Reply to Terms of Clearance

TEACH

Update to Terms of Clearance

TERMS OF CLEARANCE: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for 6 months. When the Department extends or revises this collection, it will provide OMB with an update on how participation compares to what was envisioned (noted in the August 2010 supplemental materials). This should include an assessment of how the Department will address low participation (if relevant).

Original Submission: We expect to have thousands of jobs on the site when we launch TEACH.gov, based on our work with the CCSSO, the Council of the Great City Schools and industry leading third party job sources to list jobs. As the 2011 hiring cycle accelerates, we believe we will see growing interest in the job listing service offered by TEACH.gov and we expect to provide links to as many as 50,000 to 90,000 jobs. We are actively soliciting job listings and supporters and will make the TEACH.gov logo and link available to corporate and other supporters for use on their web sites to promote careers in the teaching profession. TEACH.gov will be one free source with national visibility for advertising teaching jobs.

Terms of Clearance Update:

We believe that we are on track to meet our original estimates. At the launch of the site, we had approximately 2,000 jobs on our site. Currently, there are 6,158 jobs posted on TEACH.gov. While this number is far less than the final goal, this is still on track because most school districts do not have job openings at this time, but rather have jobs open between February and June of each school year. We expect that with the ramp up of the school hiring cycle as well as our continued robust outreach to school districts, we will meet our original goal.