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  1. 01-14-2007, 03:10 AM #1
    borntoteach
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    Master's Degree

    So I am quickly heading towards the mark where I have to begin my Master's Degree. In CT you have to at least begin it within 5 years. I've managed to beat around the bush a bit because I started out in private school and I bought myself some time taht way. So what's my issue? I have no clue what I want my Masters in!

    I thought about doing Speech and Language seeing as it is truly a passion of mine but it's a three year program and it's very intensive. The up side of it would be that it would give me a little more flexibility job wise. I could leave the classroom for a few years while my youngin's grow up and still work part time.

    Other options would be getting it in Reading, educational technology or a subject area and get certified to teach upper grades. None of these are truly programs I'm interested in but I can't seem to find anything else suitable.

    What did you get your degree in?
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  2. 01-14-2007, 12:42 PM #2
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    History, and Community College Teaching. That way I can teach at a 2-year college and make a bit of extra money from time to time, or flee the public schools for a full time job teaching college-level students, should that become necessary or desirable.
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  3. 01-14-2007, 06:17 PM #3
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    Elementary reading and literacy

    Not a lot of job flexibility but during and after I got it I found myself doing much better in the classroom.
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  4. 01-14-2007, 08:32 PM #4
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    Psychology BA ,History MA and linguistics before I left the University and got my education as a teacher. ( ERGO - I am paid as just a teacher - )
    7 wasted years? Not at all !!!!!!
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  5. 01-15-2007, 04:42 PM #5
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    If you think you might ever want to teach anything but K12, then don't get a masters in education. I got an MSED in ed tech and then had to get 18 grad hours in Eng in order to teach something at the college level. Now I teach English, Writing, and Communications online for colleges across the country.

    Last month I finished 4 grad courses in Criminology (took them all between Sept and Dec) and in Feb I start two more. Then I have one left and at the end of May I'll have a Graduate Certificate in Criminal Justice. At some schools, this also counts for teaching some Sociology courses. I've already taught college Soc online and by summer I'll be teaching CJ too.

    Get a degree in a subject area. Then you're ahead of the game and it's easy to add six more courses in anything else you might want to teach later
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  6. 01-16-2007, 12:40 AM #6
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    My masters is in American & British literature.

    My BA is in secondary English teaching, so the MA in a subject area was just what I was looking for.
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  7. 01-16-2007, 01:35 AM #7
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    My Masters is in Kinesiology.

    I gotta agree with Sunnie - get a degree in a content area - much more useful in the long run.
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