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[quote=Anonymous]OP is young women asking for career advice. Its bad advice to tell her to be a nanny so YOU feel better about your own choices. If she wants to be a teacher someday or something other than a nanny, it is far better advice to tell her to focus on that goal.

Bottom line is that nanny jobs are unskilled labor requiring no education. A resume with years as a nanny does not improve your chances of finding a teaching position as nannying isn't seen as relevant to the skills used in teaching. It doesn't matter if life long nannies get pissed about this. It is what it is.

Teaching is similar to nursing where you have to plan your path carefully. Many new grads struggle to find jobs in both fields. The publics usually pay better and they take the top candidates (which are not nannies) and are hard to get in the door. Privates pay less but are the next option. However, privates REALLY look down on former nannies. What parent wants to pay 30K a year for their kid to be instructed by a former babysitter? Nannies with a degree may find positions in daycares but they pay less. Nannies without degrees can only find jobs as daycare assistants as even daycares require a degree or some level of certification if they maintain accreditation.

Some of the options that you can try for teaching if you didn't get a job in a public or private the 1-2 years after school would be to:

1. get a masters
2. get certified in speech or OT therapy
3. take additional courses to develop a speciality (reading specialist, educational staff development) and intern with a school
4. continue to sub during the day and provide tutoring services after school
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