The three-day job fair, called the Hillsborough Schools Expo, is being attended by hundreds of teachers from all over the country.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/28/2011 -- The Hillsborough school district in Florida is having a job fair to hire around 1,000 teachers.

The three-day job fair, called the Hillsborough Schools Expo, is being attended by hundreds of teachers from all over the country. The job fair, which runs from Tuesday to Thursday, is being held at the Doubletree Hotel in Tampa. Last year, the school district's job fair was successful in hiring about 85 percent of the new teachers.

The first day of the job fair, the teaching positions available were in 38 high-poverty schools in the district. The schools are now referred to as renaissance schools. 90 percent of the students in these schools qualify for free or reduced priced meals.
Although, usually seen as hard-to-fill positions, even these schools received a lot of interest from the candidates.

The job fair has attracted experienced as well as new teachers hoping to get a chance to start their teaching career. Most of the candidates will get to interview with principals of each of the schools. Very few candidates are hired on the spot, while for others; it is just the first step towards other rounds of interviews. The crowds of the hopeful teachers also proved false the notion that Florida will be losing teachers because of changes in its pay system.

The teachers who talked to the local media gathered to cover the event said that in this economy they were ready for any kind of job. EducationCrossing, a job aggregator site aimed at educators, has located over 10,000 teachers jobs across the country.

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Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) --06/07/2011 -- School teachers in the Los Angeles United School District avoided the possibility of mass layoffs by agreeing to a salary cut.

The salary reduction will go in effect this new school year and is for one year only. The vote by the United Teachers Los Angeles, the teachers union, took place last Thursday and Friday. There were 20,429 union members who voted in favor of the agreement and 4,127 who voted against it, which meant the vote won easily by 83.2%. There were around 40,000 union members eligible to vote.

The Board of Education will meet on June 14 and is widely expected to approve the deal. The pact says that the school district will give out four unpaid day offs. The number could change depending on the state budget but with the budget projections are a likely scenario. The unpaid leaves, called furloughs, have already been implemented in the past two academic years and have resulted in a fewer school time for the students.

The salary cuts will save around 5,000 jobs. This means that around 1,700 elementary and secondary teaching positions will be saved, in addition to the 1,680 librarians, art teachers, and counselors. The class sizes will also increase from 20-1 to 24-1 in classes from kindergarten to third grade.
But union officials are saying that there can still be hundreds of job losses. Most of these will be the result of declining enrollment of students and the district turning over some schools to independently-run charter schools. Charters schools are not obliged to use district employees.

EducationCrossing, a job aggregator site focusing only on jobs in the education sector, has been able to find almost 10,000 teacher jobs across the country.

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Teaching assistants in North Carolina facing the axe may be saved by a bill proposed by Republican leaders. The teaching assistants that will be laid off under the original plan are those working in classrooms for grades 1 through 3.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) --06/02/2011 -- Teaching assistants in North Carolina facing the axe may be saved by a bill proposed by Republican leaders.

The proposed new budget of $19.7 billion eliminates most of the cuts to teacher assistant jobs that were put forward in both the House and Senate proposals. But Governor Beverly Perdue is not enthusiastic about the new proposals and has called it a shell game that does not really change the facts on the ground.

The school districts will be getting $429 million less in funding this school year. Perdue is saying that the cuts are inevitable. But most of the tough decisions on who should be laid off are being made at the local level.

The teaching assistants that will be laid off under the original plan are those working in classrooms for grades 1 through 3. The supporters of this plan say that laying off 13,000 teaching assistants in these elementary classrooms will mean that teachers will not have to be laid off. Teaching assistants and their supporters say that they are needed to help the weaker students cope with the curriculum and ensure that nobody falls through the crack.

About EducationCrossing,
a job aggregator site focusing only on jobs in the education sector, has been able to find almost 6,000 teaching assistant jobs across the country.

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The notices did not come as a complete surprise to most employees. The rising teacher salaries and cuts in the school budgets had pretty much guaranteed the fact that some positions would have to be eliminated.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) --05/12/2011 -- The DCPS, Washington, DC's public school system, has said that it is "excessing" around 700 employees. The notices have been sent to both teachers and other non-teaching staff.

