Pick school for ART EDUCATION.

AHSTeacher
Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:36:24 +0000

I know nothing about the schools you have listed as I’m from the Midwest. But I can advise you about how to choose your school. Talk to your art teachers as to where they went to college. Ask the colleges where they place student teachers, as many times where you student teach may segue into a job within the school system. (Begin with the end in mind.) Try to get summer jobs at camps, child care centers, and after school programs to teach art.

Finally, if money is an issue, try to keep your student loans to the cost of a first year teacher’s salary. So, if you expect to start out at around $35,000, that should be the maximum of your loans. Study abroad can be done either through the school or by yourself, or if you’re lucky, you could get a job abroad and travel/study that way. (My middle daughter is being paid right now to work in Spain. She travels every weekend! Her job is for 10 weeks, and her airfare was also paid.)

Good luck! I love teaching art and am starting my 33rd year in a few weeks! I think I have the best job a teacher could have!