2006-12-05 08:05:26 · 8 answers · asked by Sunny06 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
In gneral it was probably a really bad idea to waste time doing this degree if you dont want to teach. But there are lots of different kinds of teaching. You dont have to be in a public school classroom with 26 kids for 186 days.
Try looking around for other jobs that involved teaching skills - like being a trainer for a company that hires a lot of new people and has to train them for sales, or marketing or retail or whatever... I know several people who have good jobs as trainers in industry.
2006-12-05 08:11:24 · answer #1 · answered by matt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to work for Educational Leadership office in University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and they have career offerings other than teaching in education. I would say look into principal licensure, or become a manager for staff/faculty. You can even develop cirriculum for higher education, and dont necessarily have to teach. Your degree is still good, you can do even do a certificate in Business, and get into developing business procedures. I speak from experience as a child, my dad had a masters in teaching physics and chemistry. He just ended up working as a chemist for a city in Texas, and he did really well. Good luck in the your future endeavors.
2006-12-05 16:43:43 · answer #2 · answered by Its me again 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those of you who said that it was "stupid" for a person to get a master's in education if they don't want to teach are very ignorant about this type of graduate degree.
People earn master's in education degrees with LOTS of different specialties--everything from teaching, to evaulation and assessment, to higher education administration. Generally speaking, this degree will give you skills that are transferable to a variety of fields beyond education because you are often required to take technology courses, courses in statistics, etc. (not to mention the research and writing skills you would have gleaned).
2006-12-05 17:31:29 · answer #3 · answered by LatinaAlumna 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate to be mean about this but my wife and I have been classroom teachers for more that 25 years each and the central office and adminstration are full of people like this. Purely selfish viewpoint but I would strongly suggest that someone who doesn't want to teach get out of education altogether. They are at best, useless and at worst obstructions.
Education is one of the most "top heavy" institutions around.
Teaching isn't for everyone and I have no issues with those who don't stick. But I don't think that they should be given high paying jobs telling teachers who did stick what they are doing wrong.
(Betcha this one doesn't get best answer)
2006-12-05 17:34:32 · answer #4 · answered by gumbeaux257 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Starbucks.
Also, it was probably stupid to get a Masters in Education without wanting to teach.
2006-12-05 16:16:02 · answer #5 · answered by Yanni 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They could probably get into many administrative positions at a college or university. Things like academic advising, etc.
2006-12-05 17:21:53 · answer #6 · answered by Dog the Bounty Hunter 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
-Flip burgers at Mickey D's
-Drive a hack
-Work at a car wash
-Screw dome lights into Buicks
Actually, they will probably make more money on an auto assembly line than they ever would have teaching.
2006-12-05 16:13:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can do anything else. They would probably be more useful in the business sector though.
2006-12-05 16:11:28 · answer #8 · answered by me_luv_chacha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