How to Find a Teaching Job

 

  • Send out resumes to school district offices, independent and parochial schools
  • Respond to help wanted ads in The New York Times, Sunday "Week In Review" and Sunday Journal News
  • Visit the Center for Career Development for resume review and interviewing assistance, and job listings
  • Accept a leave replacement position
  • Do an outstanding job as a student teacher
  • Work as a substitute in districts which interest you
  • Work as an instructional aide or teacher's assistant in a school which often promotes from within
  • Call the Center for Career Development JOBLINE at 914.323.1300
  • Attend job fairs
  • Network with classmates, professors, field advisors and others
  • Be open to working in New York City
  • Use the lower Hudson Valley Online Teacher Application System (OTAS). Go to the Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES web page at www.pnwboces.org to apply online and for information about schools and vacancies