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daily nebraskan
friday, march 13, 1981
Officials: Prospects brighter for qualified teacher
By Betsy Miller
Teaching jobs in Lincoln elementary and secondary
schools may be a little easier to come by if a teacher has
specific qualifications and preferences, according to an
official of UNL and the Lincoln Public Schools.
Lauren Holcombe, who has been with the personnel
department of the Lincoln School System for 13 years,
said that in the elementary schools, more jobs are open
tor teachers willing to work in the intermediary grades.
Intermediary grades are usually considered to be
fourth, fifth and sixth grade, Holcombe said. He said the
reason these grades have more job potential is that most
elementary education teachers want to get jobs in the
lower grades.
"More students tend to want to work with the little
people," he said.
Holcombe said opportunities at the kindergarten and
lower primary level grades are "very tight" from the
employees' point of view.
However, he said that employers seem to think there
are fewer qualified candidates for teaching jobs than there
were a few years ago.
In secondary schools, the subjects employees are able
to teach are more important than the grades they are
qualified to teach, according to Lee Dejonge, UNL
director of teacher placement.
Police report vandalism, arrest
University Police reported vandalism to a car parked
near Abel Hall and reported the arrest of a student in con
nection with auto larceny.
Sunday prayer time
for Atlanta's children
The Nebraska Coalition of Black Women will be request
ing a community-wide special prayer or moment of silent
meditation for the 20 children who have been killed in
Atlanta during the past two years.
"Prayer Sunday" will be in conjunction with a national
rally scheduled in Atlanta on Sunday. It is hoped that
the prayer, which is requested to be held during church
services, will be viewed as a "gesture of support for the
city and a show of concern for the families of the missing
and murdered children," a coalition press release said.
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DeJonge said that for high school teachers, endorse
ments in different subjects are very important. An
endorsement is a supplement to a major. For example, a
teacher may get a major in secondary education with a
math endorsement.
Currently, Dejonge said that most employers seem to
have trouble finding teachers with science and trade
industry endorsements. Also teachers capable of teaching
agriculture, special education, music, industrial arts, math,
distributive education, speech pathology and Spanish are
in demand, Dejonge said.
In fields such as math and science, it is usually tougher
to find qualified teachers because people able to teach
these subjects may get jobs in industry, Holcombe said.
The teacher shortage in math and science is not getting
any better, while special education teachers appear to be
increasing yearly, Holcombe said.
Dejonge noted that schools in Lincoln don't seem to
have a big problem filling teaching spots. However, if stu
dents are willing to work in a small town, there arc usually
more job openings.
"Everybody likes to go toward the bright lights," he
said.
Both Holcombe and Dejonge said Lincoln and the
surrounding area have provided plenty of employment
opportunities for UNL graduates.
UNL will be holding its annual Teacher Interview Fair
March 19 and 20 in the Nebraska Union.
DeJonge said that more than 1 15 schools in Nebraska
have indicated they will be sending representatives.
The schools conduct roughly 2,900 interviews during
the fair to screen possible employees.
Dejonge said that more than 450 UNL teaching
students will be interviewed during the fair.
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