DCPS officials are using the term "excessing" because they insist that the employees are not being laid off. They claim that it means the jobs that these employees held no longer exist because of budget cuts, enrollment, and programming changes. But the employees might be transferred into other positions. They could also be picked up by other schools within the system.

The notices did not come as a complete surprise to most employees. The rising teacher salaries and cuts in the school budgets had pretty much guaranteed the fact that some positions would have to be eliminated. The positions will be eliminated effective June 17.

At one of the schools affected, Johnson Middle School, the entire staff received "excessing" notices because the school is going to be reconstituted under the No Child Left Behind Law.

The transferring of teachers and other school staff is not guaranteed. Their placement in a new school requires mutual consent. This means that the principal of the other school has to agree to take on the new employees. Also, seniority was not used as the main criteria used for determining who got the notices. Based on the Michelle Rhee negotiated contract signed last year, excessing is based on performance, which uses criteria such as an educator's most recent evaluation.

EducationCrossing, a job aggregator site focusing only on jobs in the education sector, has been able to find almost 7,000 jobs across the country.

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The layoff notices were issued on March 15 and the school district has been the center of media attention because of protests from parents, students, and teachers. The hearings have already started on Monday and will continue into May.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/03/2011 -- Hundreds of teachers from the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) are now filing for the layoff hearings to get a chance to speak up for their jobs.

The layoff notices were issued on March 15 and the school district has been the center of media attention because of protests from parents, students, and teachers. The hearings have already started on Monday and will continue into May. Teachers who have requested to be present during the hearings can then question their layoffs. This move by the teachers is been seen as a last-ditch attempt at saving their jobs after weeks of protests and largely sympathetic media coverage didn't seem to make their prospects any better.

The LAUSD administrators say that the school district, America's second-largest in terms of student enrollment, has a deficit of $408 million. This is what caused them to send layoff notices to around 5,000 teachers and other support staff. But the layoff notices are not final because the state funding for the school district has not been finalized. Administrators are insisting that the notices only present a worst-case scenario. All the layoffs will be finalized only on June 30.

Marla Eby, spokeswoman for United Teachers Los Angeles, said that most of the teachers who got the layoff notices were arts, music, drama teachers, and teachers in magnet programs. The district claims that it wants to keep all the teachers in the classroom. But if the layoffs do occur, it will result in bigger classes in a district where many classes are already at full capacity.

EducationCrossing, a job aggregator site focusing only on jobs in the education sector, has been able to find almost 8,500 teaching jobs across the country. These teaching jobs are not just in math, science, and the language arts but also in art, drama, and ESL.

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Most school districts have been saying that nonteaching staff and administrators will be targeted first rather than teachers. But hundreds of teachers in Connecticut have gotten layoff notices.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/21/2011 -- School districts across the country are still giving out layoff notices and debating budget cuts for the next school year.

Most school districts have been saying that nonteaching staff and administrators will be targeted first rather than teachers. But hundreds of teachers in Connecticut have gotten layoff notices. The remaining teachers will be facing bigger class sizes and fewer resources this fall.

Joseph Cirasuolo, executive director of the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents, says that most communities are planning a zero-increase budget and there is going to be no increase in the state money. This means that cuts are inevitable. So far, around 700 public school teaching jobs have been eliminated in Connecticut. Most of them have been eliminated through a combination of retirements, attrition, and layoffs.

Thomson School District in Colorado is planning to eliminate about 50 teaching positions. The reason is again budget cuts. Garden Valley school district in Idaho is also planning on eliminating 47 positions, with at least 18 of them being teaching positions.

Local media reports from across the country show a similar picture Whitehall-Coplay School District in Pennsylvania is facing a deficit of $2.7 million. The board announced in a meeting that cuts would be inevitable. Similar scenes are being played out across the country where boards announce cuts in meetings attended by concerned and often times protesting parents, teachers, and students.

EducationCrossing, a job aggregator site focusing only on jobs in the education sector, has been able to find almost 9,000 teaching jobs across the country. Most of these jobs are in subjects such as math and science.

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In Indiana, Indianapolis Public Schools, the state’s largest, will layoff 271 teachers. This includes 200 elementary teachers, 40 middle and high school teachers and 21 special education instructors.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/14/2011 -- Layoff notices have continued throughout the nation for school teachers as districts struggle to cope with smaller budgets.

