You've been teaching for five years and love what you're doing. You consider yourself darn lucky to be working with colleagues that are friends and a boss who always puts your needs first. Most of the teachers at your school have been there years -- even decades -- and you have no doubt that, too, will be you. So, you don't bother to keep your resume up-to-date or expand your teaching skills other than what is required for your position. In short, you found the square hole that fits your square peg.

Until the day that changes. There are dozens of reasons, from new bosses who want to shake things up to your husband gets a job in a different state. The only good news: Your boss told you already, giving you time to job hunt for the new school year. For many schools, if they're going to make staffing changes, early Spring is when they start looking for the new people. For you as a job hunting educator, this becomes the best time of year to find a job.

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Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching.

July 2-5th

Buy the K-8 curriculum; get the 59-page Hour of Code bundle for $.99

Perfect if you're doing Hour of Code to teach coding, programming, and problem solving to your K8 students. Here's what you do:

• buy the K-12 Tech Curriculum, the K-8 curriculum, the K-8 student workbooks, or the K-5 Curriculum (on the curriculum page)
• once it's in your basket, add the Hour of Code bundle. It'll show up in your basket for $.99 instead of $.9.99

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Like every year, I exuberantly celebrate America's birthday. I'd say times are tough here in the US, but that seems to be true everywhere in the world. So, I won't complain. I will enjoy the love of America as all of my international friends love their homeland.

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