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getting hired
By Carolyn

Hi, Laurie,

I suppose the hiring depends upon the district in which you want to work. When I worked in Pennsylvania, our district wanted to start interviewing in April. Some teachers were hired by May for the elementary
slots in our schools. As early as this might seem, we also had last minute hiring go on. Teachers were actually hired right before school starts. This late hiring decision was based upon the sudden need for an additional teacher. I lived in a fast-growth area in Eastern Pennsylvania, and some parents didn't enroll their children until the last minute.
I moved down here to North

Carolina in August, 1997. I was hired during the week school started. I had to delay starting with the kids, because I had to prepare for moving myself down to the Charlotte area--a 600 mile move!

Now I work in South Carolina. Our district offers contracts at tax deadline time--April 15th! It isn't really until the deadline turn in date--about two weeks later--that the district can do any serious planning for hiring teachers. We have some teachers who want to transfer, and there are the retirements and resignations. Once they have sorted these out, they can begin posting jobs and interviewing. Our district interviews right through the summer. I was offered my job in July.