Register for ADE Teacher Job Fairs!
Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman is encouraging potential teachers to attend the Southern Arizona Job Fair on Saturday, March 2 in Tucson and the Statewide Arizona Education Job Fair on Saturday, March 9 in Phoenix. Both job fairs will be hosted by the Exceptional Student Services Division of the Arizona Department of Education (ADE).
“Student success is not possible without highly-qualified teachers in the classroom,” Superintendent Hoffman said. “Schools only function with the hard work of our teachers, but year after year, we have seen a devastating number of teachers leave the profession or move out of state. Events such as these job fairs are incredible opportunities to help effectively address some of those concerns.”
The driving force behind the event was to create a one-stop-shop for potential teachers and schools attempting to fill open positions. Thus far, at least 160 traditional district, charter, private day and Bureau of Indian Education schools will attend at least one of the job fairs, as well as at least 37 community partners that are ready to provide potential educators with a considerable amount of resources. There are already more than 900 registrations for either one of the events.
A fingerprinting service, interviewing rooms for schools to discuss opportunities with candidates, as well as representatives from ADE will be on hand to counsel attendees on becoming a certified teacher in Arizona. The attending schools will be able to issue letters of intent and job offers to prospective teachers pending background checks.
“The intent of events like our job fairs is for ADE to be an agency of service to the educational community,” Superintendent Hoffman said. “These events offer potential educators the opportunity to walk home with a job. It is free for prospective teachers to attend and you can literally go home having changed your life and the lives of your potential students for the better in one day.”
The Southern Arizona Education Job Fair will take place on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at the Doubletree by Hilton Tucson Reid Park on 445 South Alvernon Way in Tucson, AZ, 85711 from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. The Statewide Arizona Education Job Fair will be held on Saturday, March 9, 2019 at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Conference Center on 9495 W. Coyotes Blvd. in Glendale, AZ 85306 from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
To register or learn more information about either job fair, please visit http://teachinaz.com/. Media interested in attending should email or call the press contact listed above.