Okay I have applied for positions at my host school before, never even got an interview. So disappointing. However I am still going to give this a try. I think I have good relationships with everyone in the school, I have 2 people I will share more personal things with and the rest I say hi to and ask questions and am in general a really nice person they can count on. A few of the teachers have been encouraging as I shared my plans to get back into the classroom after my after-school years.
The one thing that should really count is my support of our behavior issues! There are 5 people on walkie-talkies and they rotate who is the 'first responder'. There is an issue all day, all the time. I am not sure why we collect so many serious behavior issues, however it is way more than a full time job and most of these people don't have jobs next year because funding was cut (we have really low FRL numbers now).
Just wrote the cover letter, letting it sit a day and then editing, and lighting a lot of candles!!