TEACHING – DON’T GIVE UP ON YOUR JOB SEARCH!
SOME INSIGHT FROM A JOB SEEKER WHO WAS JUST HIRED FOR A NEW TEACHING JOB: “SchoolSpring played a huge part in helping me find a teaching job. I constantly received e-mails with available jobs and was fortunate enough to be contacted for interviews for several of the jobs I applied for. It is a very competitive market, so do not be discouraged if you aren’t contacted for an interview or even a quick acknowledgment that your application was received. For every 15 jobs I applied for, I heard back from maybe one and it took well over a year and a half for me to find the position I really wanted.” ~Jennifer from Towson, MD~ … Read entire article »
Filed under: Hiring, Interview Questions, Recruiting
Paperless Recruiting Case Study
Remarkable Results with Paperless Recruiting A Case Study: Ludlow Public Schools, Massachusetts Web Site: www.ludlowps.org District The Challenge: Mountains of paperwork that accompanied the district’s recruitment process plagued Ludlow Public Schools. Receiving, copying, and distributing applications was cumbersome and expensive. Additionally, tracking and storing all the paperwork necessary to ensure accountability throughout the hiring process was laborious and difficult, requiring countless hours of personnel time and valuable office space. So when Dr. Theresa M. Kane, Associate Superintendent for Curriculum … Read entire article »
Filed under: Budget Cuts, Featured, Hiring, Jim Fitzpatrick, Recruiting, Teacher Pay, technology in education
TEACHING JOBS NOT AS SCARCE AS WE HAVE BEEN MADE TO THINK
You’ve probably seen many headlines over the last year that have frightened educators as they hear about schools decreasing staff. Headlines like “Providence, RI pink slips ALL their teachers,” “CA sends out thousands of pink slips this year”; and “Green Country school districts cutting teacher positions”. Educators are asking: Where are all the teaching jobs? What is the status of being an educator in the future? According to an article by Cheri Carlson, in The … Read entire article »
Filed under: Future of Education, Hiring, Recruiting, Teacher motivation
Every politician who micromanages education today should visit a PAR meeting.
HELPING TEACHERS HELP THEMSELVES (NY Times)… COULD THIS WORK IN YOUR SCHOOL? The Montgomery County Public Schools system here has a highly regarded program for evaluating teachers, providing them extra support if they are performing poorly and getting rid of those who do not improve. The program, Peer Assistance and Review — known as PAR — uses several hundred senior teachers to mentor both newcomers and struggling veterans. If the mentoring does not work, the PAR panel … Read entire article »
Filed under: Education Reform, Firing Teachers, Future of Education, Hiring, Recruiting, teacher evaluation, Teacher motivation, Teacher skills
Teachers – Use Your Competitive Advantage
On May 10th at 1:00 p.m. SchoolSpring is offering a webinar, “Using Your Competitive Advantage to Find a Teaching Job”, held by Tracy Brisson, Founder and CEO of The Opportunities Project (http://opportunitiesproject.com), She will coach teachers on how to make themselves stand out from the crowd when searching for a job. She will also discuss how to boost your resume, use effective interview strategies, and network your way to a job. Sign up at http://eepurl.com/dFbNsn … Read entire article »
Filed under: Hiring, Recruiting, Teacher motivation, Teacher skills
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