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Anonymous wrote:OP what do you mean by resource teacher? Also OP do you want to teach elementary or secondary? Also, what was your major when you got your bachelor's degree?

Op here-
Thanks everyone for the comments and input.

Resource teacher as in small groups in areas of reading or math… where student can have learning challenges.

I would prefer elementary students.

Bachelor’s in political science.

Those specific resource teacher positions are incredibly difficult to get without an existing teachers license. Teachers looking to leave the classroom apply to those positions, and the teachers that have those positions rarely leave. In addition, those positions are not guaranteed at schools because they have to be approved by the budget office every year.

It’s more work to get licensed as an elementary teacher (additional classes/tests required) than a middle school or high school teacher. The career switcher programs are geared towards those upper level teaching positions, because the criteria is easier.

We had an opening for resource teacher at my school and 6 classroom teachers applied for it. So no, you won't waltz in and get hired without classroom experience.

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Anonymous wrote:The easiest/smartest way if you know you want to do it more than a few years is to get a masters in education.

You’ll jump up several thousand a year on the pay scale, and have a true student teaching/internship experience. It will pay for itself in a relatively short period of time.

The career switcher models all have you take a bunch of classes anyway, but you have to do it while teaching and you won’t get a salary bump since it’s not a full masters.

NO. You will spend $40k on the masters degree that isn’t even that useful and the salary isn’t enough to offset that if you’re an adult career switcher who won’t be doing this another 30 years. Just be an EL teacher with a bachelors degree. Go through the career switcher program. Cheaper and gets the job done.

-teacher with a masters

$40k????

My colleague just did one for under $10k online! Another is doing a hybrid cohort for $15k.

Definitely don’t do a $40k degree. But up to $20-25? Yes. The career switcher version is $7-8k, so the difference is something you can make up in 5 years with the salary bump and it will pay out in retirement.

If you’re only planning on doing this 5-10 years then yes, not worth it. But I would absolutely not plan to become a teacher for less than 10 years. It took me nearly 10 years to figure out what I was doing and get decent at it.

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Anonymous wrote:They are still looking for sped teachers in Arlington.

Or go private, no license needed.

Another option. I will look into this as well. Perhaps send me kids to private with me!

Teacher here and I recommend the private route.

Many privates, especially Catholic schools, do require certification. They’ll help you get it, though, and you can begin without it.

I can’t speak for other types of private schools, but many Catholic schools are expanding their Special Education and Resource departments to serve an ever-growing population of students who need additional support.

And, as a person who has worked in both Catholic and public schools, I can tell you that Catholic schools are often good workplaces.

Do they hire non-Catholic teachers?

Many Catholic schools will hire non-Catholics (though not for critical grades such as 2nd when kids make their communion). Two of the best years of my career were at a Catholic school. That said, you'll make next to nothing. I made 18K a year back in the mid 90's. Now I'd make about 37K.

Yes to hiring non-Catholics.

The pay is more than I thought it would be. I took a small pay cut when I transferred from public, but it wasn’t nearly as drastic as PP’s example above. I figured the lower pay was worth the better conditions. Plus, they pay me extra for some of the duties I was simply assigned to in public.

The pay is awful and the retirement is no where near as good. But you are right Pp what with project 2025 all schools will basically become catholic in the next few years, so we may as well give in now.

Another teacher here and I do not recommend private school unless you have kids and looking for reduced or free tuition. The pay is significantly less than public and you won’t have retirement benefits.

Do you have any experience in schools? I would sub a little first to make sure this is something you want to do. Do that first before starting any type of masters program. It will also give you experience for a job and you will get to know admin for interviews and which schools you want to apply to.

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Anonymous wrote:They are still looking for sped teachers in Arlington.

Or go private, no license needed.

Another option. I will look into this as well. Perhaps send me kids to private with me!

Teacher here and I recommend the private route.

Many privates, especially Catholic schools, do require certification. They’ll help you get it, though, and you can begin without it.

I can’t speak for other types of private schools, but many Catholic schools are expanding their Special Education and Resource departments to serve an ever-growing population of students who need additional support.

And, as a person who has worked in both Catholic and public schools, I can tell you that Catholic schools are often good workplaces.

Do they hire non-Catholic teachers?

Many Catholic schools will hire non-Catholics (though not for critical grades such as 2nd when kids make their communion). Two of the best years of my career were at a Catholic school. That said, you'll make next to nothing. I made 18K a year back in the mid 90's. Now I'd make about 37K.

