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The good news is, there have been many openings in my husband's field, the bad news is, he hasn't exactly gotten any calls. He is LT subbing right now, so I get to make the F/U calls to the applications he sends to check to see if and when the district has started interviewing.

Some districts have been 2 hours from our home, but you know, desperate times call for desperate measures. We would move. He mentions that (not the desperate thing, but the move thing) in the interest letters. Anyway, he submitted 6 apps in southern Ohio all within about 2 weeks of each other. I F/U last week which was about 5 weeks past the first one sent. They ALL have hired already AND HE NEVER GOT A CALL!

So, exasperation and/or deperation in my voice, prompted one employee to tell me that they receive HUNDREDS of applications for one opening and every applicant is basically a carbon copy of the next. We (you) all just finished school, just did student teaching, frequently all attended the ...See More
CB Oh man...that is just so tough and I am so sorry for you and your husband.

To your credit, though, his sounds like he is truly doing everything possible to get a job. A lot of times, people will say they are "desperate" and "willing to do anything," but they won't apply to certain districts or they have a pecking list of schools at which t...See More
May 19, 2009
I know just what you mean... I know right where you are coming from! My husband (4-9 math and language arts teacher) had to take a teaching job in North Carolina after trying for two years to find a teaching job in Ohio. We moved to N.C. in the fall of 2005 and have been applying for teaching jobs in Ohio since then with no luck(not even a call). At this point anywhere in Ohio...See More
May 19, 2009
Elizabeth Thanks, CB, I forwarded that to him. He is doing a lot, but this whole networking thing has been hard for him too. He sees it as being a PITA (Pain in the ---), but he IS trying. We did buy business cards from vistaprint. We also worked up a "thank you" sheet that he would fill out at the end of the subbing day to advise the teacher who was out wha...See More
May 20, 2009
austin On 5/19/09, I know just what you mean... wrote: > I know right where you are coming from! My husband (4-9 math > and language arts teacher) had to take a teaching job in > North Carolina after trying for two years to find a teaching > job in Ohio. We moved to N.C. in the fall of 2005 and have > been applying for teaching jobs in Ohio...See More
May 22, 2009
In NC... Hi, I've been reading through this thread and have a few suggestions for places to look:

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None of these school systems are perfect and from what I understand you gotta call the schools individually- to let the principal know you're interested.

You must perform...See More
May 23, 2009


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