4. FIND A JOB
The easiest way to find a job teaching is to open up the newspaper. Even if it is the middle of the school year, you'd be surprised to see how many openings there are at local schools. (Remember that English teacher that ran out of the room screaming and never came back? Someone has to replace her…) Most schools do their hiring over the summer (usually June and July), but you'll find plenty of "We need you now" types of ads as the school year creeps closer, and often, even public schools will hire non-certifieds if it's late August and there are still openings.
Online is always an option too. Traditional job sites such as www.monster.com and www.careerbuilder.com include teaching vacancies, but the best way to find teaching positions online is to go to education-specific Web sites:
Once you've found a potential job, you'll have to go through the same procedure as you would for almost any job: submitting a cover letter and résumé (or C.V.), going in for an interview, and supplying some references. We're not going to get into these specifics here; we already have entire SYWs on them! So why not just check out:
