<p>Being a teacher would be fun, but I don't know about the salary. How do adcoms view concentrations in teaching (does this even apply to undergraduates?)? Sorry, but I don't know much about requirements to become a teacher. I want to attend UCB or Stan (I know-long shot), and now am considering teaching at a secondary school as a career (after phases of extreme passion for graphic design, political science, and computer science).</p>
<p>The thing I'm worried about, though, is if the degrees, time, and money would be worth it for a mere 30-40k a year. Please correct me if I am wrong in number. What would be a potential salary for a fresh out of college (after Master's, I'm guessing) female looking for a high school teaching job? This would potentially be in a public school in Northern California. I know I would have fun teaching, but I also know that I have potential to make more than 40k a year. Do you recommend trying for a community college (I wouldn't enjoy that as much I think)?</p>
<p>Again, my question is: What would be a potential salary for a fresh out of college (after Master's, I'm guessing) female looking for a high school teaching job? How fast can one earn a raise/promotion/higher salary?</p>
<p>Also, this topic isn't entirely related to "College Admissions," but the other forums were dead -_- CC happens to be a place where a lot of pessimists reside, so please don't criticize anything here, as I don't mean to assume falsely or offend anyone. Please help and thank you!</p>
<p>It’s going to depend on your field, your geographic location, whether you’re bilingual, etc. Generally speaking, education is not looked down upon by colleges, and some are very enthusiastic about innovation in education (especially in STEM, and that includes at the elementary level). Texas lists the salaries of all public employees online, including teachers. Chemistry teachers earn about $43k - $63k; I haven’t looked at any others.</p>
<p>Subjects may range anywhere from Psychology to History to Spanish to Math to Science…I kind of enjoy all subjects! Math and Spanish are my strong suits, though I’m trilingual, speaking English, Spanish, and Dari (Afghanistan).</p>
<p>My geographic region is Northern California. I think I would enjoy the team aspect of working at a school as part of the faculty. There’s so much room for innovation, change, and leadership!! PLUS, who doesn’t enjoy having authority :P</p>
<p>My mom hates the sound of me being a teacher, haha. She wants me to bring in the big bucks by becoming an engineer or something -_-</p>
<p>Why not major in math (take both the regular pure/applied math courses and the courses for high school math teachers)? You’ll have a degree that can lead to a teaching career (good high school math teachers are in shorter supply than for some other subjects) as well as other careers if teaching jobs are too difficult to get or you end up not liking teaching (throw in a few CS courses as well – might help you in both teaching and non-teaching jobs and careers).</p>
<p>Additional language knowledge can certainly be useful in a high school environment, since there are high schools in California with Spanish or Dari speaking immigrants.</p>
I’m trilingual, speaking English, Spanish, and Dari (Afghanistan).</p>
PLUS, who doesn’t enjoy having authority :P</p>