Education Jobs and Teacher Jobs
The field of education—including elementary schools, high schools, colleges, and universities—is a very exciting place to look for a job because of the tremendous number of jobs available. I’m excited to show you how to approach this sector. I think it will open up some doors in terms of how you think about looking for a job.
Jobs in education tend to be scattered across an incredible number of sources. Many of these sources are university and school system websites. Because of this, it’s much easier to track down and apply for jobs at these institutions. You also have a better chance of actually getting these positions compared to those that are more widely advertised.
In order to explore this thoroughly, let’s start broad with the federal government and work our way down to state governments, universities, and finally, local school systems. Education jobs encompass not just teaching positions, but also those inside educational institutions. I’ll cover each below.
Education Jobs with the Federal and State Government
The US Department of Education has its own website, which lists numerous jobs. It’s basically like a regular job search engine. On this site, you’ll see vacancies in almost every field, including finance jobs, attorney jobs, and many others. This is the site:
http://jobsearch.edhires.ed.gov/
This particular site isn’t overflowing with opportunities, but it’s always good to check just for the sake of being thorough.
From the federal government, we move to the state government. Here is a list of the state departments of education, which all have several jobs available at any one time.
List of State Departments of Education
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| Alabama | Alabama Department of Education
Gordon Persons Office Building 50 North Ripley Street P.O. Box 302101 Montgomery, AL 36104-3833 Phone: (334) 242-9700 Fax: (334) 242-9708 Email: dmurray@alsde.edu Website: http://www.alsde.edu/html/home.asp
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| Alaska
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Alaska Department of Education and Early Development
Suite 200 801 West 10th Street P.O. Box 110500 Juneau, AK 99811-0500 Phone: (907) 465-2800 Fax: (907) 465-4156 TTY: (907) 465-2815 Email: dorothy.knuth@alaska.gov or eed.webmaster@alaska.gov Website: http://www.eed.state.ak.us/ |
| Arizona
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Arizona Department of Education
1535 West Jefferson Street Phoenix, AZ 85007 Phone: (602) 542-4361 Toll-Free: (800) 352-4558 Fax: (602) 542-5440 Email: ADEINBOX@azed.gov Website: http://www.ade.az.gov/
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| Arkansas
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Arkansas Department of Education
Room 304A Four State Capitol Mall Little Rock, AR 72201-1071 Phone: (501) 682-4204 Fax: (501) 682-1079 Email: Ken.James@arkansas.gov Website: http://ArkansasEd.org/
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| California
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California Department of Education
1430 N Street Sacramento, CA 95814-5901 Phone: (916) 319-0800 Fax: (916) 319-0100 Email: superintendent@cde.ca.gov Website: http://www.cde.ca.gov/
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| Colorado
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Colorado Department of Education
201 East Colfax Avenue Denver, CO 80203-1704 Phone: (303) 866-6600 Fax: (303) 830-0793 Email: howerter_c@cde.state.co.us Website: http://www.cde.state.co.us/
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| Connecticut
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Connecticut Department of Education
State Office Building 165 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106-1630 Phone: (860) 713-6548 Toll-Free: (800) 465-4014 Fax: (860) 713-7001 Email: AM.Lenkiewicz@ct.gov or mark.mcquillan@ct.gov Website: http://www.sde.ct.gov/
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| Delaware
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Delaware Department of Education
Suite Two 401 Federal Street Dover, DE 19901-3639 Phone: (302) 735-4000 Fax: (302) 739-4654 Email: mcollier@doe.k12.de.us or llowery@doe.k12.de.us Website: http://www.doe.state.de.us/
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| District of Columbia
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Office of the State Superintendent of Education (District of Columbia)
State Board of Education Suite 350N 441 Fourth Street NW Washington, DC 20001 Phone: (202) 727-6436 Fax: (202) 727-2019 Email: osse@dc.gov or chad.colby@dc.gov Website: http://osse.dc.gov/seo/site/default.asp
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| Florida
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Florida Department of Education
325 West Gaines Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400 Phone: (850) 245-0505 Fax: (850) 245-9667 Email: commissioner@fldoe.org Website: http://www.fldoe.org/
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| Georgia
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Georgia Department of Education
