u/IAmNotChilean

Hi all, I'm freaking out about how slow hiring is going in SoCal. I'm looking to get back into HS English teaching with 2 years of public school experience in the Bay Area and a 3 year hiatus from the classroom. I have a clear California credential and a Master's.

On EdJoin, there seems to be no one hiring for full-time English positions in the LA/SGV area. Every posting on EdJoin seems to be the typical Applicant Pool posting or charter org leaving their off-EdJoin application link in their posting (I've applied to half of these).

I applied to LAUSD but still haven't heard back and have no idea how to check the status of that application; the website seems like a mess.

I've only had one interview at a charter organization and their one high school that had openings recently filled the position. I turned down a middle school interview because I really don't want to teach middle school, but I'm finding that maybe I shouldn't have and that I don't have the right to be picky in this economy.

Not sure what to do. Does my clear credential and Master's make me less desirable as a candidate (higher payscale)? Do I just sit here twiddling my thumbs, waiting for new positions to open after AP testing is over? Do I make myself open to middle school? Should I be applying to San Bernardino and Temecula and Palm Springs and just accept that I'll have a two hour commute every day?

I guess I'm not sure if it's the hiring timeline, budgeting issues, or if there's something about my application that isn't clicking.

Any advice is appreciated. Sorry that this isn't strictly about ELA.

Hi all, I'm freaking out about how slow hiring is going in SoCal. I'm looking to get back into HS English teaching with 2 years of public school experience in the Bay Area and a 3 year hiatus from the classroom. I have a clear California credential and a Master's.

On EdJoin, there seems to be no one hiring for full-time English positions in the LA/SGV area. Every posting on EdJoin seems to be the typical Applicant Pool posting or charter org leaving their off-EdJoin application link in their posting (I've applied to half of these).

I applied to LAUSD but still haven't heard back and have no idea how to check the status of that application; the website seems like a mess.

I've only had one interview at a charter organization and their one high school that had openings recently filled the position. I turned down a middle school interview because I really don't want to teach middle school, but I'm finding that maybe I shouldn't have and that I don't have the right to be picky in this economy.

Not sure what to do. Does my clear credential and Master's make me less desirable as a candidate (higher payscale)? Do I just sit here twiddling my thumbs, waiting for new positions to open after AP testing is over? Do I make myself open to middle school? Should I be applying to San Bernardino and Temecula and Palm Springs and just accept that I'll have a two hour commute every day?

I guess I'm not sure if it's the hiring timeline, budgeting issues, or if there's something about my application that isn't clicking.

Any advice is appreciated.

I'm a huge DeLillo fan and End Zone is my personal favorite. I love how the book has some kind of spiritual and existential heft to it, but I also really appreciate its humor and almost slapstick quality of it. The entire book is so strange and funny and I really want to read more books like that. Anyone got recs? Either more DeLillo or something else?

If it helps, I feel like Wiseblood by Flannery O'Connor and most of her short stories fit the bill of what I'm looking for. A bit dark, spiritually heavy, but most of all funny and witty.