Another no-hire but it's ok (really)

There are more and more occurrences, or rather non-occurrences, that lead me to wonder that this may really be the way to go, at least at the moment. As of this morning I had two job applications out, one in Idaho as a high school English teacher in a private school and the other at Portland Community College. As of this afternoon, I only have the PCC application on file.

I must admit, the letter from Idaho was incredibly nice and personal--something I do not receive very often. What hinders my application is the lack of classroom experience in my background. So, then, the obvious plan becomes to get myself into a classroom. This little order of business will be at the end of this on-the-road experiment once Scott and I know where we will be. Adjunct teaching is a mobile enough enterprise and community colleges are all over. Take a look at this site: http://www.utexas.edu/world/comcol/state/

College, or community college, is probably more my ideal age. I tend to say things without thinking them through and this can be problematic for high school age when parents are still a strong factor in their lives. I enjoy teaching the online classes, and just put in my application to pick up summer online courses with one of the school I currently teach with.

The beauty of the online teaching is that most community colleges want tech savvy instructors who can implement technology into classroom learning. Check.

One issue worth looking into is residency status in many places. Community colleges often want their instructors to have established residency, or to quickly establish residency, in their community. Once we know where we want to be, this won't really be an issue...I hope.