2066 Twin Towers East 205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive, SE Atlanta, GA 30334-5001 Phone: (404) 656-2800 Toll-Free: (800) 311-3627 Toll-Free Restrictions: GA residents only Fax: (404) 651-8737 Email: brturner@doe.k12.ga.us or kathycox@doe.k12.ga.us Website: http://www.gadoe.org
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| Hawaii
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Hawaii Department of Education
Systems Accountability Office Room 411 1390 Miller Street Honolulu, HI 96813 Phone: (808) 586-3283 Fax: (808) 586-3440 Email: cara_tanimura@notes.k12.hi.us Website: http://doe.k12.hi.us/
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| Idaho | Idaho State Board of Education
Len B. Jordan Office Building 650 West State Street P.O. Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0027 Phone: (208) 332-6800 Toll-Free: (800) 432-4601 Toll-Free Restrictions: ID residents only Fax: (208) 334-2228 TTY: (800) 377-3529 Email: mrmcgrath@sde.idaho.gov or bkmattson@sde.idaho.gov Website: http://www.sde.idaho.gov/
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| Illinois
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Illinois State Board of Education
100 North First Street Springfield, IL 62777 Phone: (217) 782-4321 Toll-Free: (866) 262-6663 Toll-Free Restrictions: IL residents only Fax: (217) 524-4928 TTY: (217) 782-1900 Email: cgroves@isbe.net or statesup@isbe.net Website: http://www.isbe.net/
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| Indiana
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Indiana Department of Education
Statehouse, Room 229 Indianapolis, IN 46204-2795 Phone: (317) 232-6610 Fax: (317) 232-6610 Email: webmaster@doe.in.gov Website: http://www.doe.in.gov
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| Iowa
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Iowa Department of Education
Grimes State Office Building 400 East 14th Street Des Moines, IA 50319-0146 Phone: (515) 281-3436 Fax: (515) 281-4122 Email: kathy.petosa@iowa.gov Website: http://www.iowa.gov/educate
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| Kansas | Kansas Department of Education
120 South East 10th Avenue Topeka, KS 66612-1182 Phone: (785) 296-3201 Fax: (785) 296-7933 TTY: (785) 296-6338 Email: lasnider@ksde.org or aposny@ksde.org Website: http://www.ksde.org/
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| Kentucky | Kentucky Department of Education
Capital Plaza Tower First Floor 500 Mero Street Frankfort, KY 40601 Phone: (502) 564-3141 Fax: (502) 564-5680 Email: webmaster@education.ky.gov Website: http://www.education.ky.gov
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| Louisiana | Louisiana Department of Education
1201 North Third P.O. Box 94064 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9064 Phone: (225) 219-5172 Toll-Free: (877) 453-2721 Fax: (225) 342-0781 Email: customerservice@la.gov Website: http://www.louisianaschools.net
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| Maine | Maine Department of Education
Burton M. Cross State Office Building 111 Sewall Street 23 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0023 Phone: (207) 624-6600 Fax: (207) 624-6601 TTY: (207) 624-6800 Email: tammy.morrill@maine.gov or susan.gendron@maine.gov Website: http://www.maine.gov/portal/education/
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| Maryland | Maryland State Department of Education
200 West Baltimore Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Phone: (410) 767-0100 Fax: (410) 333-6033 Email: rpeiffer@msde.state.md.us Website: http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE
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| Massachusetts | Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
75 Pleasant Street Malden, MA 02148-4906 Phone: (781) 338-3111 Fax: (781) 338-3770 TTY: (800) 439-2370 Email: www@doe.mass.edu or media@doe.mass.edu Website: http://www.doe.mass.edu/
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| Michigan | Michigan Department of Education
P.O. Box 30008 608 West Allegan Street Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: (517) 373-3324 Fax: (517) 335-4565 Email: thelens3@michigan.gov or schaferm@michigan.gov Website: http://www.michigan.gov/mde/
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| Minnesota | Minnesota Department of Education
1500 Highway 36 West Roseville, MN 55113-4266 Phone: (651) 582-8200 Fax: (651) 582-8724 TTY: (651) 582-8201 Email: mde.commissioner@state.mn.us or alice.seagren@state.mn.us Website: http://education.state.mn.us/mde/index.html
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| Mississippi | Mississippi Department of Education
Central High School 359 North West Street P.O. Box 771 Jackson, MS 39205 Phone: (601) 359-3513 Fax: (601) 359-3242 Email: cblanton@mde.k12.ms.us Website: http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/
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| Missouri | Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
