Re: References on applications

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On 12/29/10, Trying to get back in the classroom wrote:
> I'm hoping to get back into the classroom this next fall,
> after only teaching for one year during the 08-09 school
> year. In addition to worrying about how my non-renewal and
> two years out of the classroom will effect my chances, I am
> also wondering about my references:
>
> On most applications they ask for your most recent principal
> and - in the case of newer teachers - your cooperating
> teacher for student teaching. Within the last two years,
> both of those individuals have retired. Is this going to
> affect my chances at an interview, when they go to call the
> schools and those people are no longer there?

Of course you're going to need to ask these two people if you
can put down their home number and home e-mails. Don't put
down their old work numbers and work e-mails but you can still
list their school.
 

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