School of Education sees growth in popularity
According to Massey, the School of Education has recently held workshops specifically informing interested individuals about what teaching is like as a career. Each workshop depicted the benefits and downsides of being a teacher.
"We wanted to make sure people knew what they were getting into and how things were different when they were in school. Teaching is not for everybody."
Massey also mentioned that for people a little further along in the decision stage, open houses are also available to further guide interested individuals in the teaching career. The next one is on March 21.
Plans have also been made to inform other potentially interested audiences, such as IBM, Northrop Grumman and other Baltimore businesses.
"We try to neck with members of these organizations who might be looking to either retire early but are too young to retire and want to consider teaching as second career, or people who are being laid off early in their careers," Massey said.
According to Massey, companies like Legg Mason, which recently laid off 2,000 people in the past two months, and the Baltimore Examiner, which recently closed, are releasing many potential teachers.
"We started the workshops because of what we saw as an opportunity," Massey said. "We felt that particularly in Baltimore, where there were beginning to be layoffs, that there would be more opportunities for advertising teaching as a second career in response to the economic climate."
Overall, the change in economic climate has led to a response in the School of Education to better inform the public of their options in an uncertain job environment.
"We felt that it would be important for people to know that there are opportunities for them and at the same time benefit children by getting bright people to look at the possibility of employment in school systems," Fessler said. "We have an obligation to people to show them that even in this financial climate there still are jobs in education."
"We wanted to make sure people knew what they were getting into and how things were different when they were in school. Teaching is not for everybody."
Massey also mentioned that for people a little further along in the decision stage, open houses are also available to further guide interested individuals in the teaching career. The next one is on March 21.
Plans have also been made to inform other potentially interested audiences, such as IBM, Northrop Grumman and other Baltimore businesses.
"We try to neck with members of these organizations who might be looking to either retire early but are too young to retire and want to consider teaching as second career, or people who are being laid off early in their careers," Massey said.
According to Massey, companies like Legg Mason, which recently laid off 2,000 people in the past two months, and the Baltimore Examiner, which recently closed, are releasing many potential teachers.
"We started the workshops because of what we saw as an opportunity," Massey said. "We felt that particularly in Baltimore, where there were beginning to be layoffs, that there would be more opportunities for advertising teaching as a second career in response to the economic climate."
Overall, the change in economic climate has led to a response in the School of Education to better inform the public of their options in an uncertain job environment.
"We felt that it would be important for people to know that there are opportunities for them and at the same time benefit children by getting bright people to look at the possibility of employment in school systems," Fessler said. "We have an obligation to people to show them that even in this financial climate there still are jobs in education."
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posted 11/14/09 @ 5:04 PM EST
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