secondary and elementary education..confused!

MySpottedFrog7
Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:31:16 +0000

I am currently an English major with a year to a year and a half to go before getting my Bachelors. I want to eventually get my Masters in English and teach as a college instructor. However, I need to work for a while first and I am concerned about finding work with a Bachelors in English. I love working with kids and have considered switching to secondary education (English) or possibly elementary education. At this point, secondary ed. would take me at least 2.5 yrs to complete for a Bachelors and elem. ed. would take about 3 yrs to get my Bachelors. I am lost and not sure what to do. The alternate route that my school offers takes 2 yrs to get a teaching certificate. At that point, wouldn’t I just be better off getting my Masters in education or of course, in english? If you do not have a Bachelors in education, how does getting your Masters in education work? Is it a lot of extra work?

Also, for any teachers out there…can you give me “the good, the bad, and the ugly” for high school and elementary teachers? Im not concerned about finding a teaching position but am wanting to know what the “day in the life” is like?