205 Jefferson Street P.O. Box 480 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0480 Phone: (573) 751-4212 Fax: (573) 751-8613 TTY: (800) 735-2966 Email: pubinfo@dese.mo.gov Website: http://dese.mo.gov/
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| Montana | Montana Office of Public Instruction
P.O. Box 202501 Helena, MT 59620-2501 Phone: (406) 444-2082 Toll-Free: (888) 231-9393 Toll-Free Restrictions: area code 406 only Fax: (406) 444-3924 Email: cbergeron@mt.gov Website: http://www.opi.mt.gov/
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| Nebraska | Nebraska Department of Education
301 Centennial Mall South P.O. Box 94987 Lincoln, NE 68509 Phone: (402) 471-5020 Fax: 402-471-4433 Email: denise.fisher@nebraska.gov Website: http://www.nde.state.ne.us/
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| Nevada | Nevada Department of Education
700 East Fifth Street Carson City, NV 89701 Phone: (775) 687-9217 Fax: (775) 687-9202 Email: darnold@doe.nv.gov Website: http://www.doe.nv.gov/
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| New Hampshire | New Hampshire Department of Education
Hugh J. Gallen State Office Park 101 Pleasant Street Concord, NH 03301 Phone: (603) 271-3495 Toll-Free: (800) 339-9900 Fax: (603) 271-1953 TTY: Relay NH 711 Email: pbutler@ed.state.nh.us or ltemple@ed.state.nh.us Website: http://www.ed.state.nh.us
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| New Jersey | New Jersey Department of Education
P.O. Box 500 100 Riverview Plaza Trenton, NJ 08625-0500 Phone: (609) 633-0665 Fax: (609) 984-5347 Email: vocinfo@doe.state.nj.us Website: http://www.state.nj.gov/education/voc/
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| New Mexico | New Mexico Public Education Department
300 Don Gaspar Santa Fe, NM 87501-2786 Phone: (505) 827-5800 Fax: (505) 827-6520 Email: Bev.Friedman@state.nm.us or lori.bachman@state.nm.us Website: http://www.ped.state.nm.us/
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| New York | New York State Education Department
Education Building Room 111 89 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12234 Phone: (518) 474-5844 Fax: (518) 473-4909 Email: rmills@mail.nysed.gov Website: http://www.nysed.gov/
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| North Carolina | North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
301 North Wilmington Street Raleigh, NC 27601 Phone: (919) 807-3430 Fax: (919) 807-3445 Email: information@dpi.state.nc.us or mwertis@dpi.state.nc.us Website: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/
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| North Dakota | North Dakota Department of Public Instruction
Department 201 600 East Boulevard Avenue Bismarck, ND 58505-0440 Phone: (701) 328-2260 Fax: (701) 328-2461 Email: lnorbeck@nd.gov or wsanstead@nd.gov Website: http://www.dpi.state.nd.us
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| Ohio | Ohio Department of Education
25 South Front Street Columbus, OH 43215-4183 Phone: (614) 466-4839 Toll-Free: (877) 644-6338 Fax: (614) 728-9300 TTY: (888) 886-0181 Email: patricia.grey@ode.state.oh.us or deborah.delisle@ode.state.oh.us Website: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/
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| Oklahoma | Oklahoma State Department of Education
2500 North Lincoln Boulevard Oklahoma City, OK 73105-4599 Phone: (405) 521-3301 Fax: (405) 521-6205 Email: sandy_garrett@sde.state.ok.us Website: http://sde.state.ok.us/
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| Oregon | Oregon Department of Education
255 Capitol Street, NE Salem, OR 97310-0203 Phone: (503) 947-5600 Fax: (503) 378-5156 TTY: (503) 378-2892 Email: gene.evans@state.or.us Website: http://www.ode.state.or.us/
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| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania Department of Education
333 Market Street Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333 Phone: (717) 787-5820 Fax: (717) 787-7222 TTY: (717) 783-8445 Email: 00admin@state.pa.us or 00sec@state.pa.us Website: http://www.pde.state.pa.us/
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| Rhode Island | Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
255 Westminster Street Providence, RI 02903-3400 Phone: (401) 222-4690 Fax: (401) 222-6178 TTY: (800) 745-5555 Email: angela.teixeira@ride.ri.gov or irene.monteiro@ride.ri.gov Website: http://www.ride.ri.gov/
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| South Carolina | South Carolina Department of Education
1006 Rutledge Building 1429 Senate Street Columbia, SC 29201 Phone: (803) 734-8815 Fax: (803) 734-3389 Email: cclark@ed.sc.gov or jfoster@ed.sc.gov Website: http://ed.sc.gov/
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| South Dakota | South Dakota Department of Education
700 Governors Drive Pierre, SD 57501-2291 Phone: (605) 773-5669 Fax: (605) 773-6139 TTY: (605) 773-6302 Email: betty.leidholt@state.sd.us or deb.barnett@state.sd.us Website: http://doe.sd.gov/
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| Tennessee | Tennessee State Department of Education
