It's hard for teachers everywhere. About 5000 are facing layoffs in georgia.

It's no picnic in Indiana, either. My district hasn't been hit nearly as bad as some of the Indy metro area, but we still had to RIF (Reduction-In-Force) quite a few people.

new jersey is also pretty bad right now too. thousands of layoffs of teachers. my school had about 8 rif(reduction in force/cutting of tenured teachers by removing programs) and about 6 other non-tenured teachers. and today all the other non-tenured teachers (myself included) got notices that our contracts were not being renewed because our budget still hasn't been figured out. so now i'm in the fun limbo of will i have a job or not. uuugh.

Add Illinois to the list. My boyfriend just informed me that out of the 40 students in his program (just secondary ed/history, not any other subjects), only 3 have jobs. 2 of them are out of the country.

Don't know if this is true or not but I've heard a lot of professors and students say history/social studies is one of the hardest to find a job in.

That is what they have told us here too. It's hard, especially for middle school, to get a Social Studies position.

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Don't bother looking in California. It sucks to be a teacher here right now. After 4 years in my district, I was laid-off recently. My last day is this coming Thursday. My options right now are to look for a non-teaching job, unemployment or substitute teach. I can't afford to do nothing with a baby on the way. The situation around here sucks. :(

Have you considered an overseas teaching gig? At least here in Dubai I hear they're always looking for qualified teachers. Based on what the cost of tuition is ($15-20K per year), I'd think the teachers would get paid pretty well. Google Dubai American Academy, American School of Dubai, Universal American School Dubai (this one has fewer American students but is American curriculum). I think the same is probably true for schools all over the Middle East, and probably worldwide. And then there are the International Baccalaureate schools which teach a different curriculum but are also probably in the market for good American teachers.

You'll will probably have to sign a contract of a couple years, but they should pay for a ticket home every year, and might even provide housing. These are questions you'd want to ask.

There is also the Department of Defense Education Activity (www.dodea.edu). I work stateside. I'm hoping to get to Europe in the next couple of years.

I was looking for teaching jobs (Elementary) when I graduated, but couldn't find any so ended up in a daycare. I've been there for about a year now, and this fall I plan on going to graduate school to get a Master's in Special Education.. Sigh :)

I am not sure if you are willing to relocate across country, but there are a lot of teaching jobs in Utah. I teach and southern Nevada and get notices from www.teachers-teachers.com all the time.

You might want to register on there.

I'm not trying to insult you, but I am a special education teacher. Please, only go into special education if that's really what you want. Going into it for the job outlook is only going to disappoint you.

I'm sure you'll find a job as a SPED teacher, but special education teachers do two jobs for one salary and work (depending on the time of year) the longest hours of any teachers in the building.

It's tough job, but I enjoy it.

Going off what AlwaysSAI said, please don't go into sped because you think that getting a job will be "easy".

First off, sped isn't easy. It is a tough yet rewarding job. Having taught sped, IMPO it is 10 times harder than regular education.

I'm not saying any of this to discourage but I've dealt with some sped teachers who seriously should have never gone into teaching in general, but they went into sped because they figured it would be easier to find a job.

As a dual certified teacher (K-8 Elementary education and K-12 cross categorical special education), it didn't help finding a job. While living in AZ I was one of thousands looking for a job. Plus, I think with sped, administrators are looking for experience over being certified. In this day and age, they can afford to be picky. They don't just have to pick the first canidate who is certified because they will probably have 10 more with the same credentials.

Also please be aware that once you are in sped you might be stuck there. My current sped teacher is dual certified and wants to get into regular education and she was told by administration no. She was pissed.

I have the same certifications as you (except, I also have middle school math)! My certs in ELED and SPED come from a dual degree program. I studied ELED and SPED simultaneously.

In college, I thought my dual degree would make me extra marketable. Little did I know, once a principal saw the SPED certification, nothing else mattered. If you start in SPED at one school, I would almost guarantee that they will never move you to regular ed. SPED has a high turnover and it is very difficult to fill open positions.

You took the words right out of my mouth here. I wasn't sure how to say it. I didn't want to piss off any regular ed teachers. And, can I just say here: It really pisses me off when regular ed teachers try to compare their job to mine. I once said to a dear friend of mine: "I don't have to do that because I write IEPs and hold IEP meetings." And she responded, "I write lesson plans and grade papers. We should all do the same thing."

I wanted to scream at her. HOW MUCH OF YOUR PLANNING IS EATEN BY IEPS? HOW MANY AFTERNOONS PER WEEK DO YOU SPEND IN IEP MEETINGS? HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU HAD PROVE THAT YOU NOTIFIED TEACHERS WHO DIDN'T ATTEND THE IEP MEETING? HOW MANY TIMES HAS YOUR PAYCHECK BEEN WITH HELD BECAUSE A PARENT DIDN'T RETURN A FORM? OH, AND AFTER I DO ALL OF THAT I STILL HAVE TO WRITE LESSON PLANS AND GRADE PAPERS. (But, that's just my frustrated rant)

Teaching special ed DOES NOT IN ANY WAY compare to teaching regular ed.