u/Pure-Sandwich3501

I graduated with a music ed degree and finished my student teaching in spring 2024. since then I've applied for probably a hundred jobs in multiple states in my region and still haven't been hired. I've had a handful of interviews (about 3 a year) and the only feedback I've received is "your answers were fantastic but [some variation of we just didn't like you]". I have stellar recommendations from my mentor teacher, my field supervisors, multiple principals, other music teachers in my area, and I have a great reputation as a sub (short term in multiple districts and long term for music at three schools).

last year I was a long term sub for elementary music at a few schools in my district. the last one I was at, the guy basically left at the start of spring semester and never came back so I was there almost half the year. I applied for a pool of 6 jobs that opened in the summer (including that school) and was interviewed and not hired. that school and another reopened twice, I applied again, never heard a word. one of them just opened back up because the guy they hired was apparently an awful fit and they haven't even contacted me for an interview.

I have multiple music teachers and admin in this district and the neighborhood district who have nothing but stellar things to say about my teaching. I made a lot of great connections with the kids at each school I was at and I'm truly at a loss for what to do from here. I will take literally any suggestion at this point, I have no idea what I'm doing wrong

I thought Pullman/Moscow were bad but I can't go more than a mile around here without seeing someone on their phone. I've almost been hit like 4 times just this week. if you text and drive, I guarantee you aren't as good at it as you think you are. no, you aren't the exception

I just had a really great interview for a teaching position but got another rejection. the feedback I got is that even though I have some good experience and they had a really great sense of who I am as a teacher, they didn't feel like they knew who I was as a person/coworker. I honestly have no idea how to improve that and I would love some tips and suggestions

I went to the ER last night because I had insane flank pain and bloody urine and they said I have a 4mm kidney stone. it's been hurting on and off for about 36 hours now and it sucks so hard. they gave me lots of meds including 3 days worth of pain meds and a month of tamsulosin.

I looked it up online and it says it can take weeks to pass. is it going to hurt like hell that entire time?? the pain hasn't moved at all so I'm assuming the stone hasn't moved much, an I going to be in screaming pain for a few weeks after the pain meds run out? how long is it usually this painful for?

I've been applying for teaching jobs for the last 3 years and still nothing. I even had a long term sub position most of this year, applied for the position when it opened up, and still nothing. I'm officially giving up so I would love to know what else I can do with a music ed degree besides subbing until I die

my stupid ass 7a died earlier this evening and I plugged it in for like an hour and came to check on it and it was still dead. I plugged it back in and tried to turn it on, but now it starts up, has 0%, and dies while plugged in. it won't stop doing this, how do I stop it from trying to turn on? I literally can't use it unless I can get it to stop

I have an interview coming up for a k-5 general music position. I've been the long term sub since the beginning of February so I'm already pretty familiar with the concert requirements, after school clubs/activities, the parents and families, the curriculum, and pretty much everything I would normally ask about in an interview. does anyone have some thoughts on what I should ask that I might not already know? I don't want to go in there with no questions of my own

I've been long term subbing for k-5 music at this school since the start of February (and I was at a different elementary in the district for a few months right before). the teacher isn't returning and the job will be posted soon for next year and I'm planning to apply.

I've had terrible luck the last two years but I'm hoping that since they know me it'll help this time around. I think I've grown a lot since starting this assignment but I've also struggled quite a bit. it's one of the more challenging schools in the district for behavior and it took a long time to really get things going smoothly. I'm starting to have better classroom management (most days) and I've built a lot of relationships with the kids but I'm worried that because they saw me struggle so much in the beginning it'll hurt my chances of getting hired.

any advice for applying and interviewing in this situation would be appreciated ❤️

I'm looking for some advice and suggestions for my 5th graders. I was a long term sub at this elementary school for a few months this year and was just asked to return for the remainder of the school year (about 5 weeks). at this school I have 2 5th grade classes and I see each of them 2x a week for 30 minutes.

both of them are extremely difficult classes for myself, their usual music teacher, their classroom teachers, admin, pretty much everyone on earth. they don't listen to instructions, they are incredibly rude to each other so they are prone to fights, and they do not handle tools/equipment/instruments safely or responsibly so it's tough to find an activity or topic that works well for them.

I heard that in the fall they were really into Japanese music and culture so I wouldn't mind doing something with that. when I was there I got most of them to come up with some soundscapes as a group using hand percussion which went alright, I tried having them do bucket drumming later but there were several bucket casualties so bigger instruments are out of the question for now. we have access to quaver and computers, I haven't ever tried that with them but I'm open to it.

if you have ANY ideas or tips or suggestions for what I could do with these classes for the next couple weeks I would seriously appreciate it. I will try just about anything, I just want to be able to do something fun and safe until the year ends