Andrew Johnson Tower, Sixth Floor 710 James Robertson Parkway Nashville, TN 37243-0375 Phone: (615) 741-2731 Fax: (615) 532-4791 Email: Education.Comments@tn.gov Website: http://www.state.tn.us/education/
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| Texas | Texas Education Agency
William B. Travis Building 1701 North Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701-1494 Phone: (512) 463-9734 Fax: (512) 463-9838 TTY: (512) 475-3540 Email: teainfo@tea.state.tx.us or commissioner@tea.state.tx.us Website: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/
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| Utah | Utah State Office of Education
250 East 500 South P.O. Box 144200 Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4200 Phone: (801) 538-7500 Fax: (801) 538-7521 Email: mark.peterson@schools.utah.gov Website: http://www.schools.utah.gov/
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| Vermont | Vermont Department of Education
120 State Street Montpelier, VT 05620-2501 Phone: (802) 828-3135 Fax: (802) 828-3140 TTY: (802) 828-2755 Email: doe-Edinfo@state.vt.us or maureen.start@state.vt.us Website: http://www.education.vermont.gov/
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| Virginia | Virginia Department of Education
P.O. Box 2120 James Monroe Building 101 North 14th Street Richmond, VA 23218-2120 Phone: (804) 225-2420 Email: charles.pyle@doe.virginia.gov Website: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/
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| Washington | Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (Washington)
Old Capitol Building 600 South Washington P.O. Box 47200 Olympia, WA 98504-7200 Phone: (360) 725-6000 Fax: (360) 753-6712 TTY: (360) 664-3631 Email: karen.conway@k12.wa.us Website: http://www.k12.wa.us/
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| West Virginia | West Virginia Department of Education
Building 6, Room 358 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East Charleston, WV 25305-0330 Phone: (304) 558-2681 Fax: (304) 558-0048 Email: dvermill@access.k12.wv.us Website: http://wvde.state.wv.us/
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| Wisconsin | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
125 South Webster Street P.O. Box 7841 Madison, WI 53707-7841 Phone: (608) 266-3584 Toll-Free: (800) 441-4563 Fax: (608) 266-5188 TTY: (608) 267-2427 Email: michael.thompson@dpi.wi.gov Website: http://dpi.wi.gov/
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| Wyoming | Wyoming Department of Education
Hathaway Building Second Floor 2300 Capitol Avenue Cheyenne, WY 82002-0050 Phone: (307) 777-7675 Fax: (307) 777-6234 TTY: (307) 777-8546 Email: supt@educ.state.wy.us Website: http://www.k12.wy.us
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List of Territory Departments of Education
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Territory
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Contact Information |
| American Samoa | No records found. |
| Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands | No records found. |
| Federated States of Micronesia | No records found. |
| Guam | Guam Department of Education
Federal Programs Division P.O. Box DE 312 Aspinall Avenue Hagatna, GU 96932 Phone: (671) 475-0470 Fax: (671) 477-4587 Email: icsantos@gdoe.net or gicruz@gdoe.net Website: http://www.gdoe.net/fedprograms/ |
| Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico Department of Education
P.O. Box 190759 San Juan, PR 00919-0759 Phone: (787) 759-2000 Fax: (787) 250-0275 Email: Nieves_C@de.gobierno.pr Website: http://de.gobierno.pr/dePortal/Inicio/Inicio.aspx |
| Republic of Palau | No records found. |
| Republic of the Marshall Islands | No records found. |
| Virgin Islands | Virgin Islands Department of Education
1834 Kongens Gade Charlotte Amalie, VI 00802 Phone: (340) 774-2810 Fax: (340) 779-7153 Email: lterry@doe.vi Website: http://www.doe.vi/ |
Colleges and Universities
Colleges and universities are where the search starts to get exciting. To review, the strategy we’re following here is simply to go to the website and look at the jobs available.
Identify all of the colleges and universities in the area of the country in which you want to work. The best way of doing this is to use the following Wikipedia list. Wikipedia has the best lists so let’s review this one here quickly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_universities_and_colleges_by_country
If you go to this link, you’ll see they have a list of universities and colleges by country. If you have some special sort of skill, you can apply to places in other countries if you teach something very specific and have a shot of getting a job there. Teachers job opportunities are everywhere.
For example, I lived in Bangkok, Thailand, when I was a teenager. I went to high school there for a year and there were tons of American teachers there. You can go to work in international schools and could be the “Teacher Jon” (or Jane) that the school needs. If you’re interested in teacher jobs, there are numerous places you can teach all over the world. Teacher job vacancies have no geographic boundaries.
