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There are not many teaching jobs these days. If you still care to teach, broaden your notion of where you might teach. The schools are only one possible place. Try businesses, social agencies, hospitals, parks, community service organizations. It is, for example, possible to teach literacy to hospitalized children; to use an art and recreation program as a means of teaching most anything; to become associated with a job training program or a prison program. It is possible to set up a childcare operation in your home, or turn babysitting into a teaching situation, or set up an afterschool tutoring program. Often there are federal or state monies available for reading or childcare or delinquency prevention programs. It is important to know how to get access to that money. If necessary, go to the county board of education, to Head Start offices, to regional offices of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and ask about the programs they sponsor. Often a few weeks of research may open up a number of unexpected possibilities. The Grantsmanship Newsletter is an excellent source of information and is worth having (for subscriptions write to Grantsmanship Center, 1015 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90015).

Also think about teaching children with problems—the severely disturbed, retarded, physically handicapped, deaf, or blind. Remember, children are children despite the way in which society labels them. Basically the same techniques and belief in the children’s abilities work with all kinds of children. If there are special things one need learn, they are easy to master. The more one thinks of teaching outside the schools, the more imaginative one can be in searching for a job that will allow one to teach, or in defining a job and convincing others that it is worth supporting.

For Further Exploration

Kohl, H. R. (1968). 36 children: Innovations in education. Columbus, OH: Open University Press.

Kohl, H. R. (1969). The open classroom: A practical guide to a new way of teaching. New York, NY: New York Review.

Kohl, H. R. (2004). Stupidity and tears: Teaching and learning in troubled times. New York, NY: The New Press.

Kohl, H. R., & Holt, J. (1967). Teaching the “unteachable”: The story of an experiment in children’s writing. New York, NY: New York Review.