04/17/2009
More than 850 Central New York college students and 100 school district recruiters from New York and other states are expected to attend the 24th annual Central New York Teacher Recruitment Days on April 23-24 at SUNY Cortland.
Hosted by SUNY Cortland for the last 24 years, the event is organized through the College's Career Services and co-sponsored by the Central New York Teacher Recruitment Days Consortium, which represents the career services offices of 16 area public and private colleges and universities.
Teacher Recruitment Days in the Park Center Alumni Arena will attract approximately 60 school districts in New York and a number of southeastern states. SUNY Cortland Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Mark Prus and Vice President for Student Affairs C. Gregory Sharer will offer opening remarks at 8 a.m. on Thursday, April 23. Recruitment interviews will take place from 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. on Thursday and from 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on Friday, April 24.
"For the districts that are attending, the recruiters are very fortunate because they will get to look at a large number of very qualified candidates," said Associate Director of Career Services Louis Larson, the event coordinator.
The consortium's Teacher Recruitment Days is also an easy way for all of the colleges that have teacher education programs to collaboratively attract the largest number of school district administrators, Larson said.
The event participants will include education students who are graduating this spring or summer or who graduated last December with bachelor's or master's degrees and are receiving their teaching certificates by Fall 2009.
Registration for Teacher Recruitment Days is already closed. However, area residents with teaching qualifications may obtain a list of the job openings through one of the career services offices in the consortium. The consortium members are: SUNY Binghamton, SUNY Cortland, Colgate University, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, Elmira College, Ithaca College, Keuka College, LeMoyne College, SUNY Oneonta, SUNY Oswego, SUNY Potsdam, St. Lawrence University, Syracuse University, Utica College of Syracuse University, Wells College and Cazenovia College.
For more information, contact the Teacher Recruitment Days Web site at www.cortland.edu/career.