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Re: How do us northerners obtain a job in NC?
Posted by Rosie on 9/22/08
I understand the OP question. In my home state of PA job
interviewing is high stakes. I had to teach a demonstration
lesson once, complete an essay once, etc. Many schools in PA
will not even consider you if your GPS is not at least 3.80 or
higher. (Too many applicants for few jobs). I got my job in
NC by stopping at the school and asking if they were hiring.
The principal interviewed me and offered me the job within five
minutes. (I had submitted all the required paper work to the
county prior to coming down here). My daughter was hired over
the phone. She had mentioned that her mother taught in the
district and the principal called me in my classroom saying
that he was having trouble getting in touch with her. I told
him that she would be available for intervies during such and
such a week. He said he would hire her over the phone if she
would get in touch with him.
On 9/22/08, Info but stay away from schools with phone
interviews! wrote:
> You get a job in NC the same way you get a job anywhere else
> in the United States. You apply, go in for an interview,
> and wait to get accepted or rejected. There is generally
> only one interview, no follow ups. Many times it will be
> the principal, assistant principal, department head, and or
> colleagues who sit in on the interview and ask questions.
> I've only been to two interviews that were just with the
> principal, the rest had the AP and colleagues. I'm not sure
> when you are looking to relocate but keep in mind positions
> start opening up in mid October and November to start in
> January. Also, in the Spring, there are lots of job fairs.
> There's one for western NC in May, there was one at UNC
> Charlotte in February last year that had schools from all
> over the state, then there are several job fairs in the
> Charlotte area for CMS, Union County, Gaston County, and
> usually another one for all of the schools in the Charlotte
> Metro area. I have personally never gotten a job from a job
> fair. I went to one but I hated the environment. I have
> gotten every teaching job the traditional way. OK, I will
> admit, I did get my first teaching job in Charlotte Meck
> Schools with a phone interview but it was a disaster and
> would not recommend going that route. Trust me! The best
> thing would be to apply, send your resume to the principals
> of schools where you would like to work, and follow up with
> a phone call letting them know you will be in town during
> such and such dates and that you would love to stop by for
> an interview if they have an opening. You could come down
> during a week when you can fit in some job fairs. I
> personally don't like job fairs, but I know people who have
> been hired and since you don't live here you can talk with
> people from different districts and get your name out
> there.
>
> On 9/21/08, Up North wrote:
>> Hello, for those of you who transplanted to a school
>> district in NC, how did you handle the interview process,
>> were you able to interview over the phone or was it
>> necessary to make several trips to NC? Here in NJ you can
>> attend 4 interviews and still not get the position!
Posts on this thread, including this one
- How do us northerners obtain a job in NC?, 9/21/08, by Up North.
- Re: How do us northerners obtain a job in NC?, 9/22/08, by Info but stay away from schools with phone interviews!.
- Re: How do us northerners obtain a job in NC?, 9/22/08, by Rosie.
- Re: How do us northerners obtain a job in NC?, 9/22/08, by northerner.
- Re: How do us northerners obtain a job in NC?, 9/22/08, by Lorena.
- Re: How do us northerners obtain a job in NC?, 10/04/08, by Melissa.
- Re: How do us northerners obtain a job in NC?, 10/04/08, by caution.
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