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Booming Staff Resource
August 23, 2007
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
-Maya Angelou
-Maya Angelou
Finding staff for early childhood programs remains a challenge for our field. A report in Work & Family Life (March 2005; [email protected]) offers some new directions for your search. According to the newsletter, the huge generation of baby boomers is now reaching age 60, but retirement is not what increasing numbers of them are thinking about. Many are looking for �" or have already begun �" a second career. As of now, about 31 percent of baby boomers have already moved into their new careers (with this trend being strongest in the West and Midwest). Some are using their expertise to pursue new opportunities in the service sector. Typically, the new career is a fairly “self-governing" position in line with boomers' desire for independence.
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Displaying 1 CommentPittston, PA, United States
Although there is a constant need for staff in childcare, the idea of using the baby boomers, not yet ready for retirement, is not exactally ideal. To use this segment of the population would be great for teacher assistance in the classroom, but with the continually changing educational requirements set forth be NAEYC and other state quality iniatives the use of these individuals would be limited. How many 60+ year olds would be willing to begin a new college career? Even the attainment of a CDA credential would require continued education. Currently, there are many individuals employed in childcare that are concerned with the validity of their degrees if they are not in Early Childhood Education. The career latice presented for childcare workers does not support the use of individuals that are not educated in Early Childhood Education. Life experience is not yet considered as any type of credential. I would love to tap this segemnt of the population for employment, but I can not see how this would be benefitial to me under the current criteria that I am required to meet.
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