Education and Human Services Internship/Job Resources

Looking for Internships/Job in Education and Human Services?

We (Career and Professional Development) link to sites that provide free information. Some of these sites might also offer fee-based services. We do not endorse or recommend any fee-based services or products on any websites we list and link.

K-12 Roles

• School of Education at Virginia Tech: Teacher Licensure / Program Requirements
• Education America.net: K-12, post-secondary, and overseas.
• Education Job Fairs.com: Online, interactive; domestic and international.
• Education Teaching Jobs on NationJob.com
• Early Childhood Teacher.org Preschool teaching jobs and certification.
• Interfolio.com: Fee-based service to manage credentials files; for Ph.D. students to send credentials to a search committee, for teachers to send a portfolio to a hiring district. Review the site and decide if the service is for you.
  (This is NOT a job listing website.)
• K-12 jobs.com: must log in to search all available jobs.
• Montgomery County Public Schools employment
• Southern Education Foundation.org
• Southern Teachers Agency focuses on independent and private schools in the South.
• Teach.com: Career information, state salary information, teaching issues.
• Teach for America: Two-year commitment teaching program for candidates with leadership potential.
• Teach Virginia.org: Complete info on preparation and teach in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• Teaching careers on teacher certification degrees.com
  Descriptions, outlook, salaries, degrees.
  Teacher certification by state.
• TeacherJobs.com
• Teachers.net job center
• Teachers-Teachers.com: free; must register to view jobs.
• Teaching Fellows.org
• Virginia Department of Education
  State agency. Includes:
  School divisions in Virginia
  Teacher Education and Licensure
  Job opportunities

Higher Education/Academia

• Virginia Tech academic departments focusing on higher education:
• Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department at Virginia Tech
• Educational Research and Evaluation Program at Virginia Tech
• Higher Education Program at Virginia Tech
• More resources:
• Chronicle of Higher Education See Advice and Jobs.
  Essential source for jobs and career advice for academia.
• Council for Advancement and Support of Education
  Career Central includes posted jobs.
• Education America.net
  K-12, post-secondary, and overseas.
• Federal government: U.S. Dept. of Education
• HIgherEd 360.com
  Faculty and administrative positions, faculty positions by discipline.
• HigherEdJobs.com
• HireAcademics.com
• Interfolio.com
  Fee-based service to manage credentials files; for Ph.D. students to send credentials to a search committee, etc. Review the site and decide if the service is for you. (This is NOT a job listing web site.) CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT ENDORSE ANY FEE-BASED SERVICE.
• NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
  Careers in Student affairs.
• PostDocJobs.com
  Source for employers to hire post-docs, research associates and scientists, and for recent Ph.D. graduates to find post-doctoral positions in their professional careers.
• Placement Exchange.org
  For student affairs positions in higher education; partnership of NASPA, ACUHO-I, NACA, NODA, ASCA, and AFA.
• Research Gate.net
  Research jobs U.S. and abroad in academia and private sector. All disciplines.
• StudentAffairs.com
  Search jobs by state, by 30 categories, by institution.
• Virginia state government: State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV)

ESL/ Teaching Abroad/ Bilingual/ International and language Instruction jobs:

IMPORTANT CAUTION:
Career and Professional Development cannot advise you on the quality of work-abroad programs. We strongly advise any student considering work abroad to consult the expertise of the Virginia Tech Global Education office, which provides information about working abroad and teaching abroad.

• Council of International Schools (COIS)
  You can use the membership directory to find schools; visit their websites to see if they are hiring.
• CIEE.org = Council on International Education Exchange > teach abroad
  Teach English abroad
• Department of Defense Education Activity.edu (DODEA)
  Civilian agency of U.S. Department of Defense. Headquartered in Arlington, VA. Operates schools to teach children of military service members and DoD civilian employees. Operates 160 schools in 11 foreign countries, seven states, and two territories. See work for DODEA or human resources for information on vacancies and becoming a teacher.
• EF.com = Education First careers opportunties
  Sponsors trips abroad; has job opportunities for teaching, and many other functions.
• ESL Cafe.com
  ESL teaching positions
• ESL Employment.com
  ESL teaching and administrative positions.
• ESL Insider.com
  Guide to teaching English in Asia.
• ESL Teacher Recruiter.com
  ESL teaching positions in South Korea; support for travel and living arrangements.
• Freelancer.com
  Filter jobs on languages; search jobs for “translation.”
• Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program.org
  Program of the U.S. Department of State.
• Guru.com
  Find freelance work. Includes writing & translation.
• i-to-i.com
  Volunteer abroad, teaching english abroad, TEFL, working abroad guides.
• International Schools Services.org
  Non-profit org working with 800 international schools; services include “find a teaching job” (includes other jobs in schools).
• Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program
• Lat Careers.com
  Job board for bilingual Spanish/English Latino career seekers.
• Saludos.com
  Joins hispanic bilingual professionals with companies looking for diversity in the workplace; includes bilingual jobs.
• Teach Abroad.com on GoAbroad.com
• TESOL = Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
• TIE = The International Educator
  Founded in 1986. Non-profit organization; matches educators with international schools around the world.
• Translation Industry Career Guide / Lingo 24
  To encourage graduates to enter the translation services and language industry; articles, translation employment, glossary, etc.
• U.S. Dept. of State English Language Fellow Program
  Program for U.S. citizens with master’s degrees with focus in ESL. Administered by Georgetown University.
• U.S. Dept of State Office of Overseas Schools