Finally got a job offer!!!
I finally received a job offer from a local community college after 3 months of searching. So long 4th graders, and hello first-generation college students!!
I was already signed up to be a substitute teacher this coming school year in my district just in case I didn’t land anything this summer, and I was really starting to give up hope and mentally prepare myself for the sub life (which sounds more draining and difficult than the teacher life in many ways, despite the relief in workload).
If you’re where I’ve been the past 3 months, don’t give up hope. Keep submitting job applications. I’ve submitted well over 50 since April and have had 4 interviews, with only this one ending in an offer. I felt so unwanted in the job market as a teacher after resigning from my role this year, but I know that this position was competitive, and I finally feel like having “Teacher” on my resume maybe doesn’t blackball me like I was starting to believe.
As lame and needy as it sounds, it feels so good to know I was chosen. And I’m so relieved to not have to work with children this year (which is the biggest indicator that leaving teaching was absolutely the right move for me). At least I don’t regret a single one of my six years of teaching; as soon as I realized I did not like being around my students at all this year and no longer looked forward to going into work, I put in my resignation for the end of the year. Teaching was my passion, but 6 years was truly all I had to give.
Onward and upward!:) now everyone, please pray that the official offer letter is a decent salary. I’m not asking for much, I just want to survive and not feel like a hollow shell of a person.