How to conduct a job search

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How to conduct a job search

• While weighing your opportunity cost

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The best places to start your job search

• Explore areas where the population is growing.
• South
• South West
• RAND California statistics
• http//ca.rand.org/stats
• Internet search
• -national database of job banks
• -California department of education
• www.cde.ca.gov
• -U.S. Department of Education
• www.ed.gov
• Newspaper
• Career Center(s)

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Where are teachers needed the most?

• Critical shortage in rural and urban areas
• 72.5 of urban schools have an immediate demand
  for teachers of color
• Certain curricular areas that are in high demand
• Special education
• Bilingual education
• Math
• Science (physics and chemistry)

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When will teachers be needed?

• Over the next 10 years it is predicted that the
  nation will need 2.2 million teachers

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States with the highest/lowest average salary -

• The states with the highest average salary are
  CT, CA, NJ, NY, MI.
• The states with the lowest average salary are SD,
  ND, MT, OK, MS.

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Highest/Lowest Average Salaries
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Hiring Incentives

• Higher Starting Salary
• Help towards real estate
• - www.homes4teachers.org
• - http//educatedhomebuyer.com
• Signing Bonus - 1,500 20,000 for
• - teachers who are willing to teach in state for
  4 years
• - to fulfill specific hiring needs
  (science/math)
• - teachers who agree to work in high need
  schools

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Useful Websites

• American Federation of Teachers
  http//aft.org/index.html
• RAND http//ca.rand.org (demographics,
  statistics, projections)
• Private Schools www.capenet.org and
  www.nais-schools.org
• Charter Schools www.uscharterschools.org
• International www.montana.edu/careers/educa.html
  , www.teachabroad.com , www.tesol.org
• Job banks Enter county and job bank into search
  engine to pull up job listings in your desired
  area.

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Activity

• What is your opportunity cost of working in one
  of these four school districts?

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Salary and Benefits
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Average home and rental prices
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Population and crime rate
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Questions

• After viewing the information on the four cities
  would you still choose to live and work in the
  same place? Why or why not?
• What would be your opportunity cost to live in
  this city?
• Which was the most important factor in your
  decision making?
• Do you feel it is important to research an area
  before applying for a job?