Queens Job Fair Teachers...URRRRRRR

Hi ladies, I'm going to a Queens job fair tomorrow and I just wanted to ask what reading program do they use in Queens?

What other things stand out in your mind?

What should I expect at the jobfair? Thanks so much!

Was anyone hired at a job fair?

TIA!!!

good luck! i've heard from peopl that they've been hired at job fairs on the spot.
as for queens reading...it is the teachers college balanced literacy program. it is a very frustrated program b/c it is scripted (which ca nbe good for some teachers) and imo, incredibly vague. it is not teacher friendly, so basically, i (and other teachers) find myself writing units and lesson plans and scrambling to make it good.
the idea behind it is that there is a reading/writing block everyday. you give a ten minute mini lesson that follows a connect/teach/engage/share layout. then they read, you conference and make sure they are on reading levels. writing is basically the same thing. the students hate it. test scores have gone down. i could go on. but the idea is that kids are exposed to reading and writing everyday.
good luck!

Thanks so much for your help.

The balanced literacy info is a big help.

Generally do most of the schools show up? How is it laid out?

Anything I should/shouldn't do?

Thanks!!!!!!

Cindy

OMG, let me say I will NEVER ever again do a job fair. After doing over 3 hours of research last night & printing up 50 resumes/cover letters & cert copies, I go today to find out a total of 5, yes 5 elementary schools are there. THEN only 2 of the 5 are hiring 'regular elementary teachers' (the others: ESL, Science, Music) & NONE of the schools are in areas where I would 'choose' to work....I wait in line for over an hour to meet with this woman who asks if I realize where her school is (as she sees Lindenhurst on my resume). I tell her I'm quite familiar w/ Queens as I lived there my entire life. She then asks me to describe a math lesson to her (she glances at my resume & then says, OHHHHH Pre-K) & sort of rolls her eyes. I tell her I have 3 years at 2nd grade as well but by that point I lost her. I left feeling more than a little frustrated & then sat in 2 hours worth of traffic on the Cross Island/Southern State. URRRRRRRRR!!!!

OMG, that really *****, sorry you had to deal with that!

I was supposed to go, but I got of work late, and I was exhausted, and I just had the feeling that I didnt want to go. I was in the car telling FI that I didnt want to go and he was mad, but I just couldnt do it! I see it wouldnt have done me any good if I went anyway.

I cant believe only 5 schools were there! Why do they bother holding it?!?!?!?!?!

I'm sorry let me amend it to say there were 5 elementary schools, but also High Schools and Middle Schools and Special Ed districts there.

Then the deputy superintendant guy says if you are Elementary, ECE or SS there are a VERY limited number of positions available (in general in the NYC system). Then he was pushing this conversion thing to Math, Science, ESL & Bilingual and offering people jobs in that area.

Believe me you didn't miss out on much. There was also a TON of people there & lots of impatience.

It just seems by this point they would run it a bit more smooth.