@detpeace what places did you list ahead of where you ended up?
Teaching k-6 elementary in Memphis! Anyone else?
Teaching English 7-12, Special Education K-12 in NYC
In order: (Highly preferred) Philadelphia, Chicago, DC, NYC, (Preferred) Baltimore, Detroit, Miami, Milwaukee, (Least preferred) St. Louis, Cleveland…
I was placed in Milwaukee (which isn’t completely terrible!), but I don’t think that I want to move there, I’m frustrated that I wasn’t given a higher ranked option, and that it was mandatory that I ranked Milwaukee. @tfadawghopeful
Has anyone gotten their grade assignment in DC yet? That’s where I will be.
From what I understand Chicago and NYC are highly requested, so you would need pretty good luck or an amazing fit to be placed there. Plus, the only high-priority region you selected was Milwaukee, and others have said that if you rank a high-priority region at all, that’s where they’ll put you. At least that’s my guess.
^ Correct me if I’m wrong, but we were required to rank a high priority region. I tried to submit my preferences without ranking one and it wouldn’t let me proceed. So I ended up placing Tulsa at the end of my least preferred category and wasn’t placed there.
That’s also what I understood. I ranked Kansas as my last choice in my last category and wasn’t placed there either. I think it depends on what you’re qualified for and where you’re needed
hi all! in preparing for the interview, how often are you all incorporating the STAR method as suggested? i’m trying to do it, but it doesn’t seem to fit for all potential questions.
I applied last cycle, and I tried to use the STAR method on every question. However, at the actual interview a lot of questions turned into conversation so I didn’t need to use the STAR responses that I prepared. I would go in with STAR responses, but don’t stress over it.
Good luck to anyone who has the interview tomorrow!
Had my interview on friday. Hope everyone who has an interview coming up this week that it goes well!
Has anyone’s timeline in their applicant portal disappeared? anyone know what this means?
I interviewed yesterday in person, and my timeline is still there as of 2:30pm EST 11/15
I had my interview today. I’m so nervous!
I interviewed yesterday. As of this evening (6:26 PM central time), I don’t have a timeline either. I had one earlier this morning, though.
I interviewed yesterday and still have a timeline so far. I don’t think the interview went as well as I would have liked. I don’t think I was prepared for the awkwardness of doing everything virtually. I teach every day and I’m never that nervous in the classroom as I was during the five minute lesson. I had a few technical difficulties that made me a little less smooth than usual, but I know others in my group did as well. I think my bigger problem was the one on one interview.
I think one tip I’d give future prospects that do the virtual interviews is that the interviewers are typing and sometimes she’d mute her microphone and begin typing, which was hard to tell at times, because she didn’t really look down or appear to be typing. Sometimes it felt like she wanted to hear more, so I’d start rambling. I’d probably suggest against doing that. :"> In retrospect I’m certain she was just typing and I should have just stayed quiet.
@Liza, what was your lesson about? Don’t feel bad about not having the perfect interview day!! There were times during my interview that I wasn’t expecting my interviewer to keep asking about the same thing, just in a different context, and I started rambling at some points, too. I think they know that we were nervous, and they definitely know that the virtual system is imperfect.
@tfa2o18 I did a lesson on adjectives aimed at 1st graders and another applicant in the group did the same lesson! I did finish before the 5 minutes, engaged each applicant and they all answered correctly so that is a plus, but it did feel really awkward and I know I wasn’t my usual self. The annotation bar got in the way of my text and I had trouble moving it and I think others did as well.
My interviewer did seem to ask similar questions over and over. Particularly about leadership! I think that was the big key word of my one on one.
They did mention a few times that they understand how virtual interviews can be different than a regular one, so that makes me feel better. Thanks for the encouragement. 
What do everyone’s codes look like? my “appStatus” still says “OPEN.” I also have “applicantDispositionStage: APPLICANT,” “applicantDispositionStep: FINALEVAL,” and “applicantDispositionExitCode: null”
It’s gotta be a good - or at least neutral - sign, right? Past applicants on this site have said they had null, ASSIGNMENT, or REJECTED codes. Does anyone have anything different than me?
(to find the codes: right click, inspect element. to search: CTRL+F.)