Look for these postings in January and February. During the spring, many school districts, private schools , and charter schools hold job fairs. Attend all the job fairs that you can. Get your name out there, and start making contacts at schools where you would like to teach.
Also, in February and March, schools start to advertise for possible openings. Add your name to email lists for teaching positions in your state or desired school district. Then, you can hear about the positions as soon as they come available. For most school districts, May 31 st is the deadline for teachers to report whether or not they will return the following school year.
This means that more job openings will appear online in June. Oftentimes, interviews will take place in July and August. Public schools may continue to hire new teachers after school starts. You may even hear of new positions opening up as late as October.
Always be sure to regularly check job boards, as new positions may appear daily. April and May hiring efforts definitely ramp up during this time. After spring break, many schools will focus on filling teaching positions for the new year.
Many interviews are conducted in the spring months, as administrators are looking to fill any known vacant positions at this time. The prime summer months are a great time to apply to teaching jobs. At this point, schools have a very clear picture of their hiring needs. You can anticipate schools to begin reaching out to you and conducting more interviews once the school year has ended.
August and September are hot hiring months! As many administrators return from their summer breaks, they will begin conducting a second round of interviews to continue filling their staffing needs. Read over and update your CV and covering letter, and check your professional certificates are where you think they are. Time to get serious. The international school recruitment cycle generally starts a little earlier than in the UK, so there will probably already be job adverts online.
Say you want to get into pastoral — have you got anything in your pastoral experience to wow the interviewers? This will help when you are trying to write your covering letter, or if you need testimonies from parents or colleagues as to the quality of your work. Think about: Approaching someone to ask for coaching advice and getting them to look over your CV and covering letter. As resignations are turned in, the job advertisements for Easter and September starts will be appearing. Do now: Ask around for personal recommendations for the schools where there are vacancies.
It really helps to have insider knowledge. Change of leadership can really turn schools around, and what was a difficult school to work in 12 months ago might be just the right place for you to be, come September. Think about: Broadening your search areas. Use Google Maps to calculate commuting time and explore options like public transport and car shares. Plenty of people secure their dream jobs in term five, and you have until May half-term to give your notice for September.
The school might be winding down for the summer, but now is the time to be thinking about September. Those of you in international schools will find that there are still many job opportunities if you're willing to be flexible. Do now: Ask colleagues and friends if they know of any positions.
Some schools may not have their advertisement up yet, so it would be good to know where positions might be coming available. Could you enhance your subject knowledge with a subject-knowledge enhancement course to make you a more appealing appointment?
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