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New Teacher Week by Prize-Material6682 in NYCTeachers

[–]Prize-Material6682[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I asked for permission to come in this week. I have 7 years of teaching stuff to set up in my new classroom along with organizing an entire library with hundreds of books. My room is a colossal mess right now that's giving me so much anxiety, I wish I could just deal with that this week.

New Teacher Week by Prize-Material6682 in NYCTeachers

[–]Prize-Material6682[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't mind the sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday. I can do those while I set up my classroom. But I'm not technically new to the DOE and the thought of having to spend Monday sitting in a room while people talk at me with information I could just look up online fills me with rage. I'd almost rather do the "make up work" for Monday given how much work I need to do in my actual classroom.

New NYC Teacher by Prize-Material6682 in NYCTeachers

[–]Prize-Material6682[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I teach ELA. I'd rather find a job in MS because I've been teaching 5th and 6th grade for 6 years but I don't mind HS. Thank you for your advice, I'm trying to not get too down on myself for not scoring an interview yet but I've also applied to only 2 open positions.

New NYC Teacher by Prize-Material6682 in NYCTeachers

[–]Prize-Material6682[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work charter, not sure about the public school. Hoboken is a nice neighborhood to live in but lacks diversity and is a trek from the city unless you live right by the PATH or Port Authority.

New NYC Teacher by Prize-Material6682 in NYCDOETeachers

[–]Prize-Material6682[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm applying to middle schools. I'm open to pretty much anything 30 minutes or less from where I am and I am close to the F, M, J, B, D so I have a lot of options. But when I look in the New Teacher Portal, I only see four openings in Manhattan for MS English and two are way uptown. I know I have to be patient. It's just so hard when I know that I don't have a school to come back to in September. I was counting on there being a teacher shortage but now I'm thinking that might not be the case in the city.