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applying for a virtual teaching position
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I've been looking for a middle school virtual teaching position for years now. It's rare to find one for a NJ certification, but there is 1 school. I've applied for a few different openings through the cite but never heard anything. I just found the director on Linkedin and I'm thinking about contacting her. I'm interested in knowing what they're looking for and if there is a better way to apply. I hate just applying through websites because I feel like you never know if they received it. This is also a national school but it has schools based out of each state, I'm willing to get certified in another state if offered a position in that state, but the way the application process is set up, I don't have the opportunity to state that. I'm thinking the director could help me with that too.
My question is why do I say I'm looking to teach in a virtual school? The real reason is I want to be able to focus on instruction and developing engaging activities. I've taken online classes and I interact with my students through a blog and I like not always having to think on my feet and to take time to develop questions and response. I assume I'll be able to focus on instruction and planning because I won't need to spend as much time or effort on classroom management. I won't need to deal with students who come late to class, talk too much, can't keep their hands to themselves, ect. There is also the chaos of a school environment, the noise, the running, the fighting, cursing, ect, that I don't enjoy being part of. I don't want to put a negative spin on things though, so is that worth bringing up? I just feel like if I only say I want to focus on instruction and planning, they may wonder what that means or what gets in my way from doing that now.
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Re: applying for a virtual teaching position
I have no advice other than talking to people who teach virtually now to get some ideas.
When I taught a college class with a virtual element there was plenty of classroom management. It was during 9-11 and I had to police a lot of commentary and force students to edit submissions to the online community that were harassing and threatening.