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Approximately
twenty years ago, Philadelphia area career service departments
in institutions of higher education decided to get together
to exchange ideas. This effort to communicate brought about
the formation of a group called the Delaware Valley Career
Planners. To this day, the group meets twice a year at various
campus sites to exchange ideas and listen to experts in career
related fields. Fourteen years ago, those institutions with
teacher education programs created an off-shoot called the
Delaware Valley Education Consortium (DVEC).
The
Consortium, composed of 27 Philadelphia institutions of higher
education, exists solely for the purpose of sponsoring an
annual teacher job fair. The Consortium has acted as an intermediary
in the teacher job search process by providing candidates
the opportunity to meet employers. The DVEC sponsored its
first teacher job fair on March 30, 1994. One hundred employers
and 1,680 candidates participated in this first fair.
Over
the years, the number of candidates has remained steady while
the number of employers grows. Typically, over 200 school
districts/employers and approximately 2,000 teacher candidates
attend this annual event. The fair is open to both graduating
students and alumni from consortium schools, as well as candidates
from other schools.
The
DVEC will present its next job fair on March 11th, 2008.
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