Let’s look at California. You have a huge list of all of the different colleges. You can see also the California Community College Systems, which we’ll talk about in a minute.
Basically, you’ve got this list of private colleges and they are all different places you could work organized by country. They have rankings and subjects of study. I really like Wikipedia. They can show you all the different law schools if you’re an attorney, chiropractic schools if you’re a chiropractor, and so on. It’s amazing what kind of resources you can find here.
After browsing through these lists, find the colleges and universities you’re interested in then go to their websites. Just so you can get an understanding of how it works, this is UCLA. Assume for a moment you’re interested in working there. You’d first go to the UCLA website. You can see they have different schools there.
The UCLA website, for example, has a tab called “employment.”
In addition to campus jobs, you can find more UCLA employment opportunities at the hospital, the medical school, for recruitment, for fund-raising, and more. It’s just awesome how many jobs you can find when you start looking at what each school offers.
It’s important to keep in mind that a lot of these jobs won’t be advertised on the school’s website. You have to dig in and look at all of these as closely as you can. To do this, go to Wikipedia.
Another thing I recommend is performing Google searches for colleges or universities in the county where you live. For example, let’s do a quick search. Type in “Los Angeles County universities” or “Colleges and universities in Los Angeles County.” Look at this. It’s absolutely insane:
There are other lists you can use to find these schools. Most states have lists on their Department of Education websites. For example, look at Arizona’ site: AZED.gov.
I also recommend looking into unaccredited schools. It’s fascinating. This is a good list of unaccredited institutions of higher learning:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unaccredited_institutions_of_higher_education
It’s still under construction, but I would keep checking back to see updates. It will obviously continue to improve over time.
Unaccredited schools could become accredited at any time, so it’s worth keeping an eye on.
Then, of course, there are always the U.S. News and World Report rankings located at: http://www.usnews.com/rankings.
There are colleges and universities all over. There may even be some in your own town that you don’t know about. What’s funny, especially in California where I’m located is there are a lot of unaccredited schools.
I remember several years ago, probably closer to ten years ago, I was sitting in an office building and talking to someone on the phone. He said to me that he was a student in this particular law school. I asked what law school and he said the name. I literally had never heard of it. It was in an office building that was a stone’s throw from where I was working. I had never heard of the law school. Be on the lookout for both unaccredited and accredited schools and know that there are schools all over that you may not know about.
In addition to looking for colleges and universities, you should look for trade schools. They have jobs for accountants, attorneys, architects, and pretty much any profession you can think of. To the extent you want to be very proactive in your job search, you need to look at pretty much every list of trade schools you possibly can. Chances are, several trade schools are located nearby.
This is a vocational school database: http://www.usnews.com/rankings.
A lot of this database is online and I haven’t found a good list that is public. I want to warn you that these tend to be lead generation sites. You can see there are places here that are advertised.
The for-profit education system is huge. As a matter of fact, the founder of the University of Phoenix is a billionaire, one of the richest men in the United States. I just want you to understand that when you’re looking at these lists, you need to be careful. None of these lists are complete. In some cases, people have to pay to be on these lists.
Trade schools may or may not advertise in different places online, but you should use these lists to the fullest extent possible. I’m cognizant of the fact that if you’re looking for a job, simply as a teacher, professor, or something, that you’re going to go to this site and look for other colleges and universities. Use these lists and even look at trade schools. There is a lot of available work depending on the geographic areas you choose.
Jobs in K–12
Finally, let’s consider lower level education. Now, many people look at private schools to find K–12 jobs. Again, there are lots of good lists for that. I am going to give you some links for private schools. Let’s look at a couple of them quickly.
Check out this list for accredited schools from all over the country: http://www.privateschoolreview.com/. This is a good searchable list.
Check out this list of schools as well: http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/schools/Default.aspx.
Wikipedia is a good source for lists of K-12 schools. Check out its listings for California, for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_high_schools_in_California. This list is broken down by all of the counties in California. Wikipedia does this for every state.
Remember, each of these schools, with the exception of some of the smaller ones, are going to have openings on an ongoing basis. The point is, to find a job, you have look at each of the schools in your region, and these links are awesome for doing that quickly.
Conclusions
There are a myriad of jobs in the education sector that you can locate if you know where and how to look.
The field of education—including elementary schools, high schools, colleges, and universities—is a very exciting place to look for a job because of the tremendous number of jobs available. I’m excited to show you how to approach this sector. I think it will open up some doors in terms of how you think about looking for [...]
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