Would a principal be put off by an email asking for an interview?
For context I live in WA state and just finished my first year teaching. The job market for teachers is sooo oversaturated. A single job posting will get over 50 applications. There is a position I really want that popped up. I submitted my application, but I know it will get lost among people with more years of experience than me.
Would it be bad/annoying if I email the principal of the school and politely let them know I am super enthusiastic about the position and directly ask to be interviewed? I don't want to come off as desperate (but I am lol). I know if I don't change something about my approach to job apps I will not get a job for next school year.
Also at a place I interviewed a bit ago the principal called me and told me I didn't get the position but she thought I was great and said she would call principals to tell them to interview me. I said thank you but idk how that would actually go down. If I asked her to do that and the principal she calls asks why she didn't hire me... she will bring up that they chose someone with more years of experience. Won't that just look bad on me? It was a very kind thing for her to offer to do but I am hesitant. On the other hand, I am just getting rejections and not moving on to interviews for so many things I have applied to.