Job Search Resources and Vacancies

Job Search 

EdZapp and PPS Applications

• EdZapp Oregon Online Teacher Application
• EdZapp "Getting Started" Tutorial
• EdZapp Sample "Resume" (or Application) 2009-10 (pdf)
• Portland Public Schools' Application

Timelines and Miscellaneous

• Job Search Timeline 2009-10
• Help with Resumes, Cover Letters, and Application Essays
• Practice Interview Questions
• Marketing Oneself (ppt)
• AAEE's 2010 Job Search Handbook for Educators
• Oregon Education Association (OEA) Student Teacher Membership

School District Maps

• Oregon School District Map
• Oregon Private Schools
• Washington School District Map
• Alaska School District Map
• British Columbia School District Map

Education Vacancies in the Pacific Northwest

Oregon

• Oregon K-12 Education Vacancies (EdZapp)
• Oregon Tutoring and Other Part-time Positions
• Portland Public Schools' Vacancies

Washington

• Washington Center for Teaching Careers (WATeach)

Alaska

• Alaska Teacher Placement (ATP)

Additional Education Vacancy Resources

• Bureau of Indian Education Human Resources
• Teach California
• CalWest Educators Placement
• Carney, Sandoe & Associates
• EducationAmerica.Net
• Green Collar Jobs
• idealist.org Action Without Borders
• MonsterTRAK
• National Association of Independent Schools
• Project Connect
• SchoolSpring
• Teachers-Teachers
• Top School Jobs
• Troops-to-Teachers

Substitute Teaching

While some Portland Metro Area districts post their substitute teaching positions on EdZapp, your best first step is to contact the HR offices of each of the school districts in which you are interested in substitute teaching to inquire as to their process for hiring teachers into their substitute pools.  You will also need to contact the corresponding education service districts (ESDs) about registering as a substitute teacher in the ESD's service area.  (You can substitute teach on an Initial Teaching License.)

• Clackamas ESD 
• Multnomah ESD 
• Northwest Regional ESD 

International Teaching

The following are resources that students and alumni of the Graduate School's Education Department have found valuable in their international job searches:

• Council of International Schools
• Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA)
• European Council of International Schools
• International School Services
• Peace Corps
• Queen's University International Teacher Placement Service
  
• Search Associates
• The International Educator
• Transitions Abroad: Work, Study, Travel, Living
• UNI's Overseas Placement Service for Educators

Student Loans

• Student Loan Cancellation or Deferment Options for Teachers
• Loan Forgiveness Programs
• Student Financial Services