For "get certified in special ed",
I am wondering what your experience in transferring your teaching
certificate from the midwest to OR entailed. I have a MS-Reading
and BS-ELED from Nebraska (passed the PPST years ago). I moved to
OR almost 2 years ago (I am currently a SAHM) and am in the
process of obtaining licensure here. I am signed up to sub in
order to put in my 180 days of service before I can obtain
licensure here. So far, there have been no available dates to
substitute teach (I admit I can't be available 24/7 with young
kids in the house)and I'm getting frustrated. 180 days seems
excessive to me...What was your experience in getting licensure in
Oregon? Thanks so much and good luck to you!!
On 9/05/08, get certified in special ed..... wrote:
> I came from the midwest and had SO many interview requests from
> very desirable districts. I actually got solicited by several.
> All you have to do is pass the Praxis Special Education test
> (really not that hard.)
> I had 5 years of special ed. teaching experience though, as
> well as regular education language arts.
>
>
> On 6/11/08, TT wrote:
>> Oregon is infamous for being an extremely tough place to find
>> a teaching job. In recent years there were budget cutbacks,
>> and that coupled with hundreds of recent college grads is why
>> it is hard to get teaching jobs up there unless it is a
>> high-demand field.
>>
>> There is nothing wrong with you; it's just the competition for
>> jobs is so stiff.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6/04/08, Jeremy wrote:
>>> I'm a second career teacher (44 years old, three years
>>> exp. as a 5th -8th grade teacher ) who moved to Portland
>>> last fall with a full CA CLAD MS credential. It took me
>>> until early spring to obtain a basic OR license and become
>>> comfortable using EDZAPP. I'm willing to accept a job all
>>> but the Southernmost counties and I've sent out electronic
>>> apps and zapps to approximately forty districts with just
>>> one interview request so far. Four years ago when I was
>>> transmitting the same essential data throughout CA (via
>>> EDJOIN), I was averaging three to five interviews a week!
>>> What am I missing? I have added experience, glowing
>>> references from my three year tenure at my former school,
>>> BTSA and COMP certification to my "package" - shouldn't I
>>> be getting some bites? One thing, I felt like I was
>>> getting the brushoff from the district booth gatekeepers
>>> when I attended the Portland job fair. Later in the day,
>>> while washing up in the restroom, I caught a look at my
>>> own, lived in, 44 year old image and suddenly felt a bit
>>> out of place amongst the vast throngs of fresh, youthful
>>> faces around me. I'm trying to quell the demoralizing
>>> impulse to start "shadowboxing" and would like to recieve
>>> some objective, professional input from a person or a
>>> service with the eyes and the inside knowledge, specific
>>> to Oregon's public education system, that might see what
>>> I'm missing. I'm a damn good teacher! However, this whole
>>> experience is starting to get to me. Please help!
>>>
>>> Jeremy

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