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Re: Unemployed teacher in S.W. Michigan
Posted by Looking for a job in Michigan on 7/17/09
I'm also in Southwest lower Michigan and it is very difficult
to obtain a teaching job. I graduated April of 2008. I've
applied for many places but they have told me that they are
hiring people with more experience. It is hard to get the
experience if nobody gives you the chance. The schools that I
have talked to said they get to pick teachers that have years
of experience in that have been laid off. I really don't want
to move out of state, but they said it will probably be like
this for a couple more years. And yes..many applicants! I
also thought about going back to school this fall. Are you
talking about the no worker left behind? When I talked to
Michigan Works, they said they would help pay for that!!
On 6/30/09, Jodi wrote:
> It is impossible to get an elementary teaching job in
> Southwest lower Michigan. The number of applicants for one
> job is 387. YES! REALLY! I have had five interviews, and
> no luck. Last October, I was hired as a first year teacher
> in a high poverty district (where I did my internship),
> however an elementary school in the district had closed,
> and I was pink-slipped. Now I'm back at square one. I want
> to go back to get my masters degree in educational
> leadership, however, I just found out that Obama's single
> mother's grant in Michigan is only available for mom's
> that have not worked, have a H.S. diploma, and have sat on
> their ass and collected state funding while watching soap-
> operas. What is that about? I am unable to recieve any
> kind of federal aid, pell grant, or any kind of funding
> (because I have a B.S.) I am pissed. With this free money
> they (Lazy Ass moms) are able to get the same degree I
> have now. Where is the justice in that? They had the same
> choice I had.
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