Yes to hiring non-Catholics.

The pay is more than I thought it would be. I took a small pay cut when I transferred from public, but it wasn’t nearly as drastic as PP’s example above. I figured the lower pay was worth the better conditions. Plus, they pay me extra for some of the duties I was simply assigned to in public.

The pay is awful and the retirement is no where near as good. But you are right Pp what with project 2025 all schools will basically become catholic in the next few years, so we may as well give in now.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are still looking for sped teachers in Arlington.

Or go private, no license needed.

Another option. I will look into this as well. Perhaps send me kids to private with me!

Teacher here and I recommend the private route.

Many privates, especially Catholic schools, do require certification. They’ll help you get it, though, and you can begin without it.

I can’t speak for other types of private schools, but many Catholic schools are expanding their Special Education and Resource departments to serve an ever-growing population of students who need additional support.

And, as a person who has worked in both Catholic and public schools, I can tell you that Catholic schools are often good workplaces.

Do they hire non-Catholic teachers?

Many Catholic schools will hire non-Catholics (though not for critical grades such as 2nd when kids make their communion). Two of the best years of my career were at a Catholic school. That said, you'll make next to nothing. I made 18K a year back in the mid 90's. Now I'd make about 37K.

Yes to hiring non-Catholics.

The pay is more than I thought it would be. I took a small pay cut when I transferred from public, but it wasn’t nearly as drastic as PP’s example above. I figured the lower pay was worth the better conditions. Plus, they pay me extra for some of the duties I was simply assigned to in public.

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Anonymous wrote:OP what do you mean by resource teacher? Also OP do you want to teach elementary or secondary? Also, what was your major when you got your bachelor's degree?

Op here-
Thanks everyone for the comments and input.

Resource teacher as in small groups in areas of reading or math… where student can have learning challenges.

I would prefer elementary students.

Bachelor’s in political science.

Those are risky positions because those teachers are the firsts to go or have their hours reduced when the budget gets tough.

True but op also doesn’t have any background to help in reading. She wouldn’t qualify for reading resource teacher because she has zero training or education in teaching struggling readers how to read.

Anonymous wrote:The easiest/smartest way if you know you want to do it more than a few years is to get a masters in education.

You’ll jump up several thousand a year on the pay scale, and have a true student teaching/internship experience. It will pay for itself in a relatively short period of time.

The career switcher models all have you take a bunch of classes anyway, but you have to do it while teaching and you won’t get a salary bump since it’s not a full masters.

NO. You will spend $40k on the masters degree that isn’t even that useful and the salary isn’t enough to offset that if you’re an adult career switcher who won’t be doing this another 30 years. Just be an EL teacher with a bachelors degree. Go through the career switcher program. Cheaper and gets the job done.

-teacher with a masters

Anonymous wrote:No. They are importing teachers from overseas now (Phillipines, Zambia, etc.) so you're competing with the developing world.

None of us cared when it was textiles and furniture, but now it's teaching, engineering, medicine, etc.

Thank the president for implementing 100k cost for h1b visas. The kids here in this country should be able to get jobs first and not have to compete with people from developing world making a fraction.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are still looking for sped teachers in Arlington.

Or go private, no license needed.

Another option. I will look into this as well. Perhaps send me kids to private with me!

Teacher here and I recommend the private route.

Many privates, especially Catholic schools, do require certification. They’ll help you get it, though, and you can begin without it.

I can’t speak for other types of private schools, but many Catholic schools are expanding their Special Education and Resource departments to serve an ever-growing population of students who need additional support.

And, as a person who has worked in both Catholic and public schools, I can tell you that Catholic schools are often good workplaces.

Do they hire non-Catholic teachers?

Many Catholic schools will hire non-Catholics (though not for critical grades such as 2nd when kids make their communion). Two of the best years of my career were at a Catholic school. That said, you'll make next to nothing. I made 18K a year back in the mid 90's. Now I'd make about 37K.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are still looking for sped teachers in Arlington.

Or go private, no license needed.

Another option. I will look into this as well. Perhaps send me kids to private with me!

Teacher here and I recommend the private route.

Many privates, especially Catholic schools, do require certification. They’ll help you get it, though, and you can begin without it.

I can’t speak for other types of private schools, but many Catholic schools are expanding their Special Education and Resource departments to serve an ever-growing population of students who need additional support.

And, as a person who has worked in both Catholic and public schools, I can tell you that Catholic schools are often good workplaces.

Do they hire non-Catholic teachers?