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Gwinnett County looking to hire teachers at job fair

Graves Elementary School teacher Sarah Jones leads a kindergarten class in a dance exercise before acting out “The Tortoise and The Hare.” “When we move our body, we do good things for our brain,” she told the students. ERIC STIRGUS / ESTIRGUS@AJC.COM
Graves Elementary School teacher Sarah Jones leads a kindergarten class in a dance exercise before acting out “The Tortoise and The Hare.” “When we move our body, we do good things for our brain,” she told the students. ERIC STIRGUS / ESTIRGUS@AJC.COM
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March 21, 2017

Gwinnett County school officials have scheduled a job fair this Saturday for those interested in teaching in the state’s largest public school district.

The job fair will be from 8 a.m. to noon at the Gwinnett Infinite Energy Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy in Duluth. To register for the job fair, go to www.gcpsjobs.org.

Gwinnett has typically looked for teachers in math, science and special education.

Several school districts have held job fairs or have plans to soon host one. Cobb County has scheduled two job fairs next week.

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Eric Stirgus joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2001. He is the newsroom's education editor. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Eric is active in the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists and the Education Writers Association and enjoys mentoring aspiring journalists.

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