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Career Services and Job Search Information

Teaching in Other States
Thinking of moving to another state after you become a teacher?
You'll need to write for information about becoming certified in that state as well as apply to individual schools/districts for positions. Check the colleges and universities in the area as well; they might publish a vacancy bulletin you can subscribe to, or even put vacancies online.
Search for Public Schools, a searchable database of schools and districts in the US.
Links to various nation-wide online teaching job search sources.
Peterson's Education and Career Center: provides a searchable database of over 1,400 private US high schools
Web 66: if a school/district has a web page, it's probably listed here.
Certification Requirements by State
The Praxis Series. Many states use these tests for certification of teachers.
Salary Calculator, a nifty little device which allows you to calculate the salary you would need to make in a new city, based on cost-of-living differences. a good average starting salary for teachers here in the Chicago area would be $27,000.
Teacher Salary Resources of the American Federation of Teachers

Here are the websites of the Departments of Education in each state. Some of them have certification information, information about schools, and even job vacancies. You'll want to contact them before you move to request an application for a certificate.
Alabama State Department of Education
Alaska Department of Education,
Alaska Teacher Placement
Arizona Department of Education
Arkansas State Department of Education
California Commission on Teacher Credentialing,
CBEST, California County Offices
Colorado Department of Education
Connecticut State Department of Education
Delaware Department of Education
District of Columbia Public School System
Florida Department of Education
Georgia Department of Education,
teachgeorgia.org
Hawaii Department of Education
Idaho Department of Education,
Access Idaho
Illinois State Board of Education
Indiana Department of Education
Iowa Department of Education
Kansas State Board of Education
Kentucky Department of Education
Louisiana State Department of Education
Maine Department of Education
Maryland Department of Education
Massachusetts Department of Education
Michigan Department of Education
Minnesota Department of Children, Families & Learning
Mississippi Department of Education
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Montana Office of Public Instruction
Nebraska Department of Education
Nevada Department of Education
New Hampshire Department of Education
New Jersey Department of Education
New Mexico Department of Education
New York State Education Department
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
North Dakota Department of Public Instruction
Ohio Department of Education
Oklahoma State Department of Education
Oregon State Department of Education
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Rhode Island Department of Education
South Carolina Department of Education,
South Carolina Center for Teacher Recruitment
South Dakota Department of Education and Cultural Affairs
Tennessee Department of Education
Texas Education Agency
Utah State Office of Education
Vermont Department of Education
Virginia Department of Education
Washington's Office of the Superintendent for Public Instruction
West Virginia Department of Education
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Wyoming Department of Education

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For More Information:
Lynn Bryan, Director
Education Career Services
DePaul School of Education
Schmitt Academic Center, Room 481
2320 N. Kenmore, Chicago IL 60614
phone: 773-325-1652
fax: 773-325-7713


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