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  • World Computer Congress a Milano
    World Computer Congress a Milano
    CONVEGNO
    Milano Convention Center, Via Gattamela 5, Milano - 7-10 Settembre 2008
    http://www.wcc2008.org/site/
Finding a Job
Finding a Job
  • Applying for a Teaching Job

    Applying for a Teaching Job

    Differentiating Yourself from the Rest of the Pack

    Thanks to the Internet, you can actually find jobs, complete applications online, and even find out about the district that will be interviewing you. But, to get a teaching job these days, you have to stand out in the crowd.

    Read more to find out:

    • What the hot jobs will be over the next 8 years.

    • Where the jobs are and what they pay.

    • What principals are looking for.

    • Ways to differentiate yourself from the rest of the pack.

    • Ways to apply for jobs online. Check out Teachers-Teachers.com. Their free services include a resume builder and cover letter tutorial to create and store your resume and cover letter online, an automated interview that prospective employers can listen to, the ability to specify states and subjects you want teaching jobs in, and e-mail notifications of teaching jobs.

     

  • Checklist for a Teaching Portfolio

    Checklist for a Teaching Portfolio

    An Ongoing Record of Your Professional Life

    Maintaining a teaching portfolio can serve a number of purposes. For example, it can provide a record of your background and teaching experience. It can help you reflect on your work with students. It can help you see your professional progress and growth. And it can keep all this information at your fingertips.

    Create a teaching portfolio that is minimal and meaningful. Your portfolio might include some or all of the following:

    • Your professional background

    • Class descriptions: time, grades, and content

    • Written examinations: National Teacher's Exam, state licensure test

    • A personal statement of teaching philosophy and goals

    • Documentation of what you've done to improve your teaching (e.g., a list of seminars you've attended)

    • Implemented lesson plans, handouts, and notes

    • Graded student work such as tests, quizzes, and class projects

    • Videotape or audiotape of classroom lessons

    • Colleague observation records

    • Written reflections on teaching

    • Photographs of bulletin boards, chalkboards, or projects

    Related Links

    » Looking Good on Paper -- Having a stellar résumé and portfolio will set you apart from the crowd. NEA, Tomorrow's Teachers (Spring 2005).

    » Your Professional Papers -- A checklist of papers to file in a safe place. North Carolina Association of Educators.

     

     

  • Expand Your Teaching Horizons

    Expand Your Teaching Horizons

    Try Teaching Abroad


    Have you dreamed of teaching overseas? Then, you'll want to read about the opportunities these organizations provide.

    AFS Intercultural Programs
    AFS is a voluntary, international, non-governmental non-profit organization that offers exchange programs in 55 countries. Over 11,000 students, young adults, and teachers participate annually. Programs present a variety of choices, allowing participants to develop a program focus that meets their individual needs.
    http://www.afs.org/AFSI/ 

    European Council of International Schools
    This non-profit membership organization helps recruit professional staff for international schools. The Web site includes resource contacts for heads of international schools.
    http://www.ecis.org/

    Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program
    Qualified teachers participate in a one-year (sometimes one-semester) direct exchange of positions with teachers from other countries during an academic year. Or they may attend seminars abroad during the summer.
    http://www.fulbrightexchanges.org/

    Hands Across the Water
    In this teacher exchange program, an American teacher spends several weeks in another country, living and working with a teacher, traveling with a small delegation of other American teachers.
    http://www.eirc.org/content/global_connections/hands_across_water/

    Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program
    This program provides opportunities for U.S. primary and secondary school teachers and administrators for fully-funded short-term study programs in Japan.
    http://www.iie.org/template.cfm?&template=/programs/fmf/overview.htm

    Overseas Placement Service for Educators (University of Northern Iowa)
    This program connects international K-12 schools with certified educators year round. Services offered include a recruiting fair, credential and referral services, and related publications.  http://www.uni.edu/placement/overseas/

     

  • Teachers on the Move

    Teachers on the Move

    from EducationWorld.com

    This article focuses on a challenge that often faces teachers in the summer -- relocating. Whether you are relocating or just would like some help in thinking about a potential relocation, you've come to the right place.

    Your spouse walks through the door with a bottle of champagne and a huge smile, and you know what that means. You're moving! Your spouse just got a new job, and you're heading across the country to a new city, a new home, and a teaching job in a new school district.

    After the initial excitement, the reality of what the impending move means begins to sink in. Your heart sinks. What will you need to do to prepare for the move? Will you need to be re-licensed to teach in a new state? Will your new school be a comfortable place to teach? What will the students be like? What about your seniority and your benefits? You've worked hard to get where you are today. Are you going to lose it all when you start over in a new school district?

    THE RELOCATION BLUES

    "In the fourth quarter of 2000, 26 percent of job-seeking managers and executives took positions in new cities," according to the Challenger Job Market Index, a quarterly survey of 3,000 discharged managers and executives conducted by the outplacement firm of Challenger, Gray, & Christmas, Inc. That figure represents a 30-percent increase from the first quarter of the year, when 20 percent relocated.

    Now your spouse has been transferred -- and you've become part of that statistic!

    "The spouse's getting a new job is one of the key reasons teachers relocate," David Haselkorn, president of the National Teacher Recruitment Clearinghouse, tells Education World.

    "We call it the trailing spouse syndrome in the [relocation] industry," says David Slotwinski of the Employee Relocation Council, a Washington, D.C, trade organization.

    Moving affects more than just your job -- it affects your entire family. Your children will say good-bye to their friends, their familiar classrooms, their favorite playgrounds and parks.

    Relocation ranks among the three most-stressful events in life -- right alongside death of a spouse or loved one and divorce or separation. If you're the spouse of an uprooted business executive, you're feeling that stress right now!

    PLAN THAT MOVE!

    Cheer up! You can prepare your family for the move and keep stress to a minimum. First, sit down and talk to family members about their fears and expectations. Everyone will have different feelings about moving, and it's better to face them before they are blown out of proportion.

    Begin to plan your move as soon as possible -- you're going to need every minute you can get! Even if you use a moving company, you still have personal items to pack, people to notify