| Why are cover letters so important? They | | | | exciting way. |
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| teachers through 2014 will grow | | | | invites the employer to want to know |
| somewhere between 9 and 17% per | | | | more.You are a part of a significant |
| year."Experts predict that over the next | | | | sector of the labor market. According to |
| ten years the nation will need 2.2 to | | | | the Bureau of Labor Statistics, |
| 2.4 million teachers. That means there | | | | "Preschool, kindergarten, elementary |
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| teachers in the nation's elementary and | | | | school teachers, except special |
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| greatest in urban and rural communities | | | | in 2004. Of the teachers in those jobs, |
| and in curricular areas such as special | | | | about 1.5 million are elementary school |
| education, mathematics, science, | | | | teachers, 1.1 million are secondary |
| bilingual education, and English as a | | | | school teachers, 628,000 are middle |
| second language." This information | | | | school teachers, 431,000 are preschool |
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