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Leaving corporate America for a second career in teaching (university, private school, pay) - Education - universities, high schools, elementary schools, teachers... - City-Data Forum

Thoughts? I know the obvious con is money.

What other hurdles and pros are involved?

Licensure. It's one of the main reasons why former business people or lawyers that go into teaching later in life often teach at private or charter schools.

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It's one of the main reasons why former business people or lawyers that go into teaching later in life often teach at private or charter schools.

Thanks for the response.

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It's one of the main reasons why former business people or lawyers that go into teaching later in life often teach at private or charter schools.

I'd heard that in some states, there is such demand for math\science teachers that you can get a fast track teaching cert. Maybe I'm "mis-remembering"?

Quote: : I'd heard that in some states, there is such demand for math\science teachers that you can get a fast track teaching cert. Maybe I'm "mis-remembering"?

I've heard similar things. I don't think the pay is that much of a downer, personally.

It depends on what you're used to I guess, but my teacher friends do okay if they live within their means, and several of them save up and travel each summer. Make sure you REALLY like kids though!

Seriously. If you're considering working with a certain age group and you don't have experience as of yet with that group, you might want to consider some volunteer activities that would put you in contact with the age of kids you hope to teach. I worked for several years at a private school and mainly I worked with pre-k kids (2 to 3).

It was great. I thought I'd perhaps like to teach Kinder...

And wow. My DD is in Kinder.

It is all I can do to muster up the patience to help her with homework each day!

Trying to help to teach her beginning reading skills is way different from helping 3 year olds with creative play and tying shoes and dress up and painting and watching them on the playground! On the flip side I always figured working with teens would be a nightmare...

But I have a teen son now, and he and his friends are pretty awesome, intelligent, articulate, and funny.

I think I could maybe handle that after all.

You might want to substitute teach for while and see if the classroom is for you.

Inner city and many regular public high schools have discipline problems that take getting used to.

Private school doesn't have as many of those problems.

I think religious schools probably have the least amount of discipline problems as well as vocational schools.

I work with a large percentage of teachers who decided to go into teaching as a 2nd career.

All of them seem to love it.

Folks from blue collar to the business world and even some medical professionals. I work with one teacher who has an M.B.A.

From a super good university, but she still had to go back and get her certification for secondary education.

It took a year of course work, student teaching, and passing three state boards to recieve her teaching certificate.

I've really been thinking of teaching as my 3rd career and was wondering if any of you think there is any age discrimination and if so, what age do you think it starts.

I'm in my mid 50s and have really started to think about teaching.

If you have a Bachelor's degree then you can fast track via Alternative Teaching programs. Check your state's Teaching board for certified programs. From the many articles I've read the schools really like the older, 2nd/3rd career folks as they are doing it because they "want" to at this point in their lives and the money is not a deciding factor. Here's some info: Teaching as a Second Career | Pursue Your Second Career as a Teacher on All Education Schools Retirees Try Teaching as a Second Career - Kiplinger.com

I would have a hard look at the job market.

I would see what the basic requirements are for the districts you want to work in and then talk to the HR person about job possibilities.

Certification requirements are not to be taken lightly.

I also like the idea of substitute teaching to get a feel for it.

My daughter is a teacher and she has many friends that have been looking for a full time teaching position for two years.

The job market in our area is not that great for teachers.




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