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teachers with masters or working towards it...
Hi Ladies-
So, I graduated a few years ago, and need to start considering my options so I can get my professional certificate. I was trying to get a feel for the masters programs at different schools, so, for your masters...
where are/did you go to school?
what's your area of concentration?
what's your opinion of the school/program?
TIA!
Re: teachers with masters or working towards it...
I went to Marygrove for their Masters in the Art of Teaching program. It is a group/online/video/phone program. You find 2 or more other people and form a group. (If you don't have 1-2 other people they will find a group for you.) We met once a week and talked about the videos we watched and the readings. There were reflection questions and many papers. It was busy work, as most teaching programs are, but I was able to customize it to my own classroom, which I enjoyed.
I have been teaching for 10 years and I have found that unless you want to go into Administration (which, now, I wouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole) that the cheapest, fastest way to get your masters is the best. I did learn some valuable things from the classes, but it wasn't enough to justify $10,000 and 2 years of my life that a master's degree demands. The raise that I received afterward the graduated was the reward and the faster you can start making the money that a college educated person deserves, the better.
My undergraduate degree is in Chemistry and Physics, so a masters degree in that was not worth it to me. As it stands right now, I am not teaching anything that I learned in my undergraduate degree, as I took engineering classes. I just wanted to become a better teacher with my masters degree. I think that Marygrove was a good fit for me. I know many teachers that have gone through the program. I would do it again if I had to.
Let me know if you have any questions. Best wishes!
I received my Master of Arts in Teaching from Wayne State University.
I learned a decent amount, but the majority of classes are classroom instruction (in the evenings). I don't think it was worth the money/time I put into it, but I had the easiest thesis to write (a 15 page memoir).
It was easy to get my Master's. I'm debating going back for an MA in counseling.
If I had to do it all over again, I would have gotten the MA in counseling first.
I recieved a Masters in Special Education at Madonna university. All of the classes were on campus.. nothing online. and I totally regret it. 100%...I am stuck. Cant do anything else in this crap economy.
My advice to you is get a masters degree that is versatle. Something that doesnt make you stuck in the schools system. By the time you factor in a pay decrease and school loans, it doesnt make it worth it at all.
Teaching right now SUCKS. You are getting paycuts and benefits slashed left and right...the expectations in the classroom, i.e. merit pay, large class sizes and student based teacher evaluations are awful. *** Snyder is going to make all schools charter and tear apart the union and any decent pay that we were getting after 15 years.
can you tell I am a wee bit bitter about the public school system in michigan?
I have a friend who is manager at McDonald's. Makes more than I do and practically sets his own hours!
Which district.. what type of paycuts are they considering? In other words, how screwed are you next year?
I work in a charter school. no paycuts. no raises. We already make about 2/3s what I would make in a public school.
I did mine through Central Michigan's off campus program. They had a campus in Troy that worked out well for based on where I live.
I did a Master's in Education with an emphasis on instruction. It was the easiest choice and I actually learned a few new techniques.
The program and school were fine. It was all about jumping through those hoops. Every single class made me do a powerpoint presentation where I taught the class on a chapter in the book or something. By the end, I was about to blow out my brains, but you do what you have to do to get that pay raise.
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