Hi everyone

i usually dont come to tww asking much, but this is one subject that I could use some help with....my little sister is graduating this December and will be looking for a job at an elementary school. She is in Charlotte now but would like to be in the raleigh/chapel hill/cary/morrisville areas and I would like this so I could help her get on her feet the first couple years as i know teachers are underpaid.

anyone have any connections in the area or any channels to go through besides the normal ones (through the state) or any tips/suggestions?

thanks

11/29/2010 9:45:08 PM

Wake county is hard to get into (according to my Wake county teacher friends)
Check out Durham county.

She could sub until she finds a full time position - pay is decent and a great way to get some experience in a school and possibly make some connections.

11/30/2010 12:45:12 AM

A friend of mine just got (at the start of the fall semester) her first teaching job in Wake, couldn't find anything else in the triangle. So maybe there is hope there.

Can your sister look around Johnston, Franklin, or Chatham county, where she could still live in the triangle area? Maybe she could work nearby for the most part, and maybe do some subbing in Wake, Durham, or Orange County, and over a year or two make some connections that can get her closer to the center of the triangle.

11/30/2010 1:04:52 AM

she must be pretty dumb if she can't even get a job as a teacher.

11/30/2010 1:19:36 AM

^Hey, this is the Lounge. Lighten up. Have you not been paying attention to ANYTHING in the news lately about education?

11/30/2010 1:52:30 AM

^^ if you read my post, she wants to get a job in the triangle and she hasnt graduated yet. she has opportunities in charlotte, but does not want to live there...i'll be letting her stay at my place until she saves up $ for her own....you stupid fuck

as for other counties, she is beginning to look around as the job market is a bit dried up with teachers losing their jobs and such

thanks for the insight everyone (besides mootduff)

11/30/2010 1:59:49 AM

+1 for Johnston

good pay and good schools.

11/30/2010 2:32:23 AM

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"she has opportunities in charlotte"

Honestly, in NC right now, she's better off sticking with her opportunities in Charlotte. We are about to lay off teachers for what... the fifth consecutive year? It's hard to get a teaching job anywhere nowadays, sometimes adults have to make sacrifices and do what's really in their best interest.


Good luck looking for a job in the triangle, but maybe your sister should cultivate those Charlotte opportunities (just in case).

11/30/2010 10:40:53 AM

BoobsR_gr8, ignore mootduff. he's got a stick up his ass or something. this IS the lounge though dude.

i 2nd ^that idea. if there really is a good chance for work in charlotte, take it. she can always move to raleigh a few year later or something. i don't think passing up employment is a good idea.

11/30/2010 10:46:39 AM

I agree about taking whatever employment you can get as a teacher right now...

11/30/2010 10:54:49 AM

If she is graduating this December, I take it she is finishing her student teaching this semester?

My wife got her job in Johnston Co. through a contact that her advisor that oversaw her student teaching had. I realize teaching jobs are scarce, but they are not non-existent. At my wife's school there are at least 4 positions open each year.

As far as the hiring procedures, principals make the hiring decisions, not the county office. There are not so many elementary schools in Wake, Johnston, Chatham, Durham, and Orange Counties that she couldn't call each one to see if there are any positions opening for the second half of the year.

If she can get a job, she can continue to look for a better opportunity once the spring rolls around and current teachers are not renewing their contracts for whatever reason.

Yes, the government is cutting positions (I heard somewhere in the neighborhood of 50-100 positions statewide next year). That is only 1 per county. Teaching is a high turnover field. The majority of teachers in schools have been teaching <5 years at that school.

[Edited on November 30, 2010 at 11:08 AM. Reason : moar.]

11/30/2010 11:06:58 AM

My wife just got hired for a non-teaching position in Harnett county schools. It's about a 45 minute commute from the crossroads area, but she chose it over wake based on work environment. Just throwing options out at you.

11/30/2010 11:37:36 AM

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"Check out Durham county. "

They are building a new elementary school and new middle school right now. Take your pick. They're north of the city in the county so it's nice.

11/30/2010 11:52:06 AM

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"+1 for Johnston good pay and good schools."

if by "good pay" you mean the lowest teacher wages in the triangle area, then yes.

they do have good schools though.

11/30/2010 12:11:21 PM

Are the wages (month to month) different county to county? Or just the supplement (bonus)?

11/30/2010 12:36:21 PM

the wages are set by the state.

The supplement is set by the county.

The wages have been frozen for the last 2 years as well. This is my 9th year teaching and I should be paid on the 08 payscale, however I am stuck on the 06 payscale which is a huge difference.

[Edited on November 30, 2010 at 4:03 PM. Reason : payscale]

11/30/2010 4:00:14 PM

That is what I thought about the wages and supplement. Does Wake Co. pay the supplement in each monthly check or is it like Johnston and pay it like a bonus in two lump sums?

11/30/2010 4:57:24 PM

IIRC it is paid twice a year.

In Forsyth, it is paid monthly.

11/30/2010 10:12:01 PM

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"+1 for Johnston"

wtf isn't this the same school system that had to fight a lawsuit because some girl had a nose piercing and they tried to expel her, and also the same school system that basically classified chap stick as a drug and said students may not possess it at school

Sounds like a great place to work.

12/1/2010 10:02:04 PM

Wake County pays the supplement each month.

It shouldn't be impossible to get a teaching job in Wake County around the start of the year if she can interview and she has a good resume/recommendations, although she may have to look again at the end of the school year as it is not likely to be a very secure position. Still, teachers quit or retire mid-year more often than you'd think, and now would be the time to start looking. Wake County has posted seven elementary teaching positions in the past week alone (http://www.wcpss.net/perl/job_listings/job_lister.pl?position=Teacher). I would tell her to contact those principals ASAP as the hiring decision can sometimes happen very quickly.

[Edited on December 2, 2010 at 4:45 PM. Reason : a]

[Edited on December 2, 2010 at 4:45 PM. Reason : link]

12/2/2010 4:44:40 PM

Durham county pays the supplement twice a year. before Thanksgiving and before summer break
it's taxed heavily


I think we had to cut 12 teaching positions at my high school alone last year and salaries are frozen.

12/2/2010 10:27:44 PM

Johnson's the type of small-county drama your sister should try to avoid. I student taught there.

Wake's impossible to break into as a new teacher, assuming she's not EC, or something.

She should cut her teeth in Durham, knowing that it will gain her entry into Wake, should she prove to be an effective teacher.

12/2/2010 10:31:52 PM

thanks for the advice everyone!

12/3/2010 12:56:20 AM

wait, so is your sister hot?

12/5/2010 1:33:45 PM