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By Carla

Here's the tiny bit of info I can give you. I haven't actually looked for a job in or around Houston, but I am from that area and I did my student teaching in Klein- north Houston near Spring.

First off, if you can student
teach with Klein ISD, I'd recommend it. The superintendent is very active in meeting and helping the student teachers- all you have to do is take the initiative and be bold. I don't know if that guarentees you a job since I didn't apply, but I do know that he attended the luncheon for us, stayed for a long time answering questions, then said for us to contact him to schedule an interview

and we'd be given priority. I don't know if that is standard for all student teaching or not, but many of the students I taught with got jobs by April for the 05-06 school year.

Next, I know that Baytown's GCISD and LaPorte's district (don't remember what it is called) are both usually hiring. It would help to network. They are lower income districts, but easy drives to Clear Lake whereas Klein will put you almost an hour away.

I think Friendswood and Clear Lake are pretty competitive- if you are student teaching in HISD, it may be harder to get into the "nicer" districts like those and Klein.

I've heard it is easier to get a job in HISD itself, so if you get desperate, you ought to decide if you can handle it.

If you speak Spanish well enough to be certified bilingual, you'll get a job in any of these areas.

Remeber that there are three major universities in Houston alone, and that there are even more in the surrounding areas. So you might want to reevaluate passing up HISD if you want to live in that area.

Good luck!