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The job seekers board hasn't been working for a long time, so I will post here. Many of us mature teachers have been frustrated by the teaching profession's preference for hiring younger applicants. Supposedly they are more energetic, full of new ideas, blah blah. I have been trying to cast a wider net by applying to alternative schools, because I consider myseklf excellent at etablishing rapport with troubled teens, but I am finding that one cannot even get hired as an instructional assistant at these alternative schools unless one is physically capable of restraining an out of control teen. I can see the rationale for hiring only young, buff applicants but it is yet another stumbling block to get discouraged about. Sigh.
flutetoot I also saw the trend in my area for the preference for younger teachers (and it had nothing to do with years of experience). MOst of the hires were young people fresh out of college.

However - we were just discussing this yesterday at the lunch table - it seems as if the trend is reversing itself in a way. Many of the younger teachers tha...See More
Nov 18, 2011


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