Strategies for Finding (and Keeping) a Good-Fit Teaching Position

Abstract

Rather than focusing on how to find a job, this article offers six strategies for determining—given one’s beliefs about teaching and learning—whether a job is the right fit for a teacher.

Key words:

• job applications
• job hunting
• job interviewing

Additional information

Notes on contributors

Andrew P. Huddleston

Andrew P. Huddleston, Kathryn A. Ohle, and Amy K. Mullins are teacher education Professors who specialize in literacy education at Abilene Christian University, Grand Valley State University, and Bluffton University, respectively. Hannah Lowry and Denae Shake both served as research assistants. Lowry now teaches second grade at Beverly Elementary in Plano, Texas, and Shake teaches third grade at Wilson Elementary in Coppell, Texas. Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]

Kathryn A. Ohle

Andrew P. Huddleston, Kathryn A. Ohle, and Amy K. Mullins are teacher education Professors who specialize in literacy education at Abilene Christian University, Grand Valley State University, and Bluffton University, respectively. Hannah Lowry and Denae Shake both served as research assistants. Lowry now teaches second grade at Beverly Elementary in Plano, Texas, and Shake teaches third grade at Wilson Elementary in Coppell, Texas. Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]

Amy K. Mullins

Andrew P. Huddleston, Kathryn A. Ohle, and Amy K. Mullins are teacher education Professors who specialize in literacy education at Abilene Christian University, Grand Valley State University, and Bluffton University, respectively. Hannah Lowry and Denae Shake both served as research assistants. Lowry now teaches second grade at Beverly Elementary in Plano, Texas, and Shake teaches third grade at Wilson Elementary in Coppell, Texas. Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]

Hannah Lowry

Andrew P. Huddleston, Kathryn A. Ohle, and Amy K. Mullins are teacher education Professors who specialize in literacy education at Abilene Christian University, Grand Valley State University, and Bluffton University, respectively. Hannah Lowry and Denae Shake both served as research assistants. Lowry now teaches second grade at Beverly Elementary in Plano, Texas, and Shake teaches third grade at Wilson Elementary in Coppell, Texas. Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]

Denae Shake

Andrew P. Huddleston, Kathryn A. Ohle, and Amy K. Mullins are teacher education Professors who specialize in literacy education at Abilene Christian University, Grand Valley State University, and Bluffton University, respectively. Hannah Lowry and Denae Shake both served as research assistants. Lowry now teaches second grade at Beverly Elementary in Plano, Texas, and Shake teaches third grade at Wilson Elementary in Coppell, Texas. Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]