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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Defense has a fair number of govt and contractor positions in the DC metro that execute/manage military or civilian professional education and training.  Check USAJobs and clearancejobs.

Similarly, I knew a contractor who had been a high school history teacher and left for a defense contractor.  They had him doing what I think of as organizational management consulting.  Not sure what it's called for real, but whenever a customer wanted to change they way it did business and needed organizational plans, charters, and documentations, they brought him in.

It probably would be easier to break into the business with one of the contractor shops than going directly into the government.  One of them could easily sponsor you for an interim Secret while DoD did the background investigation.

Pay should easily be triple or more plus benefits.[/quote]

This is exactly what I did as a teacher and I tripled my salary. But to get there, I got a top-tier master's in international affairs (while still working full-time as a teacher) and a security clearance; then did a Fortune 500 corporate internship, a part-time DoD contract, and a full-time NGO job before getting a well-paid DoD contracting gig running adult education and training programs. That first full-time job paid over $100k, but was incredibly long hours with an abusive, screaming, alcoholic, unethical boss. After a couple years of sticking it out I got a better paid/more prestigious job with an awesome DoD employer. Now I do organizational change management. My background as a teacher has been very useful.

Took 4 years to land that first full-time DoD position. Definitely can be done, and probably faster/better than I did it. [/quote]

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