Hi everyone I was told to restart this thread with the good news that there are jobs to be had! If you land a job please include: What grade and/or subject? How long have you been trying? How many resumes did you send out? How many interviews or job fairs? What general geographic area? ________________________________________________________ I will be teaching 7th grade math next year! I have been trying for one year. I sent out 15 resumes. I went to one interview. I live in Georgia.
What grade and/or subject? 1st Grade!!! How long have you been trying? I am graduating in May...started applying in January. How many resumes did you send out? Around here it's all done online only. I'd say around 20. How many interviews or job fairs? my first interview! :woot: What general geographic area? midwest, suburb of a larger city
If you land a job please include: What grade and/or subject? Pre-school How long have you been trying? 6 months How many resumes did you send out? 45 How many interviews or job fairs? none What general geographic area? Upstate New York (hudson valley) So excited! It seems like it took forever, but this job and center is perfect. I feel so lucky!
What grade and/or subject? a primary grade How long have you been trying? over a year How many resumes did you send out? I literally lost count... How many interviews or job fairs? 5 What general geographic area? DC I am ECSTATIC that my hard work has finally paid off!!!!
Next school year I will be in the city (private/charter). I'm not brave enough to do DCPS.:lol: But I currently live/teach in the suburb, inbox me if you are looking in the area!
What grade and/or subject? 7th Math and Science How long have you been trying? A few months (graduating in May) How many resumes did you send out? 60ish (EACH hand-delivered) How many interviews or job fairs? 2 job fairs, 1 interview What general geographic area? Midwest/Oklahoma I am so excited to have a job for the new year. I know I am very blessed to have one this soon in the season and I wish everyone else good luck! This forum has helped me so much to be successful!
Congrats!! I was thinking it was about time we see some postings about people getting jobs! Seeing this keeps me going and hoping my name (and so many others) goes up soon!
Thank you! I'm in Nebraska...the eastern part of the state where jobs are much harder to come by, so I'm grateful.
What grade and/or subject? 4th, I believe. She wants me in 4th, but might be 3rd. How long have you been trying? Overall, since May of 2010. How many resumes did you send out? This year, only 4 online. Last year, too many to remember. (I only sent out resumes to the area where my husband and I will be moving.) How many interviews or job fairs? This year, one main interview, then a supplementary interview with the superintendent. Last year, I only had 2 teaching interviews. What general geographic area? Midwest/Southern Missouri
What grade and/or subject? Title 1 Math How long have you been trying? 1 month How many resumes did you send out? 15 at the job fair, around 10 online How many interviews or job fairs? 1 job fair with 2 interviews at the fair Interviewed with a total of 4 schools. Turned down by 1. Offered a job by 1. Was still waiting to hear from the other 2. What general geographic area? Utah - Online
I just got hired Thursday! What grade and/or subject? 3rd or 5th (I'll know for sure Tuesday after the board meeting) How long have you been trying? Since I graduated in December How many resumes did you send out? Probably about 15 or so How many interviews or job fairs? Three interviews. 1 job fair What general geographic area?Missouri
What grade and/or subject? 5th grade How long have you been trying? exactly 1 year (graduated May 2010) How many resumes did you send out? Oh my goodness, seriously, I have no idea. 95% of the applications are submitted online here, but this position was one of the few where I had to mail it in. If I were to take a guess I would say... A LOT. How many interviews or job fairs? I have had 13 interviews, 1 job fair What general geographic area? far south suburbs of Chicago
Congrats to all of those who have already gotten jobs. I am looking again this year because my current school had to do away with physics to hire a new football coach so hopefully I will be in this listing soon. I had an interview this morning so hopefully I will be hired. 2011-2012 Jobs math1abee--7th grade Math--Georgia MissBecky--1st Grade nypkteacher85--Pre-School--Upstate New York Miss84--primary grade--Washington D.C. AFine--7th Grade Math and Science--Oklahoma mb_teacher--3rd or 4th Grade--Missouri zanke--Title 1 Math--Utah pinkdaisy88--3rd or 5th Grade--Missouri AsherDasher--5th Grade--Chicago suburb As of May 9th, we have 9 jobs!! Congrats!!
stg and In--Thanks! I just found out 2 weeks ago and I was shocked. They are going to use Virtual School for physics. stg--I will keep up the list this summer since you will only need to visit for the occasional congrats!!
WOW, physics taught to high schoolers on line?? I can see why you would be shocked. How or will they do labs??
No labs and they spent $10,000 on lab equipment for physics last school year. Now it will sit in the closet and collect dust.
Good luck chemteach55!!! never lost the hope!!! I was posted a more than 15 o more application online!! Im looking my first regular job. I'm a subs since two years ago, I'm study for my state test actually, is my internship/job.....jeje... So...they will gooooooooooooo.....
Congrats to everyone so far! I just thought about restarting the thread and saw someone beat me to it So glad we have jobs already!!
2011-2012 Jobs math1abee--7th grade Math--Georgia MissBecky--1st Grade nypkteacher85--Pre-School--Upstate New York Miss84--primary grade--Washington D.C. AFine--7th Grade Math and Science--Oklahoma mb_teacher--3rd or 4th Grade--Missouri zanke--Title 1 Math--Utah pinkdaisy88--3rd or 5th Grade--Missouri AsherDasher--5th Grade--Chicago suburb donziejo--Middle School--Mississippi As of May 16th, we have 10 jobs!! Congrats!!
I was just hired to teach middle school special ed for next school year, so you can add me to that list.
2011-2012 Jobs math1abee--7th grade Math--Georgia MissBecky--1st Grade nypkteacher85--Pre-School--Upstate New York Miss84--primary grade--Washington D.C. AFine--7th Grade Math and Science--Oklahoma mb_teacher--3rd or 4th Grade--Missouri zanke--Title 1 Math--Utah pinkdaisy88--3rd or 5th Grade--Missouri AsherDasher--5th Grade--Chicago suburb donziejo--Middle School--Mississippi DaveG--Middle School SpecialEd--Illinois chemteacher55--high school Biol and Chem--Louisiana As of May 24th, that is 12 jobs!! Congrats!! My stats-- Looked for 4 weeks, sent out about 50 resumes, and went on 1 interview. I actually have 2 job offers but one is with a principal that I worked with before so she did not have to interview me
