Portland is A Port City with Learning Prospects

Indigenous people first inhabited the Portland area. These tribes - the Multnomah and Clackamas – established villages. By the 1830s, the tribes died from smallpox, probably brought by Lewis and Cark on their 1806 expedition. There was no name for the land until 1845, when two men, Lovejoy and Pettygrove, flipped a coin. Pettygrove won, dubbing the city Portland, after his Maine hometown. With the California gold rush, Portland grew. By 1854, the town was a massive trade center, a port for the U.S. Mail, and a prime spot for salmon fishing.

However, there was a setback in the early 1870's. This didn't damper the spirit of the city. They rebuilt and in 1883 the first transcontinental railroad linked Portland to the East.By 1900, the population was 90,000. The Alaska Gold Rush, the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, and the Bonneville Dam helped the city to continue to grow. As of now, there are nearly 590,000 residents. According to Simply Hired, there are over 2,200 open positions within 15 miles of Portland. With over 147,200 students to teach and tutor, you should surely find a job.

Teaching Jobs in Portland

As a bustling city of 583,776, according to the 2010 census, which continues to steadily grow, there surely will be a place to teach. There are ninety-six K-12 schools as well as nine universities and some other specialty schools from which to choose. Here are just a few of the higher education schools you could teach at: Portland State University, The Brody Theatre, Multnomah Art Center, Metropolitan Learning Center Pool, Reed College, and Oregon Health & Science University.

Locations for Tutoring Jobs

Established in 1917, Multnomah County Central Library has over 2 million items, rooms for writers, which are available by reservation only, computer labs, and accommodations for disabled people, making it a great place for tutoring. There are twenty-four different libraries at which to study, so a tutor can accommodate any of their students while working in Portland.

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