Teaching Jobs & Life Skills: How do I find a teaching job in Southern California?

I am a newly credentialed English teacher in Southern California. I am doing my best to keep up with the curricululm and hopefully I will find a job soon - but there is NO Market for English teachers.No one is hiring - and if they are - they only want experienced teachers. What should I do.

I have put in 3 substitute applications, and I am sure that will be nice for a while - but my boyfriend and I want to move on to the next step in our lives and I just don't see that happening with a substitute teaching position. Should I just snuff off teaching for now and try to find a solid job, or should I go for it and stick with it? Asked by kkidde 28 months ago Similar questions: Teaching Jobs Life Skills find teaching job Southern California Education & Reference.

Similar questions: Teaching Jobs Life Skills find teaching job Southern California.

I've been a substitute teacher I’ve worked in a large school district for more than ten years. You can get by on a substitute’s salary, depending on your life style and financial obligations. It may not be a lot of fun because generally substitute teachers aren’t respected very much.

I’ve been working for ten years in public school teaching with a fairly good salary. It’s worth the wait, once you get it. There are also other benefits, like health, dental, and vision.It’s what you might call "a career" rather than a mere "job.

" It depends on how you look at it. Many people try to become teachers when time’s are tough economically. I’ll have thirty years at the end of this "career" with a fairly good retirement, if the state doesn’t go bankrupt.

Also there are other opportunities, like working summer school and after school programs. I would move out of state if you could find a position somewhere else. Sources: personal experience .

As one on the other end of that, I recognize and sympathize with your dilemma. Look into private schools, also. One thing I did (that worked for a couple of months) was call every school in the phone book with, "Are you hiring?"

I got hired to replace an eighth grade teacher who wanted to go elsewhere and teach something else (but then the principal didn't tell me when to start calling parents about homework not completed. ) But it worked then. It could well work now; if it does, you'll be answering for a desperate person, tho, so be careful..

1 If it's enough to get you by financially I would stick it out as a substitute. That's one way to get your foot in the door when there is a job opening. That's how a friends daughter got her job--she substituted for a teacher on maternity leave and the staff and administration got to know her, and ended up hiring her.

The subbing also gives you some experience, which will help you get that full time job. But if you feel it won't enable you to "move on to the next step" then perhaps you should look in other fields. But it would be a shame to waste that 4+ years of your life you studied to be a teacher.

If it's just till you find something else, that's different, but I hate to see you completely give up on teaching.

If it's enough to get you by financially I would stick it out as a substitute. That's one way to get your foot in the door when there is a job opening. That's how a friends daughter got her job--she substituted for a teacher on maternity leave and the staff and administration got to know her, and ended up hiring her.

The subbing also gives you some experience, which will help you get that full time job. But if you feel it won't enable you to "move on to the next step" then perhaps you should look in other fields. But it would be a shame to waste that 4+ years of your life you studied to be a teacher.

If it's just till you find something else, that's different, but I hate to see you completely give up on teaching.

2 True. I have dedicated 6+ years of my life to teacher prep; I am just exhausted though. I feels like I am running as fast as I can but getting nowhere.It can be disheartening sometimes - all the hoops they have you jump through.

True. I have dedicated 6+ years of my life to teacher prep; I am just exhausted though. I feels like I am running as fast as I can but getting nowhere.It can be disheartening sometimes - all the hoops they have you jump through.

Poppet* replied to post #2: 3 You may need to check out opportunities in other states.

You may need to check out opportunities in other states.

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