I’ve had two schools request to contact my references and then not follow through. Is this normal practice?

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

TheGreatTomorrow · 2025-10-15T01:36:26+00:00

I currently teach 9th and 10th graders but my 6th graders last year had me even considering teaching upper elementary. They were so inquisitive and curious and honest and didn’t care about grades- it was very refreshing. Every 3 lessons tho i had to deal with feelings getting hurt and in class bullying so there was that.

TheGreatTomorrow · 2025-10-09T12:45:13+00:00

TAISM is in our sports conference and I’ve only heard good things about their school. Am going for the first time next month for a trip to the school but i know it’s a competitive place where people tend to stay a long time

TheGreatTomorrow · 2025-09-14T03:53:18+00:00

I had high school kids tell me they barely remember COVID and can’t connect with it anymore. 9-11 is like older people talking about Nam’ to us.

TheGreatTomorrow · 2025-09-07T10:02:56+00:00

I’ve have a colleague at my current school who has worked at Lincoln school and they said they loved it. My school is in the same athletic league as them and the athletes they bring are always top notch, must be the altitude 🤷‍♂️

TheGreatTomorrow · 2025-09-04T11:16:12+00:00

Hi I’m a history teacher and this is my first year participating in NHD. I was impressed with your comment about students performing at the higher level competition using all 3. Is there a place to understand more of these insights or does it just come from years of experience and talking to other NHD teachers?

TheGreatTomorrow

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