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Re: No luck in OR., so far! Please help!
Posted by TeachinTucson on 6/14/08

    I tried to get a job in OR for 5 years--in Bend area and PDX. I
    knew of people who had been subbing for even longer than I had
    been and weren't any closer to getting a full-time position.
    Speaking Spanish, being in Math or Science, or SPED might help,
    but that's got to be the toughest place on the planet to find
    full-time teaching. It's even difficult to get enough work
    subbing, and the PDX school district stopped taking subs when I
    inquired, because they had too many--most were certified
    teachers with Master's degrees! It's all about who you know or
    having something in high demand.

    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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