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I read with great interest the advice given last June to Julie Ann, new teacher having trouble finding a job here in Wisconsin. I wholly understand her plight.

I'm a second career teacher with post baccalaureate certification through Cardinal Stritch University's Master of Arts in Teaching Program. I applied myself to my studies like I have never applied myself to anything before and finished at the top of my graduate cohort. Nonetheless, since completing my studies in June, 2006, I've applied for well over 500 teaching jobs across the state -- and still find myself living a hand-to-mouth existence as an on-call substitute teacher.

The bitter truth is that most teaching vacancies here in Badgerland routinely draw 400 to 500 applications -- and occasionally more -- many from veteran teachers furloughed by other districts.

Unlike Julie Ann, however, I'm a pragmatist. I have come to grips with the unpleasant fact that the teaching career for which I have sacrif...See More
Georgiabadger Kiernan,

Quit checking this board, and get your stuff into GCPS!!!!!

My pancakes before the Feb 28th job fair will be AWESOME!

Better get your classroom stuff ready WHEN not IF you get your job in sunny Georgia!

Mark

On 1/17/09, Kiernan H. Butz wrote: > I read with great interest the advice given last...See More
Jan 17, 2009
Former GTown Kiernan,

I live in AZ and moved here from Germantown four years ago. I understand your wife's reluctance to move from that wonderful community.

But you're right. There aren't many jobs in Gtown. There aren't even many jobs in MPS, from what I've heard...and MPS always has jobs (smile).

The problem now is that AZ, like man...See More
Jan 27, 2009


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