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Thank you for replying, but your answer is a little confusing.
you say you hate to be negative but then you say no news is good
news. I gather that although they said they were going to make a
quick decision, someone materialized that caused them to draw out
the process by scheduling more interviews. If they chose someone
else, I wish they would just let me know. I need to plan what I am
going to be doing this fall if I do not get this position, yet I
am hesitant to make other commitments until I hear something. Yet,
I know about a bird in the hand, etc.

On 8/10/13, not an admin but... wrote:
> I would not call. I am also interviewing for teaching jobs,
> and have had a lot of interviews since May. I have 2 2nd
> interviews next week. Kind of getting down to the wire
> considering teachers are starting back to work in 2 weeks.
>
> Anyhoo, I am finding that hiring officials will call you
> either within a day or two (meaning that you were eliminated
> pretty fast and they moved fast on another candidate to land
> them) or it may take a week to longer to get a response (that
> means that they chose someone else, but is taking a while to
> finalize everything with references, paperwork, etc.) and they
> don't want to call the other candidates until ALL is finalized
> with the other candidate as in signed a contract, references
> checked, all that.
>
> In your case it seems they may have gotten more applications
> and candidates they wanted to interview.
>
> I hate to be negative but usually if you are not hearing back,
> it means you're not a top candidate, or they are having second
> interviews with other candidates. Like the old - no news is
> good news. Because this late in the summer, the principal
> wants to lock it in and fill the position.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 8/10/13, anxious, need advice wrote:
>
>> I had one interview and then a second at private school in
>
>> mid-July. Both went well and everyone said great things
>
>> about me. The principal said he was interviewing one more
>
>> person that day and that there would be a quick decision.
>
>> The principal was on vaca the week after that,
>
>> the 22-26. I called Friday Aug. 2 to check on things and was
>
>> told by the person who answered the phone that they were
>
>> interviewing more people! I sent the principal a brief email
>
>> last Monday Aug. 5 just reiterating my strong interest in
>
>> the position and saying I would be happy to
>
>> provide any more information. Still nothing! Granted, this
>
>> does not look good for my team, but it is hard to completely
>
>> give up hope when you have not been given a definite "no."
>
>> If they liked me as much as they appeared to, why haven't
>
>> they offered me the job? If someone
>
>> else popped up that they like better, why don't they just
>
>> tell me?
>
>> This is driving me nuts! I don't want to pester them, but
>
>> should I call again on Monday and ask to speak to the
>
>> principal himself? This is a small school, so it is not as
>
>> if there is a bureaucracy that needs to go through a long
>
>> process. Thanks in advice for any advice.
>

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