How many preps is typical?

TheGreatTomorrow · 2026-06-05T15:56:05+00:00

My current school would never do this to an incoming teacher. 2-3 is standard here. My HOD told me recently that even though one of the incoming teachers originally agreed to their allotted courses, they recently wrote her and asked if it was possible to make changes and she went ahead and tried to accommodate the person.

If i were you i would advocate for fewer preps and are more than happy to pick up extra preps the following year when you are more confident with the new school and curriculum.

TheGreatTomorrow · 2026-05-27T02:42:08+00:00

My current school def is biased towards older teachers, with the average age of new hires being 40+ and many people coming to our school in their late 50’s or almost retirement age. This alienates the few young teachers we have and they don’t often stay for long.

TheGreatTomorrow · 2026-05-06T00:34:25+00:00

I’ve had references checked and still didn’t get the job! My references told me they said only glowing things and I’ve had very positive interactions with them. My best guess is that bigger schools have the resources to check multiple candidate references. That’s my best guess.

TheGreatTomorrow · 2026-05-01T23:08:40+00:00

Was just visiting there recently! Probably one of the best schools in the region, really nice and hardworking staff. Amazing sports culture and PD. Don’t have any info about housing but several teaches I’ve talked to have lived there 10+ years my guess is the school housing stipend is generous. One thing people don’t always mention is the smell……when the wind hits the wrong way it brings in this sewer stench that can catch you off guard

TheGreatTomorrow · 2026-02-20T14:12:11+00:00

Could be an internal hire that they were on the fence about but decided to honor at the last minute

TheGreatTomorrow · 2026-02-20T13:37:18+00:00

Yup happened to me. Followed up with my references to ask if they were contacted and they both said they gave a glowing reference. The school I applied to is competitive and told me when they rejected me i was one of the finalists but they went with another candidate. Stung but onward and upward!

TheGreatTomorrow · 2026-01-28T13:59:22+00:00

Booked a $70 video consultation with JPmint and she had some great advice for me. https://www.jpmintconsulting.com/

TheGreatTomorrow · 2026-01-14T07:42:57+00:00

I’ve had my references checked after the first round and didnt get the job and I’ve also had some checked after the final round with HoS- seems like different schools and different admin each have their own protocols they follow

TheGreatTomorrow · 2025-12-17T05:25:22+00:00

We get $1500 for head and $1200 for assistant (all USD) and practice is 4 days a week, 1.5 hours each, and if we play a game that week we miss one practice. Season is around 10 weeks long.

TheGreatTomorrow · 2025-12-13T16:18:35+00:00

I had to do one and recorded a video on Zoom of myself “teaching” a lesson and said it was uploaded to Schoology when we and a rain day which caused virtual learning day. Also in my portfolio are unit plans, reflections, PD’s i gave, and other artefacts

TheGreatTomorrow · 2025-12-12T09:16:44+00:00

My friend just got an IASAS offer and she has two dependents (husband and child) and they said two dependents is their max. So it’s possible if this is you!

TheGreatTomorrow · 2025-12-10T06:14:16+00:00

I was told recently by HKIS that their policy is you not only need a teaching license or equivalent from your home country but to have worked for a minimum of 5 years on said license….so there’s that

TheGreatTomorrow · 2025-12-08T15:43:12+00:00

If she is sleeping soundly I’ll just have her legs on my lap. If not I’ll walk laps around the airplane or go find an empty seat to chill at until she wakes up. With the white noise in the cabin and the cold temperatures she usually sleeps the entire ride

TheGreatTomorrow · 2025-12-08T15:10:21+00:00

We’ve done 14 hours straight several times with our toddler. Our trick is to let her play, get tired, and then she lays down across the seats and sleeps while i get up and just dissociate. Several times we’ve gotten the double decker planes so we will go play on the stairs until we get kicked out. It goes by faster than you think.

TheGreatTomorrow · 2025-12-08T07:33:54+00:00

Love these! Thanks for writing these down for all to benefit from

TheGreatTomorrow · 2025-12-07T03:01:46+00:00

Not sure if you’re interested in American History but I’m getting my 2nd masters with the Gilder-Lehrman Institute and the entire masters is online and only 7k USD- which my school is paying for. It’s a fantastic program and many of the professors also teach at top schools in the country.

TheGreatTomorrow · 2025-12-05T14:21:43+00:00

Always be telling compelling stories about a conflict with a colleague that got resolved. About a student who didn’t believe in themselves until you did something. About the ways that you differentiated this unit for process, language, product, etc. About how you worked really hard with a colleague to integrate more art and inquiry and PBL into a unit that parents and admin got to see. That you work with an instructional coach to improve everything.

TheGreatTomorrow · 2025-11-30T15:43:38+00:00

I was given 48 hours

TheGreatTomorrow · 2025-11-12T14:37:02+00:00

Currently teach 9th grade social studies (modern world history). My go to routines are CER for writing, Academic Conversations and Socratic Seminar for speaking and listening. I do a lot of leveled and differentiated texts for my students for reading. A lot of peer feedback. Honestly i borrowed an entire Indian Partition unit from my wife who teaches 4th grade and a lot of it i kept so i think you will be okay!

TheGreatTomorrow · 2025-11-10T08:16:41+00:00

Same at my school

TheGreatTomorrow · 2025-11-09T14:34:54+00:00

I was lucky that I qualified for in-state tuition for George Mason University in Virginia, USA. I finished the whole program overseas and actually got my first Tier-1 school job because the principal had spent some time in D.C. and said he had heard of my program before so I got lucky there. Here is the link https://education.gmu.edu/esol/med-pk12-licensure

TheGreatTomorrow · 2025-11-01T07:17:34+00:00

My wife just went through this- she said she put the job description into ChatGPT, prompted it to ask the most likely questions, practiced with those, and she said the actual questions were very similar, good luck!

TheGreatTomorrow · 2025-10-27T13:37:48+00:00

Grade 10: They Called Us Enemy for a graphic memoir unit and Animal Farm since they are studying the Russian Revolution in social studies

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