How to Get a Teacher Job Interview with 2 Quick Tips
Posted: Monday, October 03, 2011
by Rachel Duhon
WriterTalk Media
You may know the questions principals may ask in an interviewer, but you want to know how to actually get called back for an interview in the first place. Getting called in for a teacher interview doesn’t have to be the hardest thing in the world, but it will require a sense of urgency and a few quick tips you’ll need to consider and act upon.
(1.)Network with Everyone You Know
(2.)Substitute Teach or Volunteer at School
Network with Everyone You Know
Everyone knows a teacher or knows somebody else who knows a teacher. Take this to your advantage. The corporate world has the educational world beat when it comes to networking for jobs. Many teachers don’t feel the need to network if they plan on staying at their positions for long periods of time.
For those new teachers coming onto the scene, you have to know other teachers and people who are familiar with the teaching field in order to get the job. Plan to contact every single person you know and tell them that you are looking for a teaching job and would they possibly know someone’s number or email they could give you.
I’ve known plenty of teachers to get jobs simply by posting their plight to one of the social media networking websites. Don’t think of yourself as a pest. View your actions as being actively aggressive enough to get you that teaching job you really want.
I have also known teachers to get interviews because another teacher recommended them to the principal. The school’s principal will be more willing to call and interview a candidate if an excellent teacher at the school recommended someone else who was also an excellent teacher.
Substitute Teach or Volunteer at School
It’s important to send your resume because school districts and principals need to see your experience on paper. However, if you only send out resumes, you’re going to be waiting forever to hear back from schools.
One of the best ways to get immediate face-to-face contact with schools is to substitute teach for a school or volunteer to tutor or coach a sport. Some volunteers who work with school districts volunteer tutor on Saturdays or come in during the week days to work with teachers and struggling students.
This is a perfect opportunity to network with the teachers in the school and talk directly to the principal. If you do good work and make that initial commitment to the school early on, the administration has a perfectly good reason to consider you a candidate. Make sure you do excellent work and be an asset. Why would they not want to hire you if you added value to their school?
These two quick tips provide the job seeker with an excellent opportunity to network with others. You can’t be shy about this process. If you want to get an interview, you have to be made known to those who are in charge of hiring. Participate in these two quick tips and you will see faster results with getting called back and interviews.
Rachel Duhon is an educator and writer specializing in teaching and helping others find their dream teaching job. She is the author of The 75 Ultimate Teacher Interview Questions and Answers Revealed and provides a free mini-course at her website, http://www.tipsforteacherinterview.com, Teacher Job Interview, where she provides information and motivation for teachers and those looking for teaching jobs.
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