In March, the Los Angeles school district send out layoff notices to around 7,300 employees. This included not just teachers but other support staff in schools too.

Princeton School District in Glendale, Ohio has announced that it is eliminating 104 positions for the next school year. This includes 68 teachers.

In Indiana, Indianapolis Public Schools, the state's largest, will layoff 271 teachers. This includes 200 elementary teachers, 40 middle and high school teachers and 21 special education instructors. Most of the teachers have less than five years of teaching experience. The Cleveland school board voted on Tuesday to layoff 643 teachers. The layoffs could go up to 900 employees in May, when other non-teaching staff is also laid off.

EducationCrossing CEO A. Harrison Barnes thinks teaching jobs in public schools are not the safe lifetime jobs anywhere in the country anymore. "But private schools are always hiring, as are public school districts in affluent areas. These are districts that are relatively unaffected by budget cuts." EducationCrossing is a job aggregator site and has been able to find 9,000 teaching jobs.

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EducationCrossing CEO A. Harrison Barnes thinks teaching jobs in public schools are not the safe lifetime jobs anywhere in the country anymore. “But private schools are always hiring, as are public school districts in affluent areas.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/29/2011 -- The Los Angeles United School District send out layoff notices to around 7,300 employees last week.

The move is going to affect not just teachers but also other school positions such as counselors, school nurses, and librarians.

Administrators and other support staff were not spared either. The move was prompted by the need to close a $408 million deficit in the 2011-12 school budget. The layoff notices do not necessarily mean that all those employees who received it will be let go. The school district is just required to notify any employee whose position might be eliminated.

The school district's teacher union, United Teachers Los Angeles, which represents 40,000 teachers, has asked members and parents to lobby against these cuts. The layoff process in LA public schools is going to be different than in other parts of the country where seniority helps protect older teachers. 45 schools in the district are shielded from layoffs because of a lawsuit settlement.

These schools are predominately in the inner-city areas where less-experienced teachers go and are first to be laid off in budget cuts. The civil rights attorneys claimed that this meant the students were not getting a free and equal education. Overall, at least 15 percent of the teachers throughout the district would be laid off and hardly any schools would stay untouched. Out of the 952 schools, at least two-thirds of them would lose at least one educator.

EducationCrossing CEO A. Harrison Barnes thinks teaching jobs in public schools are not the safe lifetime jobs anywhere in the country anymore. "But private schools are always hiring, as are public school districts in affluent areas. These are districts that are relatively unaffected by budget cuts." EducationCrossing is a job aggregator site and has been able to find 43,000 teaching jobs.

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The bill would allow current teachers to retain their pay based on the old seniority model. But new teachers would have less job security.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/23/2011 -- Florida has moved closer to implementing the concept of merit pay in its public schools with the passage of SB736 on Wednesday.

The bill was passed 80-39 in the Florida House and was voted along on largely party lines, with Republicans hailing it as a move that would help students and reward good teachers. The bill did not specify exactly what criteria are going to be used for determining teacher performance by local school boards.

The bill would allow current teachers to retain their pay based on the old seniority model. But new teachers would have less job security. The reason is that their contract with the school district would be renewed every year based on their performance.

The move towards merit pay has pitted Republicans, led by Governor Rick Scott and the Republican-led Legislature against Florida's largest teachers union. The Florida Education Association says that it reduces the school district's flexibility and authority over teacher evaluations as well as pay schedules and working conditions. Its president Andy Ford has said that the bill is neither good for teachers or for students.

EducationCrossing CEO A. Harrison Barnes thinks teaching jobs in public schools are not the safe lifetime jobs they once were. "But private schools are always hiring. And public schools cannot eliminate teaching positions such as ESL teachers and special education teachers where they are required." EducationCrossing is a job aggregator site and has been able to find 10,000 teaching jobs.

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EducationCrossing CEO A. Harrison Barnes thinks teaching jobs in public schools are not the safe lifetime jobs they once were. “But private schools are always hiring.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/16/2011 -- The planned teacher layoffs in New York City could also hit senior teachers if a bill proposed by a state senator is passed.

The city's public schools system is set to fire 4,650 teachers to meet a budget deficit. Till now, it was assumed that this would be done under the "last hired, first fired" basis. School districts nationwide operate on this basis in which seniority is rewarded with job security.

