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My friend's daughter had the same problem. She lives in the Columbus area. She was willing to go into an inner city school, but no one would hire her either. She wouldn't move out of the area because she was engaged (getting married this winter) and her fiance has a decent local job. She worked at an after-school program for a couple years, working her way up to supervisor, but the pay was low-no health insurance. She gave up and started a new career as an event planner. I am surprised that your daughter can't find a job in a charter school. They usually want young inexperienced teachers. When I was in the Sandusky area a couple of years ago, I heard that the teacher market was pretty tight there too.
Kentucky isn't all that far. She can come home on weekends or at least 3 day weekends. Maybe, the two of you should take a road trip to see if she likes the area.
To expect a young lady to just pack up and move to a place she has never been, no family, no friends, etc for a job with at best minimal -- moderate pay is unrealistic. How's she supposed to even get settled, establish social support, etc? There's more to life than just a job!
To expect a young lady to just pack up and move to a place she has never been, no family, no friends, etc for a job with at best minimal -- moderate pay is unrealistic. How's she supposed to even get settled, establish social support, etc? There's more to life than just a job!
She needs to look at transferring her education and skills to something more flexible. Many years ago we had a friend with a teaching job who transferred her skills into corporate training at a large computer company. Think something along those lines. Fortunately she's still young and has time to manage her career, not have her career manage her!
Also, has she tried looking at government jobs? Not necessarily teaching, but see what there is in her area?
Although I wish her luck, I doubt she will get anything from her visit with the counselor next week. Typically their advice is useless. I've probably given more concrete suggestions than she will get from the counselor. They certainly aren't going to suggest her education was a waste and look for something else! they will probably say something to the effect of what do you want to do? What are your goals? How do you feel about this? Then, just to kill time and look like they did something, they might have her take one of those "tests" to determine what would be a good career fit. They never tell you anything specific, like what I mentioned above (which is pretty general at that). They just say things like you are good with people, or you are self-directed, etc, etc all a bunch of useless words. At the very least, please advise her NOT to pay for such "tests" they can cost thousands of dollars, and are pretty much a waste of time.
Good luck to you and your daughter! I was in a similar position at her age, and now my children face a similar situation, so I understand where you're coming from. Hang in there!
It's done all the time and she will most likely be the better for it if she relocates for her first permanent job. My oldest daughter and my son did so as the pay and all the available jobs around where we're at weren't all that great, so why "settle" for less when you can strive for more. In their cases they moved just 1 state away (Iowa) and were never more that a 5 hour drive away from home if they needed some TLC (which they didn't). Both are still in Iowa, but at different jobs in their career and live much closer to home AND making much better pay than if they stayed in South Dakota.
Based on some other posts, she has job opportunities a plenty if she also would move just 1 state away. Time to cut the apron springs and have a little adventure. Only being 1 state away means it's easy for her to also be VISITED by family.
Have a kitchen table talk about it, then go for it.
I've posted before regarding my daughter getting a special education job with no luck. Well, it's been three years now and she has applied for well over 100 positions within a 30 mile radius of home. She is very well qualified and has excellent references and some good long time sub experience. (Graduated magna *** laude, honor roll all 4 years, reading endorsement, reading specialist wtih a master degree and some excellent volunteer and paying positions.) Still zip. It's even very hard to get called for an interview as they are very few and far between and frequently have over 100 applicants. She did not apply for any inner city districts or charter schools and will not be going that route. She is reluctant to move and does not want inner city (with my blessing.) She is a very petite, young looking lady. So I told her if she is not willing to do either of those two options (and that still does not guarantee anything) she is not going to get a teaching job up here in northeast Ohio. No full time experience and not knowing the right people. Sometime after the 4th, Daughter is going to talk to the career counselor at her college and hope to get some sort of advice. So i guess after all this, teaching is probably not going to work for her.
Good luck to those still in the game.
Not sure why you're posting on behalf of an adult daughter?
You say she won't inner city (with "your blessing") and won't relocate. So why complain?
I am a retired Special Ed teacher who worked in the inner city of LA for 28 years, so I speak with some authority and experience. Special Ed teachers are in HUGE demand in many areas of the country. If your daughter can't get a teaching contract with a full SDC or RSP credential, something's wrong somewhere. Maybe it's because she refuses to drive more than 30 miles to a job? Something to think about.
"To expect a young lady to just pack up and move to a place she has never been, no family, no friends, etc for a job with at best minimal -- moderate pay is unrealistic. How's she supposed to even get settled, establish social support, etc? There's more to life than just a job!"
This has to be a joke? Consider the young American boys at age 17 and 18 who fought in World War II and Korea. They had to go to foreign countries where they'd never been, no family, no friends, minimal pay... and hundreds of thousands never came back and paid the ultimate sacrifice. Your comment is really self-serving and elitist, sorry.
Ever since its initial enactment, the federal law has included a commitment to pay 40 percent of the average per student cost for every special education student. The current average per student cost is $7,552 and the average cost per special education student is an additional $9,369 per student, or $16,921.
A private school with six students might net $101,526 gross income.
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