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Post by hs on Mar 14, 2016 16:24:51 GMT -5
Does anyone know of any sociology PhDs who went the high school route? I feel like a failure just asking this, but I have two friends who are PhDs (history and Spanish) from pretty decent universities who got jobs teaching high school that pay substantially better than the local community college/directional state university. On one hand, I don't know if my ego would handle something like that (given that it is a job that I could have had many years and heartbreaks ago). On the other, it seems insane to me to rule out better paying jobs for this reason.
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Post by runner on Mar 15, 2016 12:04:25 GMT -5
Have you spent much time in a high school, as an adult? Do you know teachers in your area (or whatever area you're thinking about working)? Do you get along with teenagers? Have you shadowed a teacher in whatever field you're considering? (If you don't know that you can't teach soc full time in a high school, you've got a LOT of work to do in researching the possibilities). Until a recent TT offer, my other option was to take additional college math credits to do alternate-route certification in a very high-paying public teacher state. If you enjoy teaching and enjoy young people, it's absolutely not a bad option, and like you say, frequently pays better than TTs.
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