<p>Does anyone know about the need for teachers in New York to teach kids for whom English is a second language. Are they hiring new teachers with this degree?</p>
<p>What New York colleges offer this degree?</p>
<p>I’m wondering if the lack of responses means there aren’t many job openings in this area?</p>
<p>as a former ESL teacher, I recommend another field of study</p>
<p>I’m getting such a dismal feel for being a teacher - does anyone get a job right out of school (in New York?)</p>
<p>Speedo, why? You could send a PM if you’d like, but I’d love to know why you suggest another field.</p>
<p>I taught ESL for quite a few years, and true there were jobs in the field, but the majority of them were low paying with lousy benefits and little prospect of advancement. For every full time gig with benes in a public district there were 20 part time no bene jobs. Initially the field was open to anyone with an English degree or a teaching certificate but as the years went on more and more people entered the field with specialized degrees in ESL. But they were spending huge amounts of money on these degrees to enter a field with low pay and few opportunities. I saw numerous students, often middle aged women who got a M. ED at Penn for umpteen thousand dollars and then had to take a $10 and hour part time teaching job. That said, I am not “up” on the current situation in NYC. Perhaps the public schools there are hiring ESL trained teachers and paying them well. I don’t know. But with the current economic situation and the ongoing cuts in educational support I’m not optimistic that those jobs will be there - the supply of qualified teachers may well outstrip declining opportunities. The area that most of the young people I know get certified in is special ed, often a dual certification with another field. That seems to be the way young people are going these days. In general though teaching jobs are hard to find - especially in good districts. Most graduates around here come out of school and have to begin their careers as subs, or temporary positions or in lousy school districts with high turnover and a big chance of failure. I suspect that if someone really wants to teach in NYC they need to find the right program in the city, one that actually puts teachers in the classrooms and they’re probably going to have to spend 5 or 6 years of training, interning, networking etc to land a decent job. The other problem, of course, is that NYC is a very expensive place to live and ESL teachers don’t tend to make a lot of money</p>
<p>WE are in a suburb of NYC, this is the first time in my memory, 17 years of having children in NY schools, we are laying off teachers. 8 are being let go from one HS alone. It does not look good, NY schools have been hit with severe loss of funds from NYS, and it does not look like it will be restored.</p>
<p>It is amazing how the president talks about the way out of poverty is having caring, nurturing, devoted teachers, yet a new teacher with all these qualities cannot get a job.</p>
<p>Is it a fact that New York, the largest school system in the country, does not grab ESL teachers and pay them full time salaries?</p>
<p>Educational funding is traditionally the responsibility of the states and local school boards. As states cut funding and taxpayers resist property tax increases, something has to give. Usually stuff like sports, the arts and special programs. Unless state or federally mandated, ESL is probably a target program for cuts.</p>
<p>Overlap with a thread that was posted a few days ago.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/869964-teaching-jobs-new-york-2.html#post1064200351[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/869964-teaching-jobs-new-york-2.html#post1064200351</a></p>
<p>Right now ESL and Bilingual education are shortages areas in NYC - DOE where a person certified in this license can get a job.</p>
<p>Op, are you still posting for your sister?</p>
<p>She should be looking at graduate programs where she can be certified as an ESL teacher at graduation.</p>
<p>Some options:</p>
<p>Hunter College</p>
<p>[Overview</a> — Hunter College](<a href=“http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/school-of-education/programs/graduate/tesol]Overview”>Hunter College - School of Education)</p>
<p>Queens College </p>
<p>[QC</a> Queens College](<a href=“New Queens College Website | Queens College, CUNY”>New Queens College Website | Queens College, CUNY)</p>
<p>Fordham University
<a href=“http://www.fordham.edu/images/academics/education/bulletin_cnt.pdf[/url]”>http://www.fordham.edu/images/academics/education/bulletin_cnt.pdf</a></p>
<p>NYU- Steinhardt School of Education</p>
<p>[Teaching</a> English to Speakers of Other Languages - NYU Steinhardt](<a href=“http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/teachlearn/tesol]Teaching”>Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) | NYU Steinhardt)</p>
<p>What kind of ESL job are you talking about here? A job for a fully certified teacher who will be working in the public school system, or one for someone who is going to be teaching in a community center or for a store-front language school? The certified teacher will be paid according to the scale offered by the school district, and will have full benefits. Working for a language school or in a community center probably means that the salary is bad, and the hours are part-time, and there are no benefits.</p>
<p>If you want to do this for a living, get a degree in the state you want to work in, and complete the coursework and student teaching needed for a preliminary teaching certificate. Then apply at the public (and private) school districts near you.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>