The Present Teacher Blog

If you’ve ever watched a teacher leave the profession early and thought, “How can I prevent that from happening to me?”—you’re not alone.

One of the biggest factors that determines whether a new teac...

In 2018, I was applying for my very first teaching position. I had my degree, my student teaching experience, and my heart completely set on landing the right job.

But there was one major problem—I h...

During a recent coaching session, I was working with a first-year teacher who was looking for her first teaching position. The school year had already started, and she was feeling the pressure. Her bi...

Over the past few years, I’ve had the privilege of coaching new and first-year teachers from all over the world to land their first—or next—teaching position. And one experience I see more often than ...

When I graduated, I was terrified no one would take me seriously.

At just 20 years old—with a master’s degree in hand—I felt like districts would brush me off because of my age. I didn’t look like th...

Landing your dream teaching job often requires a teacher demo lesson—and let’s face it, that can be nerve-wracking. When I was a student teacher, I had to teach several demo lessons as part of my inte...