Beginning to Prep for Job Fairs

This past week I did not sub as much because I have two job fairs coming up that I am trying to prep for. I finished by brochure to pass out during the fairs (see previous posts). I have begun to ask mentors, peers, colleagues for advice on how I should prepare myself. I have also been going through the books that have influenced my teaching styles, highlighting and marking pages that I feel have great points that I can talk about during interviews. This next week in addition to reading my books, I also plan on researching the school districts that are attending the fairs. By researching the districts I look more prepared, and know which ones I should go to first instead of being surprised at which schools show up. This next week I do plan on subbing more, but hopefully I will still be able to prep as much as I can so I can be ready!

Brochure

I think I am finally satisfied with my brochure. This will be what I plan on passing out at upcoming job fairs, unless I change my mind again! Any feedback would be great, thank you.
brochure.pdf

Getting Ready

Last week I had almost another full week of subbing, but we had a surprise snow day! All week I was in the same grade but in different districts each day. It was really surprising the different levels of independence and maturity each class had. Two of the classes I was really surprised at how needy these classes were, I would think that at the ages these classes were at they should be more independent than they were showing. I'm not sure if it was because there was a sub in the room or if this was normal behavior for these classes. I think this just goes to show what different schools/teachers are capable of.

I was able to finish my brochure this weekend! I still am sure that I will need to do some editing before I start passing them out, but any feedback would be helpful! While preparing my brochure, I was doing research on books that will help me with teaching and I ended up purchasing two books by Robert Marzano. I bought them for relatively cheap prices, I can't wait for them to come in so I can start reading more!

I still have not had much luck with job postings, but it is still early in the year so hopefully things will start showing up soon!


brochure.pdf

Hello!

Sorry I have taken the past few weeks off...I have not had much to report. I have been subbing almost all full days, in various districts in the area. I have had some really great experiences and some that were not perfect days. I was in a new building last week and had several staff members tell me that I had great classroom management skills! This was so exciting for me to hear, it really made me feel good. I also applied for my first teaching position! I have not heard back yet, but only time will tell. This is the first time I have applied anywhere so my expectations are all over the place! Hopefully from now on I will only continue to see more job postings. I have also decided to add another county to my list, so that I can keep my options open for possible jobs. Hopefully something will pay off soon!