reflects the person's love of teaching/working with others/desire to be in
education. Clearly people are not tired of teaching or of working in
their schools or even with technology -- they just seek change or
something new and different in order to enrich, energize, or balance
personal/professional lives in a slightly different way. I, too, have
done this over the past 34 years of teaching. And thinking in this way
every few years really does pay off in terms of satisfaction -- my
technology coordinator job has evolved and changed a good bit. I agree
with Joel, however, about transitions and the sense of loss after making a
decision, but then moving on.
As a mid-generation baby boomer, I often think about the longer term
future leading into retirement (about 10 years for me). Like many others
I am contemplating later career phases and thinking about next steps (but
I'm not talking about the money planning aspects here) and perhaps some
professional development that can be helpful now but eventually move me
toward productive retirement and may also be useful into those years.
I regularly contemplate the question... How can I give something back
after all of these years? What, if anything, can I do with all these
teaching, technology, and media skills that I've acquired over the years,
and that I am still acquiring? Like Joel, I've made my peace with the
wealth question. I like my job and have neither interest nor inclination
to move away from the education arena. Like Vi, I love the different
aspects of what I do -- teachers, admin tasks, students, training.
Are there other boomers out there mulling over these same ideas?
Best,
Marti Weston
GDS
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