Traci,

Your first hurdle in securing a teaching job in Alabama is
obtaining an Alabama teaching certificate. Unless you are
Nationally Board Certified, your certificate from Lousiana
is not valid in Alabama. There is paperwork involved and
you may have to take some additional college classes to meet
certification requirements. This can be a VERY slow
process. I suggest that you contact the Alabama State Baord
of Education immediately to find out what you need to do to
be certified.

Paraprofessional positions (what you called teacher's
assistants) are very coveted and in my system are almost
harder to come by than a teacher's position. In my system,
they are usually given to dedicated substitutes.

Alabama is, unfortunately, in proration our budgets have
been cut 25% for the last two months. I forsee this getting
worse before it gets better.

Mobile is the largest school system in the state and asking
for a particular school might do you more harm than good in
seeking a position. I don't think it will matter to them at
all that you live across the street. Your best best is to
secure a position and HOPE for a transfer to the school of
your choice in the future (like after you get tenure).

Contrary to what you think, there are MANY private schools
in Mobile. There are quite a few parochial schools,
especially catholic.

The link below will take you to the Teach in Alabam website
where you can see what jobs have been posted in the Mobil
area and apply on-line for a position.

I wish you the best of luck.

On 11/20/08, Traci wrote:
> My husbands job is requiring us to relocate to the Mobile
> area. I am currently teaching preschool at a private
> school and have been doing so for nearly 14 years. I did
> some research and noticed public schools in Alabama start
> at Kindergarten. There is also not as many private
> schools there. We noticed that across the street from
> where we are looking to buy a house, there is a public
> school. Do you think there is any chance of them hiring
> me? If not for teacher, what about assistant position?
> Since we will not have any family, nor friends in the
> state to help us out, would they take that into
> consideration and also the fact that we will be living
> exactly across the street from the school? I heard that
> the school system there is strict and they place you/you
> can't choose where you want to be employed. Is this
> true? Can anyone give me some helpful information to
> assist me in continuing what I love to do... I am looking
> forward to the move in the upcoming weeks, but not the job
> hunting process! Attention to this matter would be
> greatly appreciated!

Teach in Alabama

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