Employment Update

I know that some people rely exclusively on this blog to know what's happening in my life.  Since dropping this bomb in March, and considering my last post might have been too cryptic, here's a brief update on my employment woes and asperations.

If I haven't already mentioned it, we would really love to stay in the area because of church and family, but the odds are really against that at this point.  A few weeks ago, I had two interviews with two different schools, but unfortunately, struck out of both in the first round.

But for now, I have an interview on Wednesday with a local school, and I recently sent another application to another nearby district.  If those two don't work out though, it seems all but certain that we will be leaving the Southern Tier.

June was a self-imposed deadline of mine to start looking for other schools, and I already started filling out my application with the STA - the Southern Teachers Agency.   I've worked with the STA three years ago and actually secured two positions through them.  But when it came time to accept, I got cold feet, (maybe stupidly) rejected the offers, and withdrew my name from future considerations.  I just couldn't bear the idea of leaving family and friends at the time.  Ironically, a lot of them have ended up moving away since then.  This time, I confident in my willingness to move; I think a lot of that has to do with being a father and husband who provides.  The aspect of being unemployed past September isn't even something I've considered.  But I'm relatively hopeful that I'll be able to get something considering that I am a better and more experienced teacher.

I also will be applying to a few more schools in New York as a find them.  I'm sure there are more than what I have found up to this point, but without leads from friends, it's utterly exhausting to find them on district websites.

Mentally, most of my focus has been on trying to make sure my students do well on the Regents in two weeks.  So I haven't spent a lot of time feeling depressed or sorry for myself.  Between interviewing and applying (and haven't a year-and-a-half-old), that's kept me more than busy.

Pray that God's will be done and that it's revealed soon.

Thanks!