But state senator John J. Flanagan (R) has introduced a New York City specific bill that categories teachers into nine types. The purpose he says is to make sure that good teachers stay on and having a system that is best for the students.

One of the categories is teachers found guilty of criminal charges outside of work. 529 teachers fall in that category who are still on the payroll. Another one is called substantiated allegations of misconduct with 305 teachers in it. Around 7,000 of the city's 75,000 teachers fall into at least one of the nine categories.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been pushing for similar changes to teacher retention policies for years. He has also said that the seniority preference means that the city's schools loose some of their brightest young teachers. Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers, has said that the bill will lead to
discrimination based race, gender, and age.

EducationCrossing CEO A. Harrison Barnes thinks teaching jobs in public schools are not the safe lifetime jobs they once were. "But private schools are always hiring. And public schools cannot eliminate teaching positions such as ESL teachers and special education teachers where they are required." EducationCrossing is a job aggregator site and has been able to find 10,000 teaching jobs.

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EducationCrossing CEO A. Harrison Barnes says Every town needs a few teachers.” EducationCrossing is a job aggregator site and has been able to find 8,000 teaching jobs.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/25/2011 -- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has plans to fire teachers as part of his plan to close the budget deficit for the fiscal year 2012.

There are 75,000 teachers in the New York City's public schools, out of which 4,666 will be laid off and another 1,500 teaching jobs eliminated by attrition. This is part of Bloomberg's plan to eliminate the budget deficit.

Bloomberg's budget of $65.6 billion also includes reducing capital spending by 10 percent over the next 10 years and cutting down another 1,000 to 1,300 city employees. He says that's the cuts are necessary because of a $4.4 billion reduction in aid from the state and federal government and his budget will be able to cover this deficit.

Bloomberg's plans have drawn strong criticism from the city's unions. Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers has said that Bloomberg's plan seems more of a political game. Bloomberg has said that since this is his final term he feels free in taking on the public sector unions.

EducationCrossing CEO A. Harrison Barnes says that cuts in K-12 education are being planned across most states. "If you love teaching, then you should probably be ready to move. Because there are lots of teacher jobs in other places. Every town needs a few teachers."

EducationCrossing is a job aggregator site and has been able to find 8,000 teaching jobs.

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Around 1,600 teachers leave the Idaho schools system every year for various reasons, including starting a new job or retiring.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/16/2011 -- Florida governor Rick Scott's proposal to cut education spending by 10 percent is going to result in layoffs in most of the school districts in the state.

Most school districts were expecting some cuts, but the size of the cuts, around $300 per student on average, surprised them. The cost cutting is mainly going to affect arts and music classes, extracurricular activities and athletics. Another bill has also raised teachers' concerns about them being made scapegoats in the name of education reform.

The Florida Senate Education Committee has passed by 3-0 a bill that paves the way for abolishing teacher tenure and performance-based pay. The bill, Senate Bill 736 is expected to be signed into law by Gov. Rick Scott. He strongly supports merit pay for teachers. This would mean that teachers' salaries will be raised only if their students do well on standardized tests. Teacher tenure would also be abolished. The changes would take place from 2014.

The move has been heavily opposed by the teachers unions. But the bill has several backers too. Michelle Rhee, the former high profile D.C. schools chancellor is one of them. She told the committee on Tuesday that bad teachers should not be allowed to stay in the classroom and students should come first.

EducationCrossing CEO A. Harrison Barnes says that cuts in K-12 education are being planned across most states. "If you love teaching, then you should probably be ready to move. Because there are lots of teacher jobs in other places. Every town needs a few teachers."

EducationCrossing is a job aggregator site and has been able to find 10,000 teaching jobs in the last seven days.

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CEO A. Harrison Barnes of EducationCrossing says that this is part of the nationwide trend in cuts for the K-12 system. “From California to New York, states are trying to reduce their education expenditure.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/23/2010 -- Over 6,000 teachers in New York City's public schools are going to lose their jobs soon as part of the government efforts to reduce costs.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan for tackling the city's fiscal crisis includes axing over 6,166 teachers and education professionals. The New York City Department of Education will also see its budget being slashed by $350 million.

Bloomberg is planning across the board cuts in government spending and some cuts will take place immediately. But the cuts are expected to continue until the end of the 2012 fiscal year. The total number of job losses is expected to be a little over 10,000 city employees.

