So, as I sit and wait for the phone to ring and read blogs, I begin to think about how to get my name out on the "teacher preferred" sub lists. Who knew that marketing myself for a sub job would be so intense. With the economy and more and more teachers getting laid off, the sub lists continue to grow. In one district I was lucky to get on because I know a lot of teachers that my own children had. The other district I am on because I interned in their district. Lucky stuff since both districts have a waiting list of over 200 teachers just for the sub list!
Now I need to market myself. It began with sending casual emails to my own children's teachers and to the teachers I met at the school I interned for. Just a "quick note to inform you I am on the district sub list. Plus, please keep me in mind if you need an extra hand in your classroom. I am more than happy to volunteer! Hope your year is off to a great start!" is what they all began as.
Now I have made business cards to hand out when I visit. A bright colored design with all my contact info so that they can contact me anytime of day! I also had magnets (of my business card) and stationary made! My thought process is that when I leave, I'll stick a magnet on their file cabinet and leave them a personal "thank-you" note.
Again I sit and wait!
Yeah! And someone has continued blogging. Needless to say before I sstarted reading your blogs I grabbed the laptop, asked my wife to join me then we both ehaded off to the bedroom so that we could return the favor of having you with us when we went to bed each night!! I won't tell you I was smoking a cigarette after reading your thoughts, but it was very good to see someone has continued to open their mind to the world!
ReplyDeleteOn that note, you are doing a great job if you have made business cards and passed them out to schools in your area. You might also want to make sure you are signed up for Special Education as there seems to be a lot of need for that in the sub ranks. It has been a fantastic way to get into the schools and introduce yourself to the office staffs. I began marketing about a week before school started and I've had a job almost everyday thus far.....and only three of them were becuase of the shickingly good looks:)
You have inspired me to get back into the blogging thing once again. Then I can be in bed with you and your hubby once again like old times.
Take care Awesome Cassandra!