College degree...and no jobs!

[FLchook]

What sites are you looking at Mayberry? Ive been seraching the county sites...which you are required to apply through. The surrounding 3 counties still only accepting applications for currently contracted teachers. With the exception of the hard to fill positions like counceling, nursing, ESE ect. Those sites also list all the charter schools too.

As for some of the other questions...graduated with A-, did my interns, and volunteered for other tutoring programs. My resume and cover letter were editted by the hiring manager at my husbands company. They tore it apart! lol My teacher and councelor both said mine looked great. I dont think they really know the real world LOL.

Ive applied to sylvan, tutor U and all the different places like that. Parents and not required any type of cert to do homeschool. Anyone can do it, they just have to buy some books and tell the state.

Ive completed the sub class for Seminole County, and will be doing Orange and Volusia as soon as they open them up again. I know Seminole county is already flooded with subs, but ill still be trying.

Most of my interviews have gone very well. There are a couple that were just off days LOL most of them it was very apparent that they already had the person picked for the job, and were just doing the required interviews.

 

[turnerstar31]

you could always send in applications to the schools just to show that you are available and subing is about the only way you are going to get your foot in the door. Elementary jobs are really hard to come by. I am working on my degree for biology and secondary ed and am worried to about the job thing but they say that there are a lot of jobs for secondary ed. I have heard from others there are just so many people for elementary jobs it is harder to find them. My one friend is an elementary ed and she teaches kindegarten for a catholic school but it took her over a year to get the job. The first year she subed a lot. Good luck with trying to find a job.

 

[chicamama]

Could just be your area. Did you research the job market beofre you picked your major? I would def. get on a sub call list.

 

[chicamama]

p.s. I totally get what you mean about going straight into the work force and working your way up. I too have a credential, but worked as a receptionist in a film company and moved my way up to producer position (over 100k per year to start) within 1 year. Yep, I paid my dues by getting lattes.

 

[FlockEweFarm]

Ohhh NOOOOO!!

Do NOT say that there are not any jobs out there for teachers! I am working on a Masters in Special Ed., and I am hoping to support my family with my degree.
I have a 4.0 right now, but with the medications I take for my migraines and seizures, it is a struggle to keep up the quality of work to maintain that level of effort. Arizona has some jobs, but they also graduate bunches of newbie teachers every semester from the state colleges, and there is a constant flood of young people to compete against. I am actually hoping to relocate, so I guess that will help, but I did not need the scary news,

especially since I just dropped another 3k on my current classes.

 

[tygab]

Hmm. Teaching has a very high attrition rate, and as far as I know, there are not enough new teachers to go around... my mom has taught at the high school level for 37 or 38 years, and works with student teachers in particular, so I've heard some of the stories about the impacts of this...

here's a quote that should encourage you, from:

http://blog.al.com/pr/2007/07/crisis_may_be_looming_in_teach.html

According to the National Education Association, the umbrella organization of the state's teacher union, the United States is about to experience a historic turnover of "crisis proportions."

While student enrollment is rising rapidly, more than a million teachers are nearing retirement nationwide. The NEA predicts that as many as 2 million new teachers will be needed within the next decade.

Nationwide, only about 100,000 people are graduating from college each year with bachelor's degrees in education.

If you can't break in with a paying job, volunteer if you must. Network with the teachers in your area. If they come to have confidence in you as a teacher, maybe they'll help you connect to a job...​

 

[farmgirlie1031]

I have 2 degrees and no job People do not want to have to pay extra for a college educated person.

 

[tmk]

There may be many substitute teachers who signed up in the district, but there are only handful who can be reliable and do the job right.
While there are tons of names on the substitute calling log, each school usually have their own list of favorites who they always call first when something comes up.
Our secretary who is in charge of calling subs in the morning says that those ones on the list never stick around long because they are the first ones that the principals call when teaching positions open up.

You can still work at your family's store when you can't sub, can't you? I think subing is one of the easiest way to get your foot into the system if teaching is where your heart is.

Good luck

 

[FLchook]

Ill definally be huffing it around once the school time comes closer. Ill make sure the schools know who I am, that im certified and all that jazz...

calamityjen......I wouldnt worry. Special Ed is an area that even schools here still need plenty off. Each state, each region for that fact, has different needs right now. North Florida still has a need for teachers, its the rest that has stalled. On another note...Im right with your on the meds...I used to have migraines constantly, but once I got pregnant with my first son, they all dissapeared. On the other hand, shortly before I became pregnant, I had a seizure out of the blue. So I too deal with the air headedness of seizure medications <sigh> Keep up the good work!

I did research the need for the jobs, and at the time it was big. But they pushed it so hard, that there became a huge influx of new teachers. The biggest problem was that Orlando went from a rather small city to a huge booming city in just a few years. Now things are slowing down, population is actually shrinking, but all the people they recruited aare now graduating.

Ok, time for bed Im exhautsed