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Re: To: Sarah A More to SARAH A
Posted by Sarah on 7/19/08
Thanks Ronda for following up with so much help. Huntsville
certainly does have nice people living here!
I will take the suggestions about the schools that are hiring and
work on that this coming week!
I am definitely open to doing a leave of some kind. I am keeping
my eyes open for that too!
Thanks again Ronda!
On 7/19/08, Ronda wrote:
> This is what I read on the general board. There is a whole
> thread about it and the thread is very good! That you are
> available for long-term sub jobs. That's how I got hired
> seven years ago. On the first day of school, I was called by
> the school where I now teach. They'd hired a long-term sub
> (maternity leave) starting that day and the person didn't
> show up. They asked if I was interested and I jumped at the
> chance. It was 7th gr reading and English. I did six weeks
> maternity leave and one more week because the theacher's
> mother was very ill. During the last week I was there, I got
> called into the office and was told to call a principal at
> an ele. school near my house. They had an overload of 4th and
> 5th graders and were going to open a brand new classroom of
> gr. 4/5. Was I interested? My principal let me go during my
> plan time (for the interview) and I was hired to finish out
> the year the next day! By the end of the year, numbers were
> back down, so I knew that position wouldn't be there for the
> next year, and head of HR came out and interviewed me in my
> classroom. He said I'd get a job by fall. On the day before
> teachers reported back, I got a call. It was a Sunday night
> and it was two principals from my present school, where I'd
> done the maternity leave. They had hired a man to teach 7th
> gr Reading (SpEd) and had found out that he was not going to
> take the position. Could I come and do the job for 9 weeks
> as a sub, then interview and be offered the job? I said yes,
> and that's how I got into the public system here...... and
> I'm starting my 7th yr at this school- all due to long-term
> subbing jobs.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- To: Sarah A, 7/18/08, by Ronda.
- Re: To: Sarah A More to SARAH A, 7/19/08, by Ronda.
- Re: To: Sarah A More to SARAH A, 7/19/08, by Sarah.
- Re: To: Sarah A More to SARAH A, 7/20/08, by 1st grade teacher.
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