www.warner.rochester.edu/programs/english/

Wheaton MAT
Earlham MAT -- 11 months; total T $25,000; approximately 18-24 students

Georgia College, hercules.gcsu.edu/~calby/
<<  Agnes Scott's MAT program closed May 2011 >>
Hollins, www.hollins.edu/grad/mat/track2.htm, $265/credit * 40 credits = $10,600
Mary Baldwin, www.mbc.edu/mat/
Belmont, www.belmont.edu/graded/index.html
 

new Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation program for teacher education,
    www.woodrow.org/fellowships/teaching/index.php
    and www.annenbergfoundation.org/news/news_show.htm?doc_id=614753
"In addition to the state-based model being started in Indiana [which is limited to math & science teachers], Woodrow Wilson also announced the creation of a national “Rhodes Scholarship” for teaching. The new Leonore Annenberg Teaching Fellowship, funded by the Annenberg Foundation and Carnegie Corporation of New York, will provide a $30,000 stipend and one year of graduate education at four of the nation’s top teacher-education programs to candidates who agree to teach for three years in low-income schools. The participating education programs are based at Stanford University, the University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, and University of Washington.  N.B.  At this point, it looks as though only undergraduates at [some of??] these institutions are eligible to apply.  Obviously, this could change in the future.
#5  Stanford, http://suse-step.stanford.edu/  and Annenberg program is "Teachers for a New Era," suse-step.stanford.edu/support.htm
            MA in education + CA licensure (12 month program)
            07-08 T = $34,800
            Fall 08 avg GRE (per USN&WR):  686Q, 597V (all ed grad students) = 1283 (69%ileQ, 84%ileV)
                                                                        709Q, 649V doctoral students only
                                                                        Masters' acceptance rate = 50%
            means for students entering fall 2008:  Masters 636Q, 538V = 1174 (57%ileQ, 71%ile V)
                                                            EdD 621Q, 579V = 1200
                                                            PhD 727Q, 660V = 1387
           approximately 70 students in Secondary track
           in 07-08 for all MA programs:  212 enrolled out of 729 applicants                   
#7  Penn, tep.gse.upenn.edu/
12-13 T = $39,100 
"reduced the tuition cost of the M.S.Ed. degree programs in both elementary and secondary education from the standard $44,695 cost, based on number of courses taken,  to a single-fee of  $36,000 for the 11 course unit programs.  In addition, Dean Porter has more than doubled the amount of money available for scholarships for GSE master’s students, ensuring that 75% of our admitted students will be awarded scholarships ranging from $5-13,500 per academic year.  Graduates of the teacher education programs who take teaching positions in schools serving poor students may also take advantage of the various federal loan forgiveness programs for teachers and other public service providers."  tep.gse.upenn.edu/join/join_financial_tuition_reduction09.html
          Fall 08 avg GRE (per USN&WR):  622Q, 543V (all ed grad students) = 1165 (55%ileQ, 71%ileV)
                                                                        677Q, 615V doctoral students only
                                                                        Masters' acceptance rate = 77%
          Fall 07  website: 370 MSEd students avg GRE = 620Q, 529V (53%ileQ, 69%ileV) = 1149
                                                                        ranges: Q 220-800; V 220-760
#12tie  U of Washington, education.washington.edu/
           Annenberg press release, education.washington.edu/news/res_spotlight/wilson.html
#22tie  UVA, 2 year PMGT program,
           curry.edschool.virginia.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=547&Itemid=0>
           09-10 T resident = $12,638, nonresident = $22,648
           Fall 08 avg GRE (per USN&WR):  612Q, 531V (all ed grad students) = 1143 (51%ileQ, 68%ileV)
                                                                       629Q, 562V doctoral students only
                                                                       Masters' acceptance rate = 65%
           Annenberg press release,
           curry.edschool.virginia.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1693&Itemid=28
 

What GRE scores mean: (from the ETS website) based on 2005-08 performance data:
                Q                    V                     English Lit subject exam
                score below     score below     score below
700          71%                97%                        95%
680          66                   96                           91
660          62                   94                           87
640          57                   92                           82
620          52                   89                           76
600          48                   86                           70
580          44                   82                           62
560          39                   77                           55
540          35                   72                           48
520          31                   67                           40
500          28                   62                           33
480          24                   57                           26
460          21                   52                           20
440          18                   46                           15
Mean scores:  586Q, 457V, 3.9W, 541Lit
                Writing Score
           score below
6.0                98%
5.5                92
5.0                81
4.5                63
4.0                41
3.5                23
3.0                10
2.5                 3
2.0                 1

Mean scores by "intended graduate major" --
    English:  546Q, 562V, 4.8W
    Secondary education:  574Q, 483V, 4.4W
    Library school:  540Q, 540V, 4.4W
    Religion:  583Q, 542V, 4.7W
    Communications:  525Q, 470V, 4.4W
    Architecture:  603Q, 472V, 4.2W

From 2009 USN&WR:  Average GREs by subject area
Humanities & Arts     564Q, 545V        1109
Social Sciences          563Q, 487V        1050
Education                  533Q, 449V         982

