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Where I am newly-certified teachers rarely find positions immediately
after college (whether they are young, or older career-changers). It's
actually quite rare for a 22-year-old to find a full-time teaching
position (or likewise rare for an older candidate who just completed
his or her teaching certification to find a position immediately
either, for exactly the same reason). It is just difficult to find a
position quickly given the limited number of positions available,
especially when you have little or no education experience on your
resume.
Most sub for a while, or work in part-time or temporary positions in
education at first. Most of our hires have some experience in
education, typically teaching in another district or subbing or both,
and are NOT "fresh out of college". Age is not a factor but basically
when we have so many candidates who do have some teaching experience of
some kind, they tend to meet our criteria a bit better than those who
don't. Certainly, all other factors being equal we'd rather have a
teacher with teaching experience than one without, all the better if
that teacher comes with a reputation for good student results at a
previous school. There definitely are not as many jobs as their used to
be in education and there are many, many candidates for every opening.
Regardless of your age, whatever experience you can gain in education
will help your chances.

On 5/21/13, OK well, I wasn't overlooking that... wrote:
> In our district the candidate is chosen at the building level, then
> the rec is made to HR, and I've seen lots of aged 40 plus teachers
> hired. Myself, I moved out west at age 40 (with 10 years teaching
> experience) and got a teaching job right away.
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> On 5/21/13, mm, you are overlooking something wrote:
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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.
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>> 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
>>> trained and seen as less likely to be seen as dogmatic
>>> 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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