
The Minnesota Twins are hiring in Southwest Florida. The major league team is looking for part-time English teachers to work with baseball players.
The Twins say they want someone who can teach student athletes a secondary language at their facilities in Fort Myers.
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Spring Training begins for the Minnesota Twins
Saturday was Opening Day for the Minnesota Twins’ Spring Training season at Hammond Stadium in Lee County. The Twins hosted the exhibition against the Tampa Bay Rays. Every baseball fan WINK News spoke with, regardless of fandom, said the game was a lot of fun and much needed after a hard year. “I actually think […]

Firefighters, part-time residents describe rescues, repairs on Sanibel
Most of Sanibel is still unrecognizable one month after Hurricane Ian. The former vacation destination once filled with tourists and snowbirds is now awash with workers, like the firefighters who have been busy there since the first evacuations. Sanibel firefighters tried to return later the same night they evacuated the island for the storm, but […]

Southwest Florida school districts look for solutions to teacher shortage
Southwest Florida’s severe teacher shortage has school districts looking for short-term solutions like spreading support staff between classrooms, and it has some former teachers thinking of coming out of retirement. Students in year-round schools go back to class Tuesday, but there aren’t enough teachers to cover all the bases and not enough non-educators to make […]

Collier County Public Schools looking for guest teachers and part-time teachers
There is a struggle to fill substitute teaching positions in a Southwest Florida school district and COVID-19 is making it worst. The Collier County School District put a call out for anyone in the community to help. In order to qualify, you must be 20 years old and have an associate’s degree or higher. You […]
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