Catholic Schools

University Consortium for Catholic Education lists 2-year programs (similar to Jesuit Volunteer Corps, see below) -- some for Catholics only, some not including --        
    University of Notre Dame ACE program -- 2 years, free MEd, $12,000 stipend + health ins (Catholic schools in Southern states including Alabama)
    #19 tie  Boston College Urban Catholic Teacher Corps (also Donovan Urban Teaching Scholars Program offers 1/2 tuition scholarships)
    Christian Brothers University LANCE program (Catholic schools in inner-city Memphis)
    Valparaiso University LEAPS program and here  (Lutheran and Catholic schools in northwest Indiana, Chicago)

On low salaries, the "crisis," etc.
       Catholic school enrollment steadily falling in New Orleans area and nationally (Times-Picayune, Nov. 2010)
       Save The Catholic Schools! (City Journal, spring 2007)
        Catholic Schools Struggle to Stay Open (Reason, March 2008)
        Who Will Save America's Urban Catholic Schools? (Thomas Fordham Foundation, April 2008)
           William Bennett on the Fordham study
           NPR story on the study (audio file)
        2006 entry on Catholic Educator blog
        2006 discussion thread
        2001 blog entry
        1993 federal government study of Catholic schools
National Catholic Educational Association website has a Job Bank
Jesuit Volunteer Corps, www.jesuitvolunteers.org/   250 per year
    Jon Wight @ U of Richmond, facultystaff.richmond.edu/~jwight/bio.htm

 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION "College Navigator," nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/   


PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHING FELLOWSHIPS    

University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education 
    Residency Master's in Teaching Program (PRMT program)
    2 year program, 2013-14 T = $ 14,540
    Students earn salary, roon & board, and benefits as Teaching Fellows at nine partner institutions --
        Deerfield, Hotchkiss, Lawrenceville, Loomis Chaffee, Milton, Miss Porter's, Northfield Mt. Hermon, St. Paul's, Taft
Deerfield Academy (MA) teaching fellow program
    four or five per year (or maybe it's 2 or 3)
    deerfield.edu/people/faculty-staff/working-at-deerfield/fellows-programs/   
Northfield Mount Hermon School (MA) internship programs  ???
    www.nmhschool.org/
St. Paul’s School (NH) teaching fellow program
    as many as 4 per year (1 year term)
    apply by January 10, selection by end of April,
    $25K stipend + RB + health ins
    www.sps.edu/
Taft School (CT), teaching fellowship program
    four to six per year; apply by Feb. 15, decision by May 1
    www.taftschool.org/academics/teachingfellows.aspx
Culver Academies (IN) intern program
    11 interns 2009-10; director Tom Thornburg
    only Sewanee grad appears to be Thomas Haynes '81 (English) who teaches math and works with religious life; also a postulant; his wife is a priest at the Episcopal cathedral in South Bend
    David Bowsher @ Adams & Reese, Birmingham, taught English in this program  www.adamsandreese.com/david-k-bowsher/ 
    $15K stipend + RB
    www.culver.org/about-culver/organization/administrative-departments/internship/overview
Phillips Andover (MA) teaching fellow program
    $22K stipend + RB + health ins + 50% dental ins cost
    apply by January 15, selections by June 30
    "fellows are not normally reappointed to the Andover faculty, but
        [we] support applications to other secondary and independent schools"
    www.andover.edu/About/CareersAtAndover/Documents/TeachingFellowshipbrochure2008.pdf
    and www.andover.edu/About/CareersAtAndover/Documents/TeachingFellowAPP2008.pdf
Phillips Exeter (NH) teaching internship program
    six to eight recent college grads per year; Duncan Holcomb
    stipend + RB + health ins
    www.exeter.edu/about_us/171_313.aspx
Groton School (MA) teacher-intern program
    apply by January 1
    $26,600 stipend + RB + 75% of health insurance cost
    www.groton.org/about/working/intern
Cheshire Academy (CT) teaching internship program    
Greenwich Acadmey (CT) (Girls K-12) middle and upper school teaching fellows  ???
    www.greenwichacademy.org/

Wesleyan School (GA), Faculty Fellows Program
    one year (?); salary + housing + health benefits + lunch
    first round interviews on March 8, 2010
    issuu.com/wesleyanschool/docs/facultyfellowsbooklet?e=4957895/2708752  or
    http://www.wesleyanschool.org/data/files/gallery/ContentGallery/FacultyFellowsBooklet_web.pdf
    6 faculty fellow hires summer 2010 for 2010-11 (?) --> Jessie Dutcher (4th grade, Furman elem ed), Annalise Peters (English 7, BA UGA pub/int'l affairs), Lynn Roney (Spanish, BA Berry), Eric Lang (English HS, BA Harvard), Patrick Lawson (Math 8, BBA UGA), Carlton Walker (History MS, BA Colgate)
    6 faculty fellows 2009-10 (?) --> Ryan Gibaldo (Fine Arts, BA Ga State), Ilya Gokhman (Math, BBA & MAcc UGA), Maggie Horn (?, BA Wake Forest), Amy Hruska (Science, BS Mary Washington), Nate Rupp (Fine Arts, BA Berry), Barbara Wilson (soc sci, BA SAMFORD)
    Mel Schulze HS biology teacher:  BS Sewanee, MS Michigan, JD GWU
    6 faculty fellows 2011-12 (apparently) includes Joe Reilly (Sewanee history major) for 5th grade -- Sept. 2013 is now on staff as middle school geography teacher