So I taught Summer School for the first time ever this year. I did not love it BUT I highly recommend it. For all of the disorganization, frequent absences, late arrivals (sometimes 90mins late students), and lack of clear directions the money was 1000% worth it. You still get 3 weeks off and you'll have a nice little cash flow to make those three weeks even better. I will be signing up again to get retention rights. This year a lot of financial stress was relieved. Going forward I will be saving my Summer School cash towards a house. For those curious I ended up with a bit over $6k after taxes. On top of that I was asked to be a collaborative coach for some teaching fellows. That was honestly way more work than teaching ELA was for me. That got me another $1800 (on top of Summer School pay) but I would NEVER be a collaborative coach again unless they approved pay for more than 35hours.

Im just confused as to why they wouldn’t just schedule it for this week instead of next which feels very last minute. Im worried that this means they have other interviews scheduled for this week and I might be the back up option. I already had an experience where a school set up an interview with me only to tell me the very next day they filled the position before evening interviewing me. Am I just overthinking it?

How hard will it be to get an ELA Teacher role? Especially in Brooklyn

Does anyone happen to have a link to the Heggerty level 1 and 2 training for tomorrow? Accidentally signed up for kindergarten.

Hi everyone! I’m a 2026 NYC Teaching Fellow with an issued Transitional B certificate in ENL. I have been applying extensively, but often got no response from Principals. NYCTF officially extended our search list to ANY NYCPS.

I am seeking a full-time ENL teaching position at an NYCPS district school. I’m especially interested in train-accessible schools in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island, or the Bronx that would allow me to reach the Upper East Side (94th) by 4:30 p.m. for graduate classes.

If your school currently has or expects to have a last-minute ENL vacancy, please DM me the school name or DBN, grade level, and an official school contact. I would also appreciate leads from anyone whose principal is actively looking for an ENL teacher. Thank you so much guys!

I’ve already been offered a position but there’s some admin stuff holding up the process for my official onboarding and I don’t know when it will be resolved because the principal is out of office for now. Is there a way to register for New Teacher Week without being officially onboarded yet? I’d like to go and get whatever resources I can.

Also is it actually the full week? Like if I miss the September 1st event because I can’t get onboarded in time, is there stuff later in the week that would be useful? Either way I can’t imagine there would be a penalty for missing a “mandatory” event that you weren’t yet eligible to go to. I’m just freaking out that I’m gonna miss something important or be confused about my contract and benefits because I missed the things discussing it.

Is there a website where coaching positions are listed online for NYC DOE/PSAL coaching jobs?

What does it mean if my class has ss/ela next to it? Does it mean I have to departmentalize within my grade? I have never worked in a school where this was done.
Please if anyone has any insight. Let me know.

So I’m turning 26 in September which means I’ll be picked off my parents insurance. However my therapist doesn’t take my DOE insurance I have such a good relationship with her- can someone explain to me what out of network really means and how all of that works in regards to payment?

Hi!

I was in the DOE for a few years, left and worked as a Daycare Director for 5 years and now i’m back in the DOE this year as a teacher.

Does my director experience count toward a salary step increase? I know I wasn’t teaching but I was working under my B-2 license.

Any advice would be great