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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I second the preschool option. They always need subs, aides and administrators. I would check with private schools as well. [/quote]

but they get paid nothing. I think these are dead end jobs for most people. Substitute teaching is  the worst. The pay is  a joke.[/quote]

Can these jobs be used as jumping boards to some other jobs? If you have no resume, and a general degree without special training that you got decades ago you gotta start somewhere.  I don't think she can jump into a "career"  type of jobs right away unless she has some specialized skills and connections or she goes for a new degree. [/quote]

Preschool teaching can be lovely for someone who loves it but it's extremely low-paying and you don't have anywhere to go career-wise except if you wanted to start your own daycare or school or something, but that's a whole set of different skills and one I wouldn't advise to start at 50.  Substitute teaching is a stop-gap but it can be a way to decide if you want to be a full-time teacher.  The teacher resident program for people with a BA degree is a real career path that OP could start--if she at all thought she was cut out for teaching--as that's developing a profession and there's support in place to get licensed and they have benefits, time off etc. that many value.  BUt it's a hard job.

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This. No one is saying that teaching is an easy job; it's going to give OP the highest income and good benefits given the fact that she has no career. OP should take advantage of the teacher shortage and get a FT teaching job while she works on her certifications. It's the one career path that she actually can jump into right now.

It sounds like some posters want to punish OP for not having a career.[/quote]

I am the poster who mentioned how brutal teaching is. I agree that it is the best choice as far as job availability and benefits, but don’t underestimate how rough the job is. I watch people devote tons of energy to teaching just to quit at the end of the first year. I don’t recommend the profession because the “stay” rate is so low. Most who start don’t last.[/quote]

Depending on how the numbers are done, 35-45% of teachers leave within the first 5 years -- though that includes people who left for maternity to SAHP and who may later return.  Also, OP would be in the position to try it out for a year without having to go through the licensure part so less of a loss.  I would recommend subbing this spring if she really were interested to know if it's 100% not for her.[/quote]

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