I am nearing retirement from teaching, and looking for a job that uses my educational skills. Any advice on how to find that perfect fit?

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There might be classes you'd be qualified to teach at community college, otherwise I think you could be great at training programs or local non-profit type work that is educational for immigrants and/or low-income community members

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2 quick questions: Why are you retiring? Why do you want a job?

It matters, because if it's all about the money, useful answers will skew differently than if it's about flexibility, or working from home, or continuing to feel meaningful.

I am also approaching retirement, so I'm asking these questions myself. I still love what I do, but I want to go while I'm still having fun. So I'm trying to figure out what's next.

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I need to make about $50000 year to add to my retirement pension. I'm working to get ESL certified and would like to do something in adult education.

In my area, it is hard getting a job in teaching full time if you’re older. The exception is special education positions that are hard to fill. I don’t intend to retire unless I am okay with never going back. Everyone I know thinks ageism will affect someone else not them. Unless you know where you want to be, I don’t recommend changing jobs. Even at that it is risky because finding the right fit or simply fitting in can take a while in education.

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Seeing that you teach music , you could be a Music together or Kindermusik teacher, which are early childhood bases . Can you offer private lessons for a particular instrument or voice lessons ? I would say a community college or small local college could definitely use you as an adjunct , but beware that the pay is going to be low. That being said , you could look at different music schools with after school programs , park districts , etc.

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