The school district is in the news recently because of Mayor Bloomberg's choice for the post of Schools Chancellor. His candidate, Cathie Black, has no experience in the education sector and has spent her career in the publishing industry.

The New York City Department of Education is the largest school district in the country in terms of student enrollment. It has 1.1 million students taught in over 1,600 schools. It has a budget of $17 billion and around 80,000 teachers and teacher assistants.

CEO A. Harrison Barnes of EducationCrossing says that this is part of the nationwide trend in cuts for the K-12 system. "From California to New York, states are trying to reduce their education expenditure. And the first choice is always schools, and within that, it's the teachers." Barnes' firm has been able to compile a list of almost 34,000 education related jobs so far.

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A. Harrison Barnes, CEO points to his website, EducationCrossing.com, a job aggregator site, which has been able to list almost 3,300 jobs new teaching positions this month.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/19/2010 -- Schools are starting to rehire laid off teachers and negotiating with the teachers union thanks to the $10 billion emergency funding provided by Congress as the new school year draws closer.

But reports from all over the country show that there are school districts that have no idea exactly how much money they are going to get or are not planning to spend it, since they have until September 2012 to do so. In New York, the Harlem School Board has reached a deal with the teachers union to have a three year freeze for base-rate pay for the new hires.

Among the school districts which have confirmed that it is hiring back teachers who were laid off is the Broward County School Board. Broward, in Florida, could hire back 100 teachers. In North Carolina, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools are seeking 150 teachers in one of the biggest hiring decisions of this year in K-12 schools.

A. Harrison Barnes, CEO of EducationCrossing says that there are other opportunities for teachers that are still open. Barnes points to his website, EducationCrossing.com, a job aggregator site, which has been able to list almost 3,300 jobs new teaching positions this month.

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A. Harrison Barnes, CEO of EducationCrossing sees this bill as an opportunity for teachers. “This means teaching opportunities are now available for teachers with the required credentials throughout the country.

Pasadena, California -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/12/2010 -- Congress on Tuesday voted along party lines to give funding to save 161,000 teaching jobs that the Department of Education said would have been lost because of a financial crunch. President Obama immediately signed it into law. The legislation will provide $10 billion to save the jobs.

The bill is expected to save 8,100 jobs in New York, 4,500 jobs in North Carolina, and 16,500 jobs in California. It will save thousands of jobs in other states too. The bill will allow school districts to reevaluate their hiring for the coming school year but allowing them to have enough funding for electives that were going to be cut. In times of budget deficits, electives such as computer, arts and foreign languages are the first to go. Schools were also planning to balance the declining budgets by cutting back on energy usage, transportation, closing libraries and even going on a four-day school week.

A. Harrison Barnes, CEO of EducationCrossing sees this bill as an opportunity for teachers. "This means teaching opportunities are now available for teachers with the required credentials throughout the country. We have almost 7,000 teaching jobs on our site and half of them have been posted within the last ten days. With this bill passed, we expect more teaching jobs to be announced soon."

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EducationCrossing CEO, A. Harrison Barnes offers new teachers encouragement in their job hunt.Barnes’s job aggregator website has been able to list over 4,000 teaching jobs this month.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/28/2010 -- The latest news in school teachers' firings has come from Washington DC, where Chancellor Michelle Rhee has fired 241 teachers and put on notice another 737 teachers and other school staff for low performance.

Last week, the Chicago Public Schools let go of 400 teachers and another 200 school staff. Portland Public Schools is also laying off 120 teachers. In California, some school districts are trying to raise money to cover their operating costs by reducing electives and other programs that are not considered part of the core curriculum.

School districts claim that the teachers being let go are underperformers. But often it is the newest teachers who have to be let go when the school district faces budget cuts. The reason is because of the way teachers unions and state laws regarding schools are set up. Teachers end up getting rewarded for their seniority and rarely for their performance.

Against this backdrop, EducationCrossing CEO, A. Harrison Barnes offers new teachers encouragement in their job hunt. "Right now school districts are doing last minute hiring all over the country. The best places are rural schools where teacher turnover is high. If you enjoy the small town lifestyle, then you should certainly look into it." Barnes's job aggregator website has been able to list over 4,000 teaching jobs this month.

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