RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - Many professionals who have spent their careers in engineering, banking, and other industries are considering retirement, only to embark on a new career in education (Scroll down to learn about the full interview, which can be heard directly above this article).

At the start of our careers, we feel energized, youthful, and brave. As we move forward, we often forget our youthful bliss, forming new goals and ideas to propel us into the future. Along the way, many people discover happiness in helping others, sometimes finding joy in the field of education.

Your retirement may lead you to an ocean-side community far from Rutherford County, or it may lead you to a classroom where you can begin a new career in education... That was Janet Flannery, the new teacher programs & recruitment coordinator for the Rutherford County Schools.

Through the Teach Now Program in Rutherford County, adults in our area are on a new path to encourage and shape minds...

Teach Now makes it easy to follow your heart into helping to grow the minds of tomorrow. Your real-world workforce experience can make a real-world difference in our younger generation. Through this program, even retirees are finding renewed purpose and fulfillment by stepping into the classroom and sharing their wealth of knowledge and experience with the students of Rutherford County.

• Learn more about the Teach Now program HERE.
• Learn abut the different Rutherford County School careers that are currently available HERE.

PODCAST ABOVE THIS ARTICLE: Today on the Action Line Podcast, WGNS' Scott Walker is joined by Rutherford County Schools Chief Communications Officer James Evans. On the show, Evans discusses back-to-school information that every parent needs to know. One of those important details is the introduction of the new Enrollment Welcome Center, which will officially open next week to help parents with registration.

Also joining us in the WGNS studio is Janet Flannery, the county schools Coordinator of New Teacher Programs & Recruitment. Flannery covers the topic of employment opportunities within the schools, highlighting a variety of positions available that the schools hope to fill before the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year.