Best of the Web: Employment Resources
Periodically we compile a list of the best of what's out there on the Internet for teachers. This month we chose the topic Employment Resources. Check back soon for the next "Best of the Web." If you would like to suggest a topic, please email us at info@teacherscount.org.
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Employment Resources
- Education Week
- Agent K-12 lists jobs for teachers, school administrators, and other education professionals. Users can choose from multiple search criteria.
- Teachers Support Network
- Current or aspiring teachers can build portfolios,which can then be viewed by member school districts that are looking to recruit highly qualified teachers.
- Teachers-Teachers.com
- Designed to help teachers find new and exciting teaching jobs, this site allows users to post résumés and search thousands of teaching positions for free.
- Teaching Jobs
- This site lists thousands of teaching jobs in the United States, Canada and abroad.
- Nation Job
- Job seekers can make use of the job search engine and résumé services available on this website.
- Education America Network
- In addition to providing other employment resources, Education America Network invites teachers to add a resume and cover letters, create a job bot to send notifications about new job listings, and receive a monthly newsletter full of news and tips.
- RISE
- Specializing in teaching jobs in low-income communities, this site list jobs available at pre-screened RISE Partner Schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles and Chicago.
- Teach for America
- Teach for America places recent college graduates and others with baccalaureate degrees in two-year positions in urban and rural public schools. Special effort is made to recruit people of color and prospective teachers in bilingual education, science and mathematics.
- JobsinSchools.com
- Using a variety of services, candidates can first identify and screen schools and school systems in geographic areas where they want to work. Then they can evaluate schools and districts to determine where they have the best fit and want to apply. The Job Search Handbook, produced by the American Association for Employment in Education (AAEE), updated annually, contains a chart on the supply and demand of K-12 teachers by field of specialization and by region in the United States. Information sheets on how to get started finding a teaching position in an independent school, a list of placement agencies for private schools, and a list of internship programs (available only from September to March) may be requested from the National Association of Independent Schools.


