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Not all older teachers are veterans. Some are mid-life career
changers who are freshly trained, energetic, optimistic, tech
savvy, and healthy. Plus, they have decades of accumulated
knowledge and wisdom from decades of reading and reflecting and
living. They only thing they lack is youth, and that seems to be
enough in many districts to make them unemployable.

On 5/20/13, mm wrote:
> They are usually single, energetic, optimistic, and healthy.
> They're cheaper. They usually are tech savvy. They are freshly
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> impediments to change (i.e. little baggage). I'm a vet and see
> the benefits in experience as well. But, a good mix is needed
> to create a first - rate staff unless the admin thinks that
> they can 'raise' a core staff.
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> On 5/19/13, J wrote:
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>> getting hired for teaching jobs? Fresh out of college
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>> kids. Why?
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