So, I finally get a call back for a second interview at a cyber charter school. It's a great school, the 2nd best cyber school in the state (the...
Pete, I live in PA and I feel exactly the same way. I, too, have all of the schools in the area bookmarked and check them a few times a week....
Since I enjoy scrapbooking, I made my portfolio a scrapbook. I included pictures of my students working and scrapped those pages. I included my...
my last school had no a/c and it wasn't allowed. I wore a lot of skirts at the beginning of school and end of school! It got to be well over 100...
Wow, in any of the schools I've ever taught in, shorts and tank tops were a no-no. I mean, we wore them on inservice or clerical days, but never...
A lot of the schools in the Pittsburgh area won't accept applications unless a position is posted. We also have an online clearing house for...
I applied to Sewickley Academy for the 3rd, 4th, & 5th grade positions. THe head told me that they were "tightly scheduled" and would contact me...
Hey Hannah - Good luck! I noticed you live in Sewickley! I live in Baden, about 10 minutes from you! Where have you interviewed? I've had 5...
congrats! I'm still interviewing....I hope i'll have the same good news as everyone else soon! :)
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In my experience of doing a demo lesson with the interviewers, I treated them exactly as I would the students. They told me to be prepared for...
PA: www.pareap.net www.pa-educator.net https://www.tcs.ed.state.pa.us/jobsearch/doorway.asp - PA Dept of Education...
Meatball77 - I agree with you. THe tests really aren't anything you can prepare for. I never studied for any of mine, and I passed first time,...
you can no long take just the praxis to get a reading specialist certificate. You have to go through an approved master's program and pass the...
wow, in PA, they told us up to 8 weeks to be the FBI fingerprints back. It took mine 4 weeks.
In PA, we have 501 school districts. Each school district has at least an elementary school and a jr/sr high. Most have at least one building for...
I taught in a charter school last year and there was no union. I originally thought that no union would be a good thing. Not true. We were totally...
So far this year, I have sent out roughly 30 packets. Some schools around here ask that you wait to send them until a job is posted, so I have...
I was in the same boat last summer. I did not mention it in a cover letter because I didn't want that to be held against me. When I had interviews...
The charter school I taught at had similar pay to our local public schools, but much higher classroom ratios in 6-7 grades (25!). K-5 had 20...
