I recently wrote about how my workplace was putting a Reduction In Force (RIF) in place and they would be closing my school down. I was just informed that the program has definitely been closed down and will no longer exist at the end of the year.
This means I need to step up my game big time to find another job before the new school year begins. This is so frustrating and I wish they had given us a definitive answer before plastering it all over the newspaper. Nothing is worse than having your students come tell you that they saw that would be losing your job in the newspaper.
I have been going through the long process of applying to different districts and I work on them a little bit every day. Some places have these really long, convoluted applications that take about 45 minutes to complete as you not only have to fill in a bunch of information but you also have to take some kind of personality quiz as well.
I guess that will just be my homework for the evenings now….to take two to three days to fill out an application for a school district and see what happens. I also plan on attending as many job fairs as I can over the summer since I will not be teaching summer school and do not have any big plans at all.
Ughhh so not cool. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you that you land another position quickly.
Oh I am so, so sorry. I am so disappointed in how all the education RIFs are being handled. I hope and pray that you find the perfect thing for you!
Thanks for the well wishes.
Im very sorry to hear that! I went through a similar experience last summer, and it ended up working out well for me. However, I can understand that your being in education makes the time period very limited in which to search for jobs. My girlfriend is graduating with her masters in education, and she is worried that she wont find a teaching position…we live in Michigan so it’s very difficult here as well.
I still have hope…I just know that right now a few places are waiting until June to post new openings.
Sorry to hear about the job. I hope that you are able to find another job sometime soon! Best of luck!
Thank you so much.
Hoping the best for you!
I hate when the do that too. In the private sector it’s the same way, I find out about what’s going on with the company I work at by reading the internet and watch CNBC. I’m surprised the a school system would be like that though.
Good luck in your search!
I am so sorry to hear that. That is such a lame way for you all to find out. To think the students were coming up to you that had to be a but heart breaking. I know I got close to some of my teachers and was crushed when one got moved to a different district because she was that good, and that particular district really did need her more.
I am so sorry to hear this. But I am sure you will be able to find a better job soon. Good luck, gal!
By the way, I noticed that in my comments, my URL is somehow wrongly linked to my website with double “http://”… resulting in “http://http//www.100webhosting.com” which is obviously not working. That may have happened to some of my previous comments as well. Could you please take a look and see if you can amend them for me. 🙂
Thanks, gal! Have a great day!
I once found out I was being laid off by my supervisor accidentally IM’ing it to me instead of the intended recipient… on Valentine’s Day.
Good luck to you on your new endeavors. That crap about closing a door and opening a window really happens…