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Old 12-21-2011, 01:20 PM
 
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I'm getting ready to move to the Manhattan, Kansas area. (I'm being transferred for my job.) My wife is an English teacher. It's hard to gauge what the prospects of her finding a job are from the internet, but I'm guessing not very good. I know that most school districts across America have let staff go recently. It appears districts in Kansas have as well.

Does anyone have firsthand information about the employment situtation there and in surrounding communities?
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Old 12-22-2011, 10:02 PM
 
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No comments on this at all, huh? Yeah, I fear the worst. My guess is that an outsider is going to have to get in a very long line for a job.
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Old 12-24-2011, 03:29 PM
 
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They just did a major upgrade to the highschool so there might be room for new teachers. Although manhattan is growing really fast, 95% of it is college students going to k-state so i'm not sure the school district is growing in linear proportion to the city but it's possible.
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Old 12-24-2011, 05:03 PM
 
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They just did a major upgrade to the highschool so there might be room for new teachers. Although manhattan is growing really fast, 95% of it is college students going to k-state so i'm not sure the school district is growing in linear proportion to the city but it's possible.
Thank you so much for responding.
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Old 12-30-2011, 09:11 AM
 
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No comments on this at all, huh? Yeah, I fear the worst. My guess is that an outsider is going to have to get in a very long line for a job.
If nothing becomes available in a conventional sense, there is sometimes good money to be made in tutoring.

My late wife tutored mathematics and helped with SAT\ACT prep and made some decent side money.

Your wife would most likely be educated enough that tutoring other subjects at a lower level would be quite possible. For example, I could tutor chemistry despite having only taken a couple courses in it and not having a degree in ti.

Best of luck.
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Old 12-30-2011, 09:30 AM
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Her chances of finding a job as a teacher range between slim and none. The majority of jobs available in Manhattan are in food service or retail and even those are hard to come by.
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Old 12-30-2011, 10:21 AM
 
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Her chances of finding a job as a teacher range between slim and none. The majority of jobs available in Manhattan are in food service or retail and even those are hard to come by.
Employment is difficult in college towns for obvious reasons. Unless you can put yourself in a niche that they are generally unable to fill.

Perhaps there are some university related jobs that require a 4-year degree and while not teaching would be able to utilize his wifes skills?

I'm still thinking that if she has benefits through him that doing private tutoring, ACT\SAT prep or pretty much other types of free-lance non-benefit related work would have potential.
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Old 01-09-2012, 03:07 PM
 
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Have her check out Manhattan Catholic School and Flint Hills Christian School. Those are in Manhattan and may also be possibilities.
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Old 01-09-2012, 07:51 PM
 
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Have her check out Manhattan Catholic School and Flint Hills Christian School. Those are in Manhattan and may also be possibilities.
Thank you. We are Catholic, so it would be very good for us if she could get a position at a Catholic school. We'll just have to wait and see.
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Old 01-10-2012, 10:07 AM
 
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While not in Manhattan and maybe not a job teaching, take a look at Fort Riley for possibilities.
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