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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for the thoughtful response.

Perhaps become a SPED teacher, get (provisional) license through school (perhaps even get reimbursed through county) and then can I go into gen ed? Is that feasible?

I sub at the same school and they see me enough but wonder if they will even consider me. [/quote]

Elementary is not an area you can test into. Elementary and Sped cannot be tested into, which means you are required to take courses to get those endorsements. Almost everything else you can, like ESL or Middle School Math, or Social Studies… it means if you have a teaching license you can take a test in another area and qualify to teach it that way. You don’t have to take any extra courses.

If you absolutely want elementary I would just do that. There are lots of jobs for elementary, may not be in the school you want or the grade you want and you may need to gain experience to get to where you want. Do not do Sped because there are more jobs - yes, there are more jobs but you won’t be happy.

I used to want to be a school counselor in college. I got told not to do it, due to very few jobs. There’s 2 counselors in an elementary school and tons need for classroom and sped teachers, it’s easier to get a teaching job. Many years later I have always regretted that choice. I moved up here and I didn’t see anyone have issues getting those jobs even when they weren’t teachers before. I was from a small town and the counselors I saw were former teachers who have relationships at that school (in other words, you need some kind of connections). It wasn’t like that here.

I’m fine with it now because I don’t want to spend more money to go back and complete a counseling degree…

Sped is not bad actually, if you choose the right field… I personally think certain positions are way better than classroom teaching. But if you have no interest in it then I don’t recommend it. [/quote]

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