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I just started teaching in nyc and the commute is difficult. Do you take the express from Babylon? It saves a ton of time. If I was working in Brooklyn, I would probably drive since most areas it is easy to park. I had lived there before moving out here in October.
I am also looking for a job on the island and would appreciate and web-sites or career fairs that come up that I can go to.
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I take the train from Penn station to Smithtown on the Port Jeff branch. Only a month left of student teaching though, and I'll be done with this commute. It's ok for now, but I couldn't see myself doing it for more than 2 years or so.
I'm moving to Queens in a month. It will be much easier to commute when I start working in the city. By the way, I got an interview for a commitment letter, very happy about that.
I had tried for 10 years to try and get a public school teaching position on Long Island. What I found was that if you didn't know someone in an administrative position, the job couldn't ever be yours.
Unfortunately, this is becoming true of the private school sector as well.
I also teach in Brooklyn and have been looking to move to Nassau county. I think that I'll keep teaching in Brooklyn because 1) I have tenure, 2) we have the 55/25 retirement option and Nassau doesn't, 3) alot of people resent teachers salaries in LI because of taxes. But if I were interested in switching, I would probably try to teach Summer school in LI and see if that yielded any connections.
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Good luck to all of you. I just retired (the 25/55 option) from teaching in Brooklyn
and it comes around faster than you might think . .
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
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I'm now in my second year teaching in the Bronx. I don't want to bother trying to get a job on LI. It's stressful enough even trying to land one. Also, I don't think I could deal with the parents and administration on my back. I would rather have kids who aren't as well-behaved (then again, I realize kids will be kids anywhere you go, so it doesn't make much of a difference anyway). I'm teaching 1st grade this year. The second year is so much better than the first year lol
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I really had relatively nice kids in Park Slope. And, the parents are much easier to deal with. I had many children of my children (which is why I am finally retired lol).
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If you have a good resume, you usually can get an interview in a LI district. I had over 7 interviews in 2 months on LI 6 years ago fresh out of college at 22. I went to Adelphi and didn't know a soul in public education (I went to Catholic school all my life) and i got 3 job offers by May. It is possible, but you must stand out in some way. I am also High school history...I do hear that in elementary ed is much harder to find a job.
Unlike NYC schools, you need to apply to each individual school district on LI. That means lots of resumes or online applications. Look in the New York Times starting in January/February...that is when the jobs start getting posted. Also I think Boces may have an online application which is linked to a few school districts.
Don't give up. Work on sprucing up your resume in the meantime (and getting it proofread/edited by professionals or a career center) and practicing interview questions.
I had tried for 10 years to try and get a public school teaching position on Long Island. What I found was that if you didn't know someone in an administrative position, the job couldn't ever be yours.
Unfortunately, this is becoming true of the private school sector as well.
My wife looked for 5 years to get a full time job..she worked as a leave replacement and was hired full time finally after struggling for so long. She was passed over on 2 other leave replacement jobs in other districts and guess who the hires were? People related to school board members or administration right out of college with 0 years teaching experience.
It's not impossible, but it is hard. Good luck.
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