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Spanish Alt.Route teachers

by Alex

Aug 24, 2010

Just would be interested to find out if there is a demand for alt.route spanish teachers. Thanks

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M There is a demand for foreign language teachers. While alternate route is not as desirable, the demand is there.

Aug 28, 2010

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Alex On 8/28/10, M wrote: > There is a demand for foreign language teachers. While > alternate route is not as desirable, the demand is there.

Thank you for your response. I am an alternate route candidate. Can you give me any advise as to what I need to do to make myself more appealing to schools that seek Spanish teachers?

Aug 29, 2010

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Steve On 8/29/10, Alex wrote: > On 8/28/10, M wrote: >> There is a demand for foreign language teachers. While >> alternate route is not as desirable, the demand is there. > > Thank you for your response. I am an alternate route candidate. > Can you give me any advise as to what I need to do to make myself > more appealing to s...See More

Aug 30, 2010

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M. On 8/30/10, Steve wrote: > On 8/29/10, Alex wrote: >> On 8/28/10, M wrote: >>> There is a demand for foreign language teachers. While >>> alternate route is not as desirable, the demand is there. >> >> Thank you for your response. I am an alternate route candidate. >> Can you give me any advise as to wha...See More

Aug 30, 2010

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Answers Your advice is sound. While this school year is very tough in terms of jobs, the 2011-2012 school year will be worse as tax revenues are already falling below projections.

You do need to get to know people. Here are two examples:

1) A teacher goes out on maternity leave for a couple of months. An education student from a local c...See MoreYour advice is sound. While this school year is very tough in terms of jobs, the 2011-2012 school year will be worse as tax revenues are already falling below projections.

You do need to get to know people. Here are two examples:

1) A teacher goes out on maternity leave for a couple of months. An education student from a local college applies for the job and takes a semester off to take the job for a couple of months. She does well. The original teacher, who took maternity leave comes back, finishes the year and works most of the next school year. However, her parents get sick back in her home state and she needs to do what is necessary. There are only a couple of weeks left but the original long-term sub takes the job because her college semester is over. The next school year, she gets the full-time position. Most of her colleagues do not have jobs.

2) Another local college education student does his student teaching at a high school. He does fine. For whatever reason, he needed to extend his undergraduate work another semester. But, he stops in whenever he can to help out. He gets no pay, but does odds and ends. This school year, he is hired full-time. Yesterday he also stated that most of his colleagues do not have jobs.

It really doesn’t matter what industry you are in. But, especially in bad times, it’s not what you know or who you know, it’s who knows you.

On 8/30/10, M. wrote: > On 8/30/10, Steve wrote: >> On 8/29/10, Alex wrote: >>> On 8/28/10, M wrote: >>>> There is a demand for foreign language teachers. While >>>> alternate route is not as desirable, the demand is there. >>> >>> Thank you for your response. I am an alternate route candidate. >>> Can you give me any advise as to what I need to do to make myself >>> more appealing to schools that seek Spanish teachers? >> >> >> Get certified. There are people with full certification and years of >> experience out of work applying for the same job you are. > > I agree with the previous post; another way, however, is to substitute > teach. As long as you have 60 college credits you are eligible. I > would do this while you are getting certified, if possible. The best > way to get a job is to know someone through demonstrating your > competence. Good luck!

Aug 31, 2010

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