I've been meaning to post about my interview on Tuesday, but have been posting on the job search section of proteacher alot for advice. So here's the update...My interview went well. The principal who interviewed me is retiring after the summer. The principal replacing her asked her to fill the open positions before she leaves. There was also an intern sitting in on my interview, someone studying to be a principal or assistant principal. I told them all about my previous teaching experience in Philly and they were amazed at how academically intense the program was for Kindergarten. I told them it was not my philosophy and I did not think it was age appropriate, but I paired with my principal to complete the tasks at hand. I also showed them my portfoio. They were impressed and told me I have great characteristics.They also seemed to really like the idea of me moving to where I get hired.
It turns out while I thought they were only hiring for one position, they are hiring for several. They told me they would know by the end of the week. I talked to one of the people listed as my references and she got a call from the school Thursday to do the reference check. She called back on Friday. The person who took her reference check told her she is not the one in charge of completing them and the person who is was out of the office. I didn't get a call yesterday, but I am sure that's why. Hopefully on Monday I will get the call. The wonderful ladies on the jobsearch board over at proteacher assure me they wouldn't be calling my references if the school did not intend on offering me a job.
The best thing... The school is only a 25 min drive from my husband's hometown.