What do retired teachers who sometimes miss teaching ?

The reasons why teachers leave education prematurely are relatively well known, but even if teachers who persist in their careers into retirement have been able to cope with them, that does not mean they are willing to endure unpleasant conditions again as they taste the quiet autonomy of retirement.

If improved conditions of practice have an effect on the retention of incumbent teachers, then they will have the same effect on attracting experienced teachers who have left the profession and who would eventually consider returning to it on occasion.

Creating spaces where experienced teachers can take the time to help young teachers is one of the proposed solutions to ameliorate many of the factors of young teacher dropout.

This can be the pretext for bringing experienced teachers back into the classroom and at the same time opening up new "end-of-career" opportunities in conditions that are rewarding and not as demanding as the continuous care of a group of students.

Even if retired teachers do not necessarily wish to return to the intense atmosphere of a classroom, they can maintain more or less close contact with the educational environment. 

Here are various possibilities, not exhaustive, that are particularly open to them...

Teaching...

• as a volunteer, locally or internationally
  
  
  • School Helpers
  • Benevolt
  • Schools in the hospital
  • All volunteers
  • Teaching assignments
    
    
• as a tutor paid or unpaid, dozens of sites are recruiting tutors
  
  
  • SOS prof- Teach the next one - 
  • School Support Directory
    
    
• as a substitute teacher, lists are maintained by Academies, School Services, Wilayas...
  
  
• as a facilitator
  
  
  • most municipalities recruit trainers for their activities; it's not just youth who are in demand.
  • senior homes organize educational activities to keep their residents intellectually active.
    
    
• as a teacher at a senior university
  
  
  • Directory of Third Age Universities
    

Coaching

• as a coach or mentor for new teachers          
  
  
  • File Coaching and mentoring           
  • File Support-for-teachers                                 
    
    
• as an expert in presentation and animation technologies
  

Reading

• for children in libraries
  
  
  • Lire et faire lire  - France
  • Lire et faire lire - Québec   
    
    
• for the blind
  
  • Voice Givers
  • Braille League
    

  Producing

  • educational resources 
    
    
    • educational-drawing
    • files 3D printing
    • files Creating-educational-resources       
          
      
  a blog
  
  
  • Blogging platforms
  • How-to-create-a-free-blog          
                   
    
  podcasts
  
  
  • Podcast Directory - Getting Started -  Finding them, listening to them, producing them
               
    
  • videos
    
    
    • Producing videos your students will love   
    • Learning video editing without going to school   
    • Tips for designing, producing and distributing an educational video
    • Webinar ecosystem
          
      
  a book on teaching
  
  • Directory of self-publishing sites
    

  Commenting on social networks: LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok

  • Educational activity on the networks is intense.
    On each of these networks thousands of people share their experiences, their stories, their ideas, their activities. To keep in touch or just for fun.

  
  

  References

  What are some of the reasons new teachers drop out? - Cetreq - RIRE -
  https://rire.ctreq.qc.ca/pour-quelles-raisons-les-nouveaux-enseignants-decrochent-ils/
  
  Why do teachers leave their schools? A Review of the Scientific Literature on Teacher Turnover - Sandrine Lothaire, Xavier Dumay and Vincent Dupriez
  https://journals.openedition.org/rfp/3931