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frustrated

by Mike

Oct 21, 2008

Hello all

I am a certified phys. ed. teacher looking for a job in Long Island, NY. I graduated with my Bachelors in 2004. After substituting for 3 yrs. in a public school, I was passed up for a position several times. I am highly qualified and I coach competitive gymnastics. I have sent out countless resumes and still cannot obtain a full time position! The hiring process seems to be very political and there are not many positions available. Any suggestions or ideas? Thanks.

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Steven On 10/21/08, Mike wrote: > Hello all > > I am a certified phys. ed. teacher looking for a job in Long > Island, NY. I graduated with my Bachelors in 2004. After > substituting for 3 yrs. in a public school, I was passed up > for a position several times. I am highly qualified and I > coach competitive gymnastics. I have sent ou...See More

Oct 23, 2008

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Linda Cunningham On 10/21/08, Mike wrote: > Hello all > > I am a certified phys. ed. teacher looking for a job in Long > Island, NY. I graduated with my Bachelors in 2004. After > substituting for 3 yrs. in a public school, I was passed up > for a position several times. I am highly qualified and I > coach competitive gymnastics. I have sent ou...See MoreOn 10/21/08, Mike wrote: > Hello all > > I am a certified phys. ed. teacher looking for a job in Long > Island, NY. I graduated with my Bachelors in 2004. After > substituting for 3 yrs. in a public school, I was passed up > for a position several times. I am highly qualified and I > coach competitive gymnastics. I have sent out countless > resumes and still cannot obtain a full time position! The > hiring process seems to be very political and there are not > many positions available. Any suggestions or ideas? Thanks.

What we were taught when I was in college was if we plan to land a job in our field, we'd better be really flexible and willing to "go to the end of the world" to get it. Being in rural Wyoming, the end of the world was pretty much the eastern side of the state. I did what we all did, applied in places we'd love to be and ended up driving fork lift my first year out. After that I applied to some pretty small towns (total populations of 500 or less in the town, not the school!) and got multiple offers from a couple different states because I was willing to do what I had to in order to get that first teaching job. And yes, I had to coach sports I didn't really plan on but I got my foot in the door and then went from there. If being a gymnastic coach is your claim to fame, you need to broaden your scope. Last year we had a new football coach in town and they "had to find a job" to go with his fb. Of course, they gave him elementary pe after he'd been doing high school weight training. I'm one of the other elementary pe teachers and we are not happy with him. He "throws the ball out" which is making elementary pe at that particular school a joke. He doesn't have a clue and unfortunately it's making us all look bad. He told us he has 6 kids and elementary pe will be just like raising them. No wonder we have to fight for a positive image. My main suggestion to you is if you really want to teach pe you must be willing to lower your expectations of landing in an ideal situation and consider coming to a rural state where the pay is close to the lowest in the nation and we have to cancel classes at the high school because we can't find good qualified teachers on these salaries. Welcome to the profession of teaching.

Nov 21, 2008

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