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Elevate Your Teaching Career: Revamp Your Resume and Connect with Schools on Your Terms

Creating an impactful resume is crucial for educators seeking new opportunities. A well-crafted resume, along with platforms like Selected, can streamline your job search, connecting you with over 2,000 schools actively seeking candidates.

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Timing is Everything: When Should Teachers Start Applying for Jobs?

If you're an educator, you know the significance of timing. Whether it's lesson planning, classroom management, or parent-teacher meetings, timing is crucial. But what about timing your job search? You might be wondering, "When is the best time to start applying for teaching positions?" We've got your back with this

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Why Starting Early in Teacher Recruitment is Crucial in Addressing the Teacher Shortage Crisis

The education sector is grappling with a severe teacher shortage, affecting both schools and educational quality. With 86% of districts facing hiring challenges, early teacher recruitment is more crucial than ever.

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Teacher Supply and Demand: Mid-Year Report (November 2022)

Get an insight into how PK-12 schools are trying to improve hiring and retention numbers, and an overview of this hiring season's supply.

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Rest, Reflect, and Reset: 9 Books to Read Over the Break

Take this summer to rest, reflect, and reset before the next academic year with these book recommendations from our educator community.

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How to Mitigate 5 Common Biases in PK-12 School Recruitment

Understand some of the most common biases in recruitment and how to build a less biased hiring process.

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The Teacher Shortage: 3 Proven Ways to Improve Recruitment and Retention

Find three ways to minimize the impact of the teacher shortage and improve your recruitment process.

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Teacher Supply and Demand: Mid-Year Report (Spring 2022)

The teacher shortage has continued to affect the recruitment efforts of schools across the country. Find out more about this season's candidate pool.

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5 Time-Saving Lessons that Land Qualified Teachers

Over the past 6 years, we've contacted over 50,000 job-seeking teachers with 1,500 and we want to share what we learned. Hire qualified teachers, faster.

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What Every Job-Seeker Should Know About District, Independent, and Charter Schools

To understand which school you want to apply to, you must have a good understanding of the different school types that exist in the US.

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Awardees of the 2022 School Incubation Grant

Selected’s inaugural School Incubation Grant is focused on those leaders, and the new Title I schools they will open in the Fall of 2022. Meet the 2022 grantees.

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Awardees of the 2021 Equity & Access Grant

Selected’s inaugural Equity and Access Grant will support the recruitment efforts of five private schools serving under-resourced populations. Meet our 2021 grantees.

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Advice From Our Educators: 6 Ways to Deal with Teacher Burnout

Here are six ways teachers advise other teachers to deal with burnout.

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Improving Literacy Skills: 6 Ways to Promote Literacy at Home

Not being able to read, write, or comprehend can affect how the student learns and negatively impact other aspects of the student's life. Here are six ways to promote literacy at home.

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Teacher Supply and Demand: Mid-Year Report (Summer 2021)

We surveyed our partner schools across the country to understand their current and upcoming hiring needs, and the factors most impacting their demand for teachers. COVID remains a significant factor. However, it affected schools in different ways.

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Three Strategies to Understand and Address Student Misbehavior

Successful teachers understand the root of student misbehaviors and address them appropriately. Here are three strategies to apply in your classroom.

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Establishing Student Voice: The First Days of School

Learn how to emphasize student voice during the first days of school to increase motivation and engagement in the classroom.

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How to Keep Your Kids Engaged and Motivated During Remote Learning

Student Voice is a strategy used by many teachers to keep more than 20 students motivated and engaged at any given time. Today, many parents are wondering –yet again– how to keep students motivated and engaged in their academics during remote learning.

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5 Steps to Setting Up a Private Learning Pod

With the rise of COVID-19, you may be familiar with the term trust circle — a small, tight-knit social circle committed to following the same set of safety precautions. Now, a new name is arising: learning pod.

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Designing a Health and Safety Protocol for Your Learning Pod

For many families, one of the top priorities of their learning pod is health and safety. Formalizing a health and safety protocol can help minimize risk and create a common standard of behavior for all parties involved.

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4 Things to Consider When Hiring a Private Teacher for Your Learning Pod

When it comes to hiring the teacher that is right for your family — or your circle of families — it’s important to make sure you’ve checked your list of qualifications, preferences, and non-negotiables, twice.

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How to Interview Teachers of Your Learning Pod

How to best structure and conduct teacher interviews for their learning pod. Investing upfront in a process will result in a better hire, and ultimately, a better experience for your child(ren).

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Why Teachers Should Consider Applying to Independent Schools

Three educators share their experiences to help others understand the unique characteristics, benefits, and strategies of independent schools.

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How to Find Your Culture Match: 3 Tips from School Leaders

Three tips from school leaders to determine if a school's culture is the right-fit for your career.

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Teacher Recruitment Company Selected Launches All Access Week

For one week in February, schools new to the site can access the same premium educator matching services and technology that are the choice of over 1,500 schools and academies nationwide.