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Jean Sibley. Land Your First Online Teaching Job
Land Your First Online Teaching Job. Jean E. Sibley
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Ready to Teach Online?
Where are the opportunities?
Middle and high schools
Post-secondary schools and programs
Discover the online job boards
Job alerts
What are the qualifications?
What can you earn?
What about benefits?
What does an online teacher do?
Who are the online students?
What is an online classroom like?
Prepare To Succeed
Decide on your focus
Action Plan Template
Create your 30 day Action Plan
Your 30 Day Action Plan
Day 1: Order all transcripts
Day 2: Contact 5 referees
Days 3-5: Write resume/C.V
Day 6: Write teaching philosophy statement
Day 7: Write cover letter
Days 8-13: Get feedback and finalize
Days 14-15: Research the job boards
Day 16: Subscribe to job alerts
Days 17-18: Create job board profiles
Day 19: Scan all transcripts
Day 20: Test Your Application Process
Days 21-29: Apply to job postings
Day 30: Evaluate
Improve Your Results
Practice appropriate persistence
Gain proficiency with tools
Take an online class
Do LMS tutorials
Develop your facilitation skills
Succeed At the Interview
What universities and colleges look for
Respond promptly to all requests
Typical interview questions
Pass the Training Evaluation
Boot camps
Learn it yourself
Start Teaching!
Get organized
Work well with your evaluator
Resources
Glossary
Online Universities and Colleges
Websites
Personal coaching and group support
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I salute my dad, Dr. William M. Sibley, for his contributions to higher education in Canada and for his lucid teaching style. If he were around today, he’d be very excited about online education!
Do you enjoy teaching? Are you looking for more income? How about a way to keep increasing your income over time? Do you want to make better use of your degrees and your professional expertise?
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This report mentioned that higher education has 80% of the online education opportunities. This includes private universities, public universities, community colleges, and for-profit universities. However, we are seeing rapid evolution in 6-12 distance learning. Some qualified teachers teach online in both higher education and 6-12.
Many teachers who want to find opportunities ask me how they can find jobs. I have noticed that not everyone uses a search engine effectively. Once you do, you will see hundreds of job listings pop up. For example, if your field is History, go to a search engine such as yahoo or google. Enter a search like ”adjunct teaching jobs history” or ”online teaching jobs history.” Watch what happens!
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