High School Jobs

[sociology]

Does anybody know how to approach teaching sociology in a public or high school environment? What do you need to do to be qualified? Where do you look for jobs?

[high school]

I believe if it's a public school, you need to be a certified teacher. It depends on the state, but my understanding is that you could get away with a social studies certification rather than needing a sociology specific one. The state Department of Education websites are the places to look for certification info particular to your state. In private schools, you don't need the certification, but you do need to argue that you can teach primarily in a department other than sociology (i.e. history/social studies, maybe picking up their AP Psych class(es)), because no high school is going to have a full time sociology teacher, and keep in mind that there will be history PhDs/ABDs fighting for those spots as well.

[agencies]

For private schools, there are a number of recruitment agencies that would be able to help you out. For example::
www.carneysandoe.com/