Your Search For Employment

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Your Search For Employment

• Faculty of Education Students
• Notes from
• Job Search Workshops
• September/October, 2005

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Need Information?

• Terry RoomePlacement OfficerStudent Affairs
  (A201)
• Function?To help students develop the skills
  necessary to search for and obtain employment

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Placement Office Organized Events

• Job Search Sessions September/October
• Résumé Writing Workshops Weeks of October 31
  November 11 (see timetable)
• Boards Information Fair Education Centre
  Gymnasium
• Friday January 27, 2006
• 40 school boards organizations

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Salary Level Evaluation Process

• QECO (Presentations January 12/13, 2006)
• QECO evaluates, for starting salary purposes, all
  teachers except male and female teachers in
  English public secondary schools
• QECO forms for early evaluation available at
  presentations
• Do not apply before QECO presentation.
• Early registration deadline is April 30. If
  early deadline missed, student must wait until
  confirmation of employment, or registered for
  supply teaching
• More information on QECO evaluations at
  www.qeco.on.ca

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Salary Level Evaluation Process

• OSSTF Presentation January 20
• OSSTF evaluates all male and females that will
  teach in English public secondary schools
• Application forms will be distributed at the
  presentation. (Student must be at presentation
  to receive package)
• Apply for early registration until April 30.
• More information on OSSTF evaluations at
  www.osstf.on.ca

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Employment Opportunities

• The Internet can be your best friend for job
  search
• Check the following sites for jobs across Canada
• www.educationcanada.com
• www.jobsineducation.com

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Ontario Boards Applications

• Board will specify method of application
• Online (becoming more popular)
• Some boards use the Apply To Teach Network
  www.attn.org
• By mail (many boards have application forms that
  can be downloaded and completed ready for mailing
• Note that some boards do not have formal
  application forms
• IMPORTANT check the Faculty of Education
  Placement Board (in the Brown Lounge) on a
  regular basis

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Ontario Boards Board Web Sites

• For board web sites, consult handout from Job
  Search Workshop. Student responsibility to check
  sites for deadlines.
• Until mid-January, most sites will only show
  information about hiring for January 2006
• However, a few larger boards may post application
  information for September 2006 before the new year

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Ontario Boards Application Package

• Cover Letter
• Formal application form (if the board uses one)
• Résumé (2 pages plus reference page)
• Copies of any practice teaching reports already
  in your possession (both associate teacher and
  faculty)
• note send subsequent PT reports with a note
  to add to your application

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Boards Application Package continued.

• 5. Any other documentation the board requires,
  ie. Photocopy of transcript from undergraduate
  degree, college diploma, photocopies of letters
  of reference. Board will specify.
• If applying to a Catholic Board, check the
  individual application instructions for required
  additional documentation.

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Ontario Boards Submitting Your
Application

• Read board instructions carefullySome will
  require applications be sent directly to the
  board office, and others will specify that
  applications be sent to principals.

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Ontario BoardsApplications collected in Student
Affairs (A201)

• One or two boards will ask Student Affairs
  to collect and forward applications by courier
  (details will appear on Graduate Placement
  Board)
• Place application pieces and documentation in an
  envelope addressed to the board
• Type or write neatly on the envelope
• Put your name and address in the top left hand
  corner
• Drop off at Student Affairs by the stated
  deadline. Late applications will not be accepted.

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Other Provinces Education Certification
Requirements

• Teachers may be allowed to teach on a temporary
  basis in all Canadian Provinces.
• However, each province has different requirements
  for permanent certification
• Check the Canadian Teachers Federation site for
  provincial Ministries of Education at
  www.ctf-fce.ca
• Availability of positions, as in Ontario, will
  vary from year to year and province to province.

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Independent Schools

• Independent schools are an alternative to
  teaching in the traditional school setting.
  Representatives will be at the Boards Information
  Fair on January 27.
• http//www.cais.ca

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Northern Areas

• Apply to the individual schools
• For school locations
• http//firstnationschools.ca/index.pho?moduleRMO
  meid19

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Career Alternatives

• Corporate Training
• Adult Education
• Public Relations
• Educational Publishing
• Government
• Colleges
• Universities
• Information Workshop in the New Year

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International Jobs in English Speaking
Countries

• Vary from country to country and will be more
  readily available to teachers with some
  experience
• UK has an acute shortage of teachers and will
  recruit at Nipissing for temporary teaching
  positions. Check out http//www.timeplan.com or
  http//www.protocolteachers.com for more
  information

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Teaching in English Speaking Countries contd

• New Zealand welcomes Canadian teacherswww.teachnz
  .govt.nzwww.edgazette.govt.nz
• Australia - permanent teaching positions more
  difficult to find but possible to teach on a
  temporary basis
• US has vacancies particularly in, science,
  computer and special education teaching. Process
  can be lengthy. Check each states Department of
  Education web site for further information on
  process.
• VIF (Visiting International Faculty) programming
  becoming more widespread.http//www.vifprogram.co
  m

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International American British Schools

• Usually require a minimum of 2 years teaching
  experience
• Generally serve children whose parents are in the
  host country for business or diplomatic purposes,
  but may serve host country citizens too.
• Language of instruction is English and curriculum
  is usually British or American
• International presentation, November 8 at 500
  p.m. in H105, will address the overseas teaching
  experience and how to access jobs. Useful web
  site http//www.tieonline.com

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International Teaching English as a 2nd
Language

• Business world uses English as its main language
  of communication
• Japan is very popular.
• JET program deadline November 18/05 -
  applications on website www.toronto.ca.emb-japan.g
  o.jp

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Excellent Resource!

• Whats Next?
• A Job Search Guide for Teachers
• Alan Travers and J. Daniel Lalonde - 11th
  Edition
• Lakeside Publishing
• ISBN 0-9698627-8-4
• Copies available for 48 sign-out in Student
  Affairs (A201)

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and finally

• GOOD LUCK
• IN YOUR
• JOB SEARCH!