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Plan that your job search may take a full year. During this time you will be substituting, looking into graduate programs (especially WMU's MA in English with an Emphasis in Teaching!), reading the //English Journal// and other professional books, attending professional conferences, participating in [|NCTE] and becoming active in the [|English Companion Ning], staying in touch with fellow students and former professors, and, above all, doing the hard work of looking for the job you really want.

If you get hired right away, it may even be to your disadvantage in the long run! The year of looking for a job, of learning how to get the position you want, is an incredibly valuable and important part of your education and preparation for the profession. In future years it will be worth a great deal to know that you need never be stuck somewhere you don't want to be. You can always get a job elsewhere.

Information about applying for jobs in other states is available at Applying.

Information about the Michigan Teacher Certification English Test.