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Thanks for all your feedback. I hope and pray to hear Monday or
Tuesday. If none of my references get called by Tuesday , I will
take that as a bad sign.

Thank you ! I will keep you posted . .

On 7/06/13, anon wrote:
> If you don't get a call on Monday offering you the job, I would
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> Be prepared for either answer, though.
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> On 7/06/13, lca wrote:
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>> If your interview was on the 3rd, it's not at all surprising
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>> A thank-you email would not hurt but other than "thank you, I
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>> On 7/05/13, Lsunshine wrote:
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>>> > My husband and I just bought a home and I need to
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>>> relocate > to a closer school. . I need some advice from my
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>>> fellow peers. > The market is tight with the abundance of
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>>> teachers . >> I interviewed this week for a position 4
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>>> miles from > our new home. The interview went over the
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>>> allotted 30 > minutes by 20 minutes .
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>>> The principal expressed a lot of enthusiasm in me and my
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>>> experience as the school I have taught in is a very tough
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>>> school -population wise.
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>>> She was impressed with my lessons that I presented. >>
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>>> During my interview I expressed to them this would be my
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>>> dream job. we moved to the area because of the diversity in
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>>> the school-system and the community. >> Now , I'm in the
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>>> waiting game. Before I left the principal asked what >
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>>> grade I would prefer to teach as there are two openings. >
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>>>> I explained I would be happy with either but leaned
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>>> toward > one grade as I have taught The grade above it .
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>>> She wrote > it in her notes smiled and said great. >> I
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>>> did not ask for a time frame .
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>>> However, the clock is > ticking as I need to let my current
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>>> school know if I am > leaving ( it would be over an hour
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>>> commute if I stay.)
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>>> I keep analyzing the interview ! >> What should I do ?
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>>> Thoughts on how it went? Thank you so much .
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>>> Side note: I interviewed at another school in the district
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>>> and didn't get it. The principal called and said I did
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>>> great and there was nothing I could improve on . That same
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>>> day he called me this principal called to set up an
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