Originally Posted by maddenkids8
I have a son who just graduated college and hopes to be a High School history teacher this fall. He wants to relocate from Chicago area to the Carolinas. If anybody can suggest a school district or area that you would reccommend he apply to, it would be greatly appreciated. You can send a reply to my email
[email protected] if you would rather or just answer here. Thanks for the help. He is a great kid but a move back home wouldn't be the best for all of us.
This is a bad time to be looking for a teaching job in public schools because state legislatures are cutting state support for public schools. Excuse: the recession. And it is always hard to get a job teaching history or any other social studies subject unless you are a coach.
How do I know? I am a retired teacher of government and economics and after I graduated from college it was six years before I got a job in my field.
Your son needs to spread the net wide. Most states have a statewide Website where school districts post openings. In Texas it is called TASANET. He can Google it for each state in which he is interested. He needs to take whatever job he can get and get a little experience, but not too much. School districts do not like to hire people with much experience and with advanced degrees because they are too costly.
How do I know this? After I retired from teaching after 37 years (where I learned all this), I became the education reporter for a regional newspaper and school administrators confirmed what I already knew.
Good luck to your son. I wish I could be more hopeful, but he may have to be satisfied substitute teaching in his hometown or wherever you live until a job opens. It is better than nothing and it is a chance to earn his spurs. froggyintexas