Billings SD #2 Teacher
Application Guidelines
UPDATED February 2007
Professionals at Billings School District #2 offer these strategies
for a successful job search.
- Visit the HR website for vacancy announcements:
www.billings.k12.mt.us
and click on Employment, then Job Openings & Applications.
| Type of Posting |
Includes |
| Certified |
Teachers, counselors, school psychologists |
| Professional |
Social workers, nurses, occupational therapists, physical
therapists, speech pathologists |
| Support |
Paraprofessional, LPN, special needs
assistant |
| Administrative |
Principals, directors |
- Follow application instructions and plan ahead to meet the
deadlines.
Remember, paperwork gets you an interview, and an interview gets
you the job. Everything must be perfect, with no errors in any documents.
Submit a letter of interest and current résumé
for each position for which you apply. Do not
send "general" letters of interest/application; do include your
current résumé.
All application
documents except letters are retained by the district for two years and
need not be resubmitted.
About 2 weeks after submitting the application, check with Human Resources staff to be sure your file
is complete.
- Make sure your application for MT teaching license is in
progress; send to Office of Public Instruction
(406-444-3150) or check www.opi.mt.gov
- Administrators review the applicant files and select the
ones to be interviewed.
An interview team made up of administrators, teachers and other
staff asks standard questions of all candidates and ranks their responses. Since past behavior
is the best predictor of future behavior, most questions ask you
to discuss a lesson plan, talk about a conflict, or “describe
a time when…”
- Rehearse your answers to questions.
Focus on classroom management. Demonstrate your enthusiasm and
positive attitude!
- Expand your capabilities and your visibility.
• Try subbing in every subject area at every school in town.
• Get experience in a wide variety of schools and settings because different
schools have different clientele. Wide experience makes you
more employable.
• Note that unsolicited contact with Billings SD #2 employees other
than those in the Department of Human Resources Services may disqualify you from consideration
for employment.
• Dress and act
professionally at all times because
in every school you’re being evaluated by a lot of people, many
of whom may
remember you.
• Secure
positive letters of recommendation,
especially those from the building principal and mentor teacher
who observed your student teaching experience.
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