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I recently received notice that I was placed on a referral list for a secondary music position. I am a third year teacher, and this is the third year my application has been in the system for Dodea. Over the past year or so I have received four referrals, but as of yet no interviews. I realized after the fact that I had not updated my application to include my current job, or the graduate credits I have earned in the past school year.

My last update was when the school I taught at last year eliminated the choral music program I was teaching in due to budget cuts making it look like I have not been teaching this past year. I was just so stressed about finding a job prior to this school year, and then with all of the adjustments we had to make with the pandemic I had almost completely forgotten about it.

I know as a third year teacher my chances are already pretty slim because there are so many more experienced teachers out there, but is it too late to add that inform...See More
Icanread I would definitely suggest that you go in and update your application. It's possible the hiring admin will see the updates when/if they pull your application.
Mar 6, 2021
Educate I agree, update it! Also, out of curiosity, do you have your application set for this current school year or next school year?
Mar 6, 2021
HelpOthers If it shows the location of the referral, this might be a case for e-mailing the principal to say that you have new information that was not in the application at the time of the referral and you want to make sure they have the updated information.
Mar 6, 2021
TromboneLady @Icanread, thank you! I went in and updated the application

@Educate, it was set for the current school year at the time of the referral, but I did update it with everything else.

@HelpOthers it did show a location, where would I be able to find the principal's contact information?

I'm trying not to get my hopes up too m...See More
Mar 7, 2021


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