How is MBA relevant to teaching?

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Answer 1

It can have a lot of relevancy.

First, it is a good background to have if you want to move to an administration position (though an administration degree would probably be better than an MBA, an MBA is much better than nothing.)

Second, the organizational skills imparted through an MBA is certainly useful to a classroom teacher.

Third, a large part of teaching is classroom management. The skills and knowledge learned through an MBA would most certainly be useful in addressing this aspect of teaching. An MBA may not be geared towards classroom management, but the principles are the same; an MBA would certainly not be irrelevant.

This is not to say that an MBA is the optimal degree to combine with teaching, but it is most certainly not insignificant.

Answer 2

I am not sure why you want an MBA if you're going to have a career in teaching. It never hurts to have higher education, but unless you are going to work in business I don't see that it would be very relevant to teaching at all. Any higher degree will earn you more money, but why not earn a degree in something relevant to what you do for a living?

I am a teacher and I have a Masters in Educational Administration because I may be interested in becoming a principal one day. I chose that because it relates to my future goals. If you're going to stick with education and teaching than an MBA is not your best choice. If you feel you may leave the profession one day and go into the business world then that would be the only reason I'd think you'd want to earn an MBA.

Educating yourself in what you actually do is always a better choice and will help your more in your chosen field than a degree in some other field or topic.

Peace to you ...

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Answer 3

I agree with Kev regarding his contention on relevance of MBA to a a teaching profession. As long as you really have the interest on it, why not try to take it, tht is if you have the means.

Answer 4

No degree is very relevant to the job afterwards. Most degrees are nothing more than a scam to keep educators employed and colleges making money. This is more ture for graduate and post graduate degrees.