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Find and accept your first assignment

Essential
5 min

You are cleared, the board has jobs on it, and you do not want to pick the wrong one.

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Browse and filter available jobs

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Read a job's details before you accept

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Accept a job

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Pass on a job you can't take

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By the end you can
  • Filter the board down to jobs that fit your week
  • Read a posting and know what you are agreeing to
  • Accept an assignment and know what happens next

Walkthrough

1
Open Browse Jobs
Sidebar → Browse Jobs

Every assignment you are currently eligible for.

Take me there
2
Filter to your real availability

Filter by when (Today, Tomorrow, This week, Next 7 days), by subject and grade level, by school, and by assignment length — single day or longer.

3
Read the whole posting before you commit

Check the school and travel time, the start and end times, the subject and grade, whether it is a single day or a run of days, and whether a lesson plan is attached.

4
Accept it

Accepting is a commitment, not an expression of interest — the school stops looking for anyone else the moment you accept.

5
Confirm it landed in My Schedule
Sidebar → My Schedule

The assignment now appears with its full details. If it is not there, it did not go through.

Take me there
Worth knowing
  • Your first assignment at a new school will take longer than you think — parking, office check-in, finding the room. Add twenty minutes.
  • Long-term assignments pay more reliably than chasing single days, if your week allows it.
What goes wrong
  • Accepting two assignments on the same morning. Check My Schedule before accepting anything.
  • Accepting a job across the county at 7:00am in winter. Travel time is your problem once you accept.
Next: Set your availability once, stop refreshing the board
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