Well, third grade is going pretty well so far. This week I am on Spring Break and really just not doing much except for being lazy and lounging around. It feels VERY good :) When we go back, I will be starting multiplication with my students and shifting into hardcore test-prep mode. They take their math test in a little over 2 weeks. I am nervous for them, so I cannot even imagine how they must feel. I do not remember such stress being put upon me while I was a third grader. Hmm...Gotta love those standardized tests!
Last Thursday I went to a Teacher Job Fair. I ended up having two different interviews that both seemed to go pretty well. It did make me slightly discouraged, though. I feel like I am never going to get a teaching job in Ohio. Especially not in Northeast Ohio, which is where I would like to stay for the time being. I just want my own classroom! Subbing is not terrible, but it would feel so much nicer to have my own classroom where I can do all of my own things. I guess I am going to just keep applying and see what happens. I am still considering moving to North Carolina, but I'm not sure if I want to just haul off and move to a place where I know NO ONE. Not a soul. It's a scary thing to think about...but at the same time I feel like it could be strangely adventurous and exciting. I guess we will see where I am at come July and then it will be time to take any job I can get that seems halfway decent.
I don't know. This job search process is incredibly frustrating. How come no one in college prepared us (us being myself and my fellow teacher friends) for the extensive post-college job search process? I mean, sure I have the college's career center, but I almost feel like I should have taken a whole class on this kind of thing. It is exhausting and overwhelming just to write about on here. It almost feels hopeless...like a lost cause...I wish I would just see a *poof* of smoke and a magical job contract with a decent salary and good benefits would just appear in front of me, with a pen floating next to it to sign with.
Hey, a girl can dream, can't she!?
I plan on using the remainder of this break to continue applying to school districts and getting my name out there. There has got to be SOMETHING I can do...
I'll keep you posted.
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- missteachercasey
- I am a 22 year old brand new teacher searching for her first job! Here you will find me writing about my learning experiences, random thoughts, and what it's like to have my first taste of the real life of a teacher.
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2 comments:
just wanted to tell you.. i feel your pain! i live in PA and i have been experiencing the same thing too! i have a dual degree in elem/special ed and was told all the time how i'd have "no problem" getting a job right away. well now they are saying to me, great, what other certs to you have? huh?? ugh so now i am taking the praxis test for middle school english.. but at the same pt. im like, i got the dual because i want to teach elementary aged! lol
anyways, the only advice i can give you that i've been told recently is to be aggressive. yes, there may not be a TON of jobs, but there are some position opening everywhere all the time.. even your area! so they have to give it to someone!
good luck.. i'll be thinking of you/your blog while standing in lines at job fairs and/or writing a ridiculous amount of cover letters!! :)
I am so relieved to have found a fellow blogger in the same boat as me! Sorry it happens to sail in the sea of no jobs. :( I will be sure to keep checking in hopes you find a great position and get your own classroom; I know exactly what you mean wanting your own classroom! Good luck.
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