I'm getting so discouraged!
Finding a teaching job sucks.
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 KiKiKelly22 |
Finding a teaching job sucks. |
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Posts: 26607 (11/15/2009 11:41 AM) |
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Sleepn |
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Posts: 19538 (11/15/2009 12:08 PM) Most Mysterious '08 |
maybe you could see if your local hospitals have a working classroom for pediatrics or check with a community outreach/social service office to see if there is
a need for instructional resourcing, or see if your public school system has a "Parents as Teachers" program which is an outreach into the community.
these aren't classroom jobs, of course, but your foot would be in "a" door! and, better yet, they're not bound by contract so when a classroom job does come up you're free to look into it. the other possibility is that something will come up at semester...and you could also ask to be on a long-term sub list and dazzle the administration with your work during the stay. good luck & cross your fingers for April! 
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Nancy White |
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Posts: 3089 (11/15/2009 12:09 PM) |
finding job in general is very dissapointing and exhausting...
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Sleepn |
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Posts: 19539 (11/15/2009 12:13 PM) Most Mysterious '08 |
in all fairness, though, since teaching jobs are entered by contract, there's generally a very small window of opportunity each year to grab one.
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KiKiKelly22 |
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Posts: 26609 (11/15/2009 12:15 PM) |
And in Ontario, it's nearly impossible because they allowed retired teachers to come back and supply, which pisses me off!
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SpaceCowgirlFL |
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Posts: 5984 (11/15/2009 12:26 PM) |
The best advice I can give you is to get signed on with several school districts as a substitute. I spent six months working full time in retail and spending
my two days off teaching in various districts. It was utterly exhausting and hellish, I won't lie. But I met some amazing contacts and built up rapport in
different school districts. Last summer I had several schools squabbling over who would get me
 After all that I work I got my pick of schools. It's
not in the best district, but I had some great options as a first year teacher.
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KatieSLP |
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Posts: 720 (11/15/2009 12:28 PM) |
Sleepn wrote: This is great advice. I have spent a lot of time volunteering at my kids schools and I knew some teachers that got in the door this way. After a school year started they would take a job as an aide or substitute. One just volunteered an afternoon a week while she was supposedly looking for a job. When a teaching job opened up in the school or district they were a natural fit because they were there already but had the credentials to fill the position. A substitute or aide position may not be what you want but it would at least be work and you get in the door so you are there when a teachers position opens up. It would also put you in a network of teachers and principals that know of teaching positions when they open up. It seemed to me that, at my childrens school district, the principals from the district all talk and they always would rather hire someone they know for a position then interview outside applicants they don't. It is a way in if you can't find another one. |
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KiKiKelly22 |
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Posts: 26611 (11/15/2009 12:38 PM) |
SpaceCowgirlFL wrote:In Ontario it works a little differently I think. Each board has a supply "list" and you need to apply to get on the list in order to be an occasional teacher. The problem is the list is only "open" for 1 week a year and it's just as hard to get a supply job as a full-time job because it's nearly impossible to get on the damn list, due to retired teachers coming back to do supply work. |
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Posts: 2030 (11/15/2009 12:48 PM) |
It took me four years to finally get the job I wanted. I substituted and worked as an aide for awhile and it finally paid off. Don't give up hope because
something will come along eventually. It may take some time, but you'll find something.
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