Where to Find Teaching Jobs

A recent Hub Question came in from an individual in the early 50's that was experiencing difficulty in securing a teaching job, even though a Master's Degree in teaching was in the job-seeker's portfolio. This degree is an advantage, because many US States are requiring their teachers to possess Master's Degrees. For example, in Ohio, a student may graduate with a Bachelor's in Education and teach for up to 10 years; they have those 10 years to earn a Master's Degree or else actually lose their teaching job. They may still serve in the capacity of Substitute Teacher in some school districts.

The questioner wondered the advisability of returning to school to obtain a second Master's Degree and in what field, wondering if healthcare or CIS might be best.

In answer, first I would suggest 1) considering a move to an area where greater numbers of teaching jobs are located, 2) applying for employment with online K-12 sites or with Phoenix University online or other such entities, and 3) Applying for tutor positions with professional tutoring companies.

Several states and school districts may be cutting teacher's positions in 2010 - 2011, but others are increasing rather than cutting these jobs. The most openings for mainstream teachers seem to occur at the end of 2009 in the metro areas of Boston, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Fairfax County, Virginia. many others are in need of Special Education Teachers, however, and are listed further along in this article.

From April 2008 to November 2009, the number of job postings from all sources on the Internet reached an increase of 78%. In mid-December, over 25,000 teaching positions were gathered by SimplyHired.com, with the top most-frequently occurring job tiles being:

1. Teacher I (a teacher in a specific system, i.e. Teacher I, II, or III)
2. Teacher
3. Music Teacher
4. Teacher Ii
5. Assistant Center Director
6. Associate Teacher
7. Special Education Teacher
8. Piano Teacher
9. Teacher Iii
10. Voice Teacher
11. Substitute Teacher
12. School Based SLP - Speech and communication disorders intervention
13. Teacher in ministry organizations and church schools
14. Lead Teacher
15. Early Childhood Teacher

An additional 7,500+ TUTOR jobs were posted as a wide range of salaries. Some TEACHER positions listed are related to daycare centers and may or may not make use of a certified teacher's abilities and/or pay at the wage levels of the local school systems.

Additional teacher-related positions were advertised for charter schools and businesses. Businesses increasingly operate their own in-house educational systems for ongoing professional development. This can go so far as to include ESOL and GED classes on-site for immigrant and native workers. In fact, Kroger Grocery stores in certain towns offer this educational service. Thus, teaching jobs occur inside and outside of the traditional K-12 school system.

The cities in which the most teaching jobs, Pre-K thru 12 and Special Education, were located on the date of search included:

SCHOOL SYSTEMS

1. Boston Public Schools (Massachusetts)
2. Fairfax County, Virginia
3. Tarrant County, Texas (Fort Worth Area, Texas)
4. Elk Grove Unified School District (Illinois)
5. California Virtual Academies (online)
6. Tuscon Unified School District (Arizona)
7. Albuquerque Public Schools (New Mexico)
8. Philadephia School District
9. Oakland Unified School District (California)
10. Dallas Independent School District
11. Tacoma School District 310 (Washington State)
12. Everett Public School (Washington State)
13. Inner City Education Foundation - Los Angeles
14. Houston Independent School Disdtrict (Texas)
15. Windham School District (Texas)

PRIVATE COMPANIES

• WyzAnt Tutoring at http://www.wyzant.com/home.aspx PH: 1- 877-999-2681
• TakeLessons.com - music - http://www.getmusicjobs.com/
• Pedia Staff - language intervention - http://www.pediastaff.com
• Tutor Nation - http://www.tutornation.com

Language and Communications Disorders intervention in the schools seems a growing job classification overall and additional training in that field to go with the required teaching certificates in many instances would open a job candidate to lucrative employment.

Mr. Bill Cosby, comedian and actor, earned the Bachelor in Arts from Temple University, and the Master's of Education (MEd) and Doctorate in Education (EdD) from the University of Massachusetts.

Mr. Cosby's doctoral thesis was The Integration of Visual Media Via Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Into the Elementary Schools Culminating as a Teacher Aid to Achieve Increased Learning. He has remained a lifelong advocate of excellenece in education for children, similar to another television hero of children, Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo).

Visit BillCosby.com to find out more about his stance for a strong American educational system.

Also visit: Top 5 Reasons Teachers Quit.