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Job Prospects for MA TESOL without certification?
I would like to go to graduate school and get an Masters degree. My eventual goal is to get a Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition or a similar field.
Between the Masters and Ph.D., I will probably have to work to save money. I have a family, so I need to earn more than a Ph.D. program will provide.
I am torn between different options. One is to pursue acceptance to one of the top MA TESOL programs to prep me for a Ph.D. program. The other option is to find a MAT in TESOL program with teacher certification. This will allow me to work as a K-12 teacher in the US or in an international school abroad and earn a decent living for a couple of years before returning to graduate school. (International schools may pay better considering perks and cost of living in some countries.)
I have a bachelors in Linguistics, a field not taught in K-12, so I would have to take a couple of years oof undergraduate studies in another field if I wanted to be a certified teacher unless I take a special MA TESOL certification program.
What if I decided to go the more academic route and go to one of the top programs which is not tailor made for teacher certification? What possibilities would I have for work in the US? Would I have to work at McDonald's, and get a few part-time hours in at $7.00 an hour at some cheesy school with my Master's degree? If I went to a top MA program, would I be at the top of the list for working at a decent paying English institute affiliated with a university.
I saw a job on Job Monster one decent job, once that paid over $50k for a temporary ESL instructor with a Masters at a community college school. I have a decent background and plenty of experience. How common are decent paying jobs like this in the field for people with MA TESOL degrees?
I saw other jobs in the mid $30k range at English institutes in places like LA and Oahu, Hawaii where the cost of living is really high.
Is it worthwhile, financially, to get a MA TESOL, alone, without teacher certification?
Between the Masters and Ph.D., I will probably have to work to save money. I have a family, so I need to earn more than a Ph.D. program will provide.
I am torn between different options. One is to pursue acceptance to one of the top MA TESOL programs to prep me for a Ph.D. program. The other option is to find a MAT in TESOL program with teacher certification. This will allow me to work as a K-12 teacher in the US or in an international school abroad and earn a decent living for a couple of years before returning to graduate school. (International schools may pay better considering perks and cost of living in some countries.)
I have a bachelors in Linguistics, a field not taught in K-12, so I would have to take a couple of years oof undergraduate studies in another field if I wanted to be a certified teacher unless I take a special MA TESOL certification program.
What if I decided to go the more academic route and go to one of the top programs which is not tailor made for teacher certification? What possibilities would I have for work in the US? Would I have to work at McDonald's, and get a few part-time hours in at $7.00 an hour at some cheesy school with my Master's degree? If I went to a top MA program, would I be at the top of the list for working at a decent paying English institute affiliated with a university.
I saw a job on Job Monster one decent job, once that paid over $50k for a temporary ESL instructor with a Masters at a community college school. I have a decent background and plenty of experience. How common are decent paying jobs like this in the field for people with MA TESOL degrees?
I saw other jobs in the mid $30k range at English institutes in places like LA and Oahu, Hawaii where the cost of living is really high.
Is it worthwhile, financially, to get a MA TESOL, alone, without teacher certification?
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[nq:1]I would like to go to graduate school and get an Masters degree. D. [/nq] If your first degree is half-decent, you should be able to get on a PhD program without a masters degree, which might go some way to solving the problems of financing two degrees.
- [nq:1]I would like to go to graduate school and get an Masters degree.
- D.
- [/nq] If your first degree is half-decent, you should be able to get on a PhD program without a masters degree, which might go some way to solving the problems of financing two degrees.
- I did a masters before a PhD and found it useful.
- But plenty of people go straight to a PhD.
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[nq:1]I would like to go to graduate school and get an Masters degree. My eventual goal is to get a Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition or a similar field.[/nq]
If your first degree is half-decent, you should be able to get on a PhD program without a masters degree, which might go some way to solving the problems of financing two degrees.
I did a masters before a PhD and found it useful.
If your first degree is half-decent, you should be able to get on a PhD program without a masters degree, which might go some way to solving the problems of financing two degrees.
I did a masters before a PhD and found it useful.
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