Long shot, but any educational leads (college, etc)?

I am an unemployed teacher. I worked for 1.5 years, taught summer school twice, come with excellent references but cannot find a job.

Since it's 9/4, it's probably fair to say I do not have a job for this year, so I'm expanding my search.

I just wanted to put it out there that if anyone has any leads in ANY type of educational setting - a college, a test prep company, etc. - I would really, really appreciate it. My unemployment runs out right before Christmas but I don't want to rely on it anymore. It's been 7 months on it and I really just want to work.

Thanks!

Re: Long shot, but any educational leads (college, etc)?

Kaplan always seems to be hiring. I work in a college, and we are in a hiring freeze and laying off permanent employees, so not a good time for college work either.

Re: Long shot, but any educational leads (college, etc)?

I would imagine it would be a paycut, but have you considered working in something human-services related? I know there are a bunch of agencies on LI and in NYC that run day programs for people with disabilities, and they often hire people with a background in education. If you go back on here, I listed a bunch of agencies to look into on another thread for an unemployed teacher who was looking.

Re: Long shot, but any educational leads (college, etc)?

Someone reccomended to me this website while I was looking: higheredjobs.org

I even got an interview from it!

I would also go to individual college's websites to see if they were advertising. I would suggest trying to get an Admissions position. I worked in Admissions for 3 years and loved it.

Re: Long shot, but any educational leads (college, etc)?

I got a job as an Adjunct Professor at devry. There sessions change every 8 weeks. It some money while you ar elooking for something permanent.

I would check out there website.

Re: Long shot, but any educational leads (college, etc)?

Thanks all! Great suggestions - I will look into all of them.

Re: Long shot, but any educational leads (college, etc)?

Jenn - did you consider some private institutions? For example, CA Technologies has a private montessori care with kindergarten or Friends Academy.

Also, I know there were postings recently online for a leave replacement at Longwood and Sag Harbor. And I saw Suffolk Community College was looking for professors for early childhood and reading. I saw something similiar for Empire State College (you work from home for this school).

Let me know if you need more info - I can likely dig it up.

Good luck!