The interview process was tedious and time consuming. After leaving my previously tenured position in CA, I had to go through the same process as brand new teachers with no experience- an initial group interview, which was filmed, where we were asked to present a 2 minute lesson plan to our competitors. Bizarre. The board posed hypothetical scenarios for us to debate and in the end, we received very little feedback other than, "we'll be in contact if we like you, otherwise you can come back and try again in 2 years." I thankfully received the stamp of approval, but was then faced with the daunting reality of minimal jobs being available for "new" teachers (never mind the years of experience and a master's degree I worked so hard to get). Those jobs were reserved for WCSD inner-district transfers only.
And even transfers have a hard time getting jobs; many get passed over when principals decide to hire somebody who is already in the building or a favorite of that principal.
The district always likes to brag about it having 300 or 400 teaching jobs open each year, but that is a misnomer. Very few of those jobs are ever available to outsiders without connections, and only the jobs nobody wants are available--after the school year starts, which is the end of the transfer period. Although the website has job listings of specific jobs in specific schools available ONLY to transfers, I seriously doubt this is the reality. Those jobs would likely be filled on the outside, especially the special education jobs that are given to long-term subs.
Once you are hired, then that gives the district permission to treat you like absolute shit.
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