Got my second ISD rejection letter today.
I am being optimistic about it, and noting that to reject my app they at least had to know it existed. So that's better than nothing.
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6 years ago
What were you applying for?
ReplyDeleteA teaching position (Social Studies, as my degrees are in history).
ReplyDeleteI've got classroom experiece teaching adults, and am currently in an "alt cert" program for Social Studies 8-12. This used to be called "Social Studies composite" because it covers history, government, sociology, pyschology, economics, etc, instead of just history proper. I am, in NCLB terms, "highly qualified" but certified teachers are picked before us alt cert kids...
I quit a Real Job at the end of last year to focus on my alt cert and getting a teaching job. Great timing, what with the economy imploding and all that... So either I am stupid or exceptionally confident in my teaching abilities.
The job scene for SS teachers is somewhere between "grim" and "desperate". Doesn't help that in sports-obsessed Tx, SS teachers are also expected to coach The Football. Arrrghhh, I remember how many failures-as-a-teacher History Coaches I had in high school. There are renaissance folks out there that can do both well, but not many IMO.