I feel like this should be obvious, but honestly? It’s not when you’re job hunting and just trying to land somewhere decent. If you pull up a district job portal and notice that a huge chunk of the openings are for the same school, that is not “wo...
I feel like this should be obvious, but honestly? It’s not when you’re job hunting and just trying to land somewhere decent. If you pull up a district job portal and notice that a huge chunk of the openings are for the same school, that is not “wow, lots of opportunities.” That is a five-alarm fire. Yeah, teachers retire. People move. Life happens. But schools do NOT just casually lose half their staff. I learned that the hard way…: When I was job searching, I noticed one school had listing after listing after listing. It should’ve set off alarms but I convinced myself it was just coincidence or growth or whatever. At the job fair, I even asked about it. The principal told me they were “letting go of teachers who don’t care about kids.” So let me get this straight; you’re telling me over half your staff (40+ out of ~70) all just magically didn’t care about kids? Come on. That wasn’t a staff problem but a leadership problem and I walked right into it. Now we’re at that time of year again: positions are opening, people are looking to transfer, and districts are posting like crazy. So here’s the advice I wish I had actually listened to: Pay attention to patterns!! Ask why there are so many openings. And don’t just accept the admin answer at face value. If you can, reach out to someone who actually works there. Not admin. A real classroom teacher. People will usually give you at least a hint of what’s going on if you ask the right way. I did that the next time around and it made all the difference. I’m in a much better place now because of it. Just… don’t ignore the red flags because you want the job to work out. submitted by /u/Emergency-Pepper3537 [link] [comments]