<p>If I got my masters in Biology and then began working on my Ph.D would I still be hired at a university to teach?</p>
<p>Graduate high school first!!</p>
<p>I thought you had your whole schedule figured out to be a high school teacher. Most universities won't hire you until you have a Phd.</p>
<p>You may be hired to teach lower level classes in biology at the university at which you are getting your degree. It will be part of your stipend.</p>
<p>In our neck of the woods, most of the non-remedial core classes, even at the community college level, are taught by people who have PhDs.</p>
<p>Future, do you mean hired as full time tenure track faculty? then no.</p>
<p>Do you mean as an adjunct? Maybe-depends on the college.</p>
<p>Do you mean to be a TA or research assistant at that U while you are writing your own PhD dissertation? Yes- that's how the PhD thing works-- they support you while you're completing your degree with a fellowship or other funding and in return you teach undergraduates, do research, get staffed on projects being conducted by senior faculty etc.</p>
<p>So what's your question???</p>
<p>Its also very very competitive to be hired even with a Ph.d inc post doc work.
However- depending on what route you want to go, ( I would agree graduating high school should be at top of list ;) ), after a BA in sciences, many students enter directly into a Phd program, at least that is what several of Ds friends are doing.
But having a Ph.d doesn't preclude you from working in K-12, in fact several of my Ds teachers have had that much education ( they worked in industry before they became teachers)</p>