Job prospects with a provisional teaching license?

Mellisa, I may have good news...or not, depending on you and how you respond. The deal is this, I was exactly in your position in 1980, except I was over in Evansville. Teachers were the main work force in Walmart. As my father in law said, "Its so bad, you can't even buy a job." I had given up on teaching and was interviewing for McDonald's or anything that was open. Then I asked my brother in Laredo Tx if there were any jobs for teachers and he sent me the school district's phone number. I called them up and they only asked 2 questions... do you have a license, and when can you start? I got hired over the phone and later found that they were desperate for teachers. I was stunned.

The point being, if you are ready to move there are plenty of jobs. I know you could get hired over the phone in North Dakota or maybe still in South Texas. We are still a boom town in Laredo, building schools like crazy and the culture doesn't produce enough teachers. They were even importing them from the Philippines a few years ago. Feel free to email me about your dilemma.

It's kind of tough because you have to have your bachelor's to teach in most if not all states. But special education teachers are in high demand therefore I don't think it would be that hard.