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[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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