I have posted here in the past on rare occasion. I recently
retired after 38 years and 30 in my last district. During the
course of my entire career, it has been very hard securing a
teaching position. My first one was relatively easy too secure
but I was just 22 and youth always has a huge advantage.

The second one I subbed briefly into my position and the
principal was interested in hiring competent subs. The third
round was tough. I had to sub two years before I secured a job.
Some subbed people subbed 5 years. That was when I realized the
system was shot through and through with politics. I almost had
one job but the gal that got it was having an affair with one of
the principals who was in cohoots with the district office.
Both of them were married and later divorced and married each
other. Well, I love teaching but not to that degree to secure a
job.

More people will be retiring as the economy improves. If you
can hang in awhile longer hopefully your dreams will come true.

Jeannie

>
>
> Eric,
> I apologize for stating this again, but...
>
> I do not mean to argue with you in this time of stress, but I
> have to disagree with you on one point here and that is where
> you have stated, "Furthermore, he said that I shouldn't leave
> last year's experience off my resume, because that is
> considered falsifying information, and if caught, that is a
> felony."
>
> I just do not see how omitting ANY job or experience from one's
> resume in any field could ever be considered a felony. This
> sounds totally ridiculous. If I am wrong about this and it is a
> FELONY, somebody chime in and tell me so.
>
> And even if it were a crime, I am positive that there is no
> crime in simply stating that experience as follows:
>
> 4th grade Learning Support Teacher
> ABC School, DEF School District
> Anytown, NJ
> LIST THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE PHONE NUMBER OF THE HR
> DEPARTMENT AND THAT'S IT. DO NOT INCLUDE THE PRINCIPAL'S NAME
> OR NUMBER OR ANYTHING.
> Description of the things you accomplished there and the
> experience you gained.
>
> My cooperating teacher during my student teaching was a wolf in
> sheep's clothing. She was destructive, emotionally unavailable,
> egotistic, etc. But in a way that one would never know it until
> it was too late. I list that experience on the resume but I do
> not include her name as a reference.
>
> Let us know how this works out if you want to,
> Best wishes,
> Hermione

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