Teaching and living in Indiana (Fort Wayne: low income, credit, teaching jobs)

[missy3681]

I am a recent grad of a secondary education program and am looking to relocate to Indiana for jobs. Where are good spots to love and what is the education system like? Where should I look into for teaching?

[mbuszu]

Originally Posted by missy3681

I am a recent grad of a secondary education program and am looking to relocate to Indiana for jobs. Where are good spots to love and what is the education system like? Where should I look into for teaching?

The Fort Wayne Indiana vicinity - specifically Southwest and Northwest areas are expanding and could use teachers. If you set up residence in the Southwest area, there is great/affordable housing, there is a ton of new/higher end housing, and you'd have everything you could want in an area retail and restaurant-wise. The entire vicinity is affordable with nice weather too.

If you're open-minded to living in a more rural area, I'd look into the Prairie Heights School district just north of Stroh Indiana nearby Big Turkey Lake. Great facilities, lots of students, and a large number of retirement-aged teachers. They could use new teachers and would likely create an opening for you if you contacted the principal (and a position wasn't already there). You could buy a place directly on the water of one of the large glacier-formed/water-ski lakes nearby and have very relaxing times in the summers. Really, you could have a tremendous lifestyle with low-cost of living working and living there.

[chewbaccaspyder]

Originally Posted by missy3681

I am a recent grad of a secondary education program and am looking to relocate to Indiana for jobs. Where are good spots to love and what is the education system like? Where should I look into for teaching?

I thought this site might be helpful to you. It provides all sorts of statistics on accredited Indiana schools, including Private schools, as long as they are accredited. You can do advance searches, by percentage of students passing the ISTEP, percentage of students on free lunch program (indicator of it being low income area school). Just all sorts of details. Number of teachers, average teacher salary. You name it the statistics are there for every school in Indiana.

http://mustang.doe.state.in.us/SEARCH/search.cfm

[Indiana2]

I am also looking for teaching jobs in Indiana. I just completed an MBA and want to teach at ITT, Brown Mackie, or another tech or business school. I'm not sure where to start though, since I've been an engineer for the past 40+ years. Any helpful comments?

[Zig'sbird]

Originally Posted by Indiana2

I am also looking for teaching jobs in Indiana. I just completed an MBA and want to teach at ITT, Brown Mackie, or another tech or business school. I'm not sure where to start though, since I've been an engineer for the past 40+ years. Any helpful comments?

Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI

It's a starting point

For the last few years I've been going there off and on and at least for the computer classes, they will hire someone without a PhD. They seem to actually value instructors who have actually worked in the field as opposed to someone whose entire adult life has been spent in one university or another.

There are also other satellite campuses throughout the state.

[rebaccawood911]

I like to visit Indiana but i have problem with it... but this year i like to go for Christmas to celebrate over there and see any job in teaching profession...