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UNI Career Center provides the following services for Grinnell students:

Spring Volunteer Fair

Camp and Recreation Info

UNI Overseas Recruiting Fair

National Educator Expo

Iowa Teaching Positions:
EdJobs Online (Iowa) -- teacher and administrator vacancies in Iowa.

Iowa Association of School Boards - Current news on issues relating to education in Iowa. Has great information regarding studies on teacher compensation.

Iowa Education Jobs - comprehensive site includes applications and requirements for Iowa licensure, links to Iowa school administrators, school boards, State Education Association

Iowa College Recruiting Network (ICoRN) Teaching Vacancies - Vacancies, postings and notices received by IPCCC member schools will automatically be forwarded to your e-mail account. No longer will you have to hunt through numerous lists to see what has been posted, rather they will come to you! Plus, it's free.

Nationwide Teaching Positions:
Academic Employment Network - opportunities for teachers and other school-related positions at all academic levels

JobWeb- offers an array of on-line services and resources that link higher education, the job seeker, and the world of work. Find articles packed with job-search tips and career information, profiles of career options, plus employer profiles.

TeacherNet - teacher jobs and employment information.

Teachers-Teachers.com a free placement service to thousands of job postings nationwide.

Teachers@Work submit your resume to this site and/or view current job listings.

TeacherJobs.com national monthly publication featuring K-12 positions.

Employment resources for Language Teachers

States (other than Iowa) - Teaching Positions:
Alternative Certification- This site lists the programs around the country that offer alternative certification.

California Teaching Jobs an excellent site sponsored by the California Center for Teaching Careers.

Departments of Education - State by State want to relocate? Find the Department of Public Instruction for the state of your choice.

Individual State Certification Requirements sponsored by the Academic Employment Network provides certification requirements state by state.

Minnesota Teaching Jobs positions in Minnesota school districts

Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center -search engine for teaching jobs serving Arizona, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.

South Texas Teaching Jobs lists openings at 40 school districts in South Texas.

Private School Teaching Positions:
Carney Sandoe and Associates connects teachers and administrators with private, independent schools across the US and abroad.

Council for American Private Education (CAPE) is a coalition of 15 national organizations that sponsor private elementary and secondary schools.

National Association of Independent Schools respresents over 1,100 independent schools and associations in the U.S. and abroad.

The Education Group works with independent (private) and charter schools across the nation.

Education Directions, Inc. lists openings within independent schools, domestic and overseas.

Other Domestic Teaching Opportunities:
Teach for America is the national teacher corps of recent college graduates of all academic majors and cultural backgrounds who commit two years to teach in under-resourced urban and rural public schools.

More Great Links for New Teachers:
American School Directory - find a school

National Center for Education Statistics

Articulating a Teaching Philosophy

National Education Association

TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc.)

Teaching Overseas:
TESOL Career Services Placement Bulletin - current job openings are listed in this monthy publication -- a paper copy is available at the CDO office; the password for the online service is available by contacting career@grinnell.edu.

JET (Japanese Exchange and Teaching) Programme hires recent college graduates to serve as Assistant Language Teachers in Japanese public school classrooms or in prefecture or city government as Coordinators for International Relations. The salary is sufficient to cover personal expenses for living in Japan, and round-trip air transportation is provided.
Japanese language not required. Contracts are for one year with extensions available.
The JETAA (JET Alumni Association) web site contains great information about the program, JETAA chapters, contacts, a Job Hunting Guide and an e-mail listserv. In 2000 6 Grinnell students left to teach with JET!

Peace Corps formed to promote world peace, mutual understanding and to offer trained men and women to countries in need. 6,500 volunteers serve in over 90 countries in Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Central and South America, the Caribbean, Central and Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union. Many teaching positions available.

Other Sites for Working/Teaching Overseas:
Best Bets for Teaching Abroad

Idealist - more than 20,000 national and international non-profit agencies

Impact Online 14,000 International Agencies

International Center -University of Michigan's site full of practical advice. This is the definitive guide to major programs and Web resources on looking for and finding teaching jobs abroad.

International Volunteer Work

Servenet - the World of Service and Volunteering

OHayo Sensei! - teaching English in Japan

eslcafe.com/joblist

TEFL Certificate Jobs

linguistic-funland.com Contains links to numerous web sites pertaining to teaching English as a Second Language abroad

TEFLAsia

Jobs in Higher Education:
The Chronicle of Higher Education each week, hundreds of new jobs covering every aspect of higher education are posted here, as well as news, information, and advice for job seekers.

HigherEdJobs.com - Student affairs, professional staff, faculty, counseling, and research-related employment listings and job vacancy notices; links to college and university job sites; links to career development, student affairs, faculty, and other higher education job sites.

University of Iowa professional job opportunities at the U.

JobWire - jobs in the field of career counseling and development


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