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On 5/26/13, Okay then.. wrote:
> Any 23 year old who applied for a job and won out over veteran teachers with years of experience because they are:
> cheaper
> healthier
> are single
> don't have children
> won't question what the administration wants/rock the boat
> are willing to go along with the newest fads
> have more energy than older teachers..no tea. I didn't mean tea partiers :).
> is NOT going to have a good first year experience! Any principal who hires this way is not only a total (bleep)ing moron, they are breaking the law. Is that someone desirable to have as a boss? These newbies will be expected to devote 14 hours a day to the job. But that's beside the point! "We hired you because you are young, healthy, have boundless energy, aren't encumbered by a family, won't question the school rules, don't have enough experience to question education dogma-- or what I as the principal tell you to do-- and are tech savvy".. said NO ADMINSTRATOR, EVER!
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> No district really has the policy of refusing to hire older experienced teachers unless they get no 25 year old applicants with no experience. If a district is filled with newbies it is because that district has problems; beginner teachers start there until they can get into the system and get a better job.
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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
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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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