<p>I hope someone can help me out here...</p>
<p>I go to very good university, have a decent GPA, will probably score high on GREs. Im interested in entering a M.Ed. program straight out of college. Other things in my favor I guess is that im a guy and im a minority. Oh and I have an outside scholarship that would cover all my expenses.</p>
<p>I do have teaching experience, just not on a fulltime basis. I have volunteered teaching English to adults and tutoring inner city kids for two years now. It's a program with a great reputation and people I work with get paid (they have work-study) so its an actual job. </p>
<p>I am going to be applying to a good program (top 50) but not a top program... so Im just wondering how much of a drawback my lack of experience is going to be.</p>
<p>If anyone has any firsthand knowledge it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks</p>
<p>I think you have enough experience to apply straight to grad school. Why are you not considering any top-ranked schools?</p>
<p>Basically because I went away for college and want to be close to home at least for a couple of years, and of course, the school im going to be applying to is close to home =)</p>
<p>Thanks for your input!</p>
<p>You need to check with the individual programs. Some require a certain number of years teaching full-time, some don't. The program websites should have that information; if not, call or email.</p>
<p>I did it! Got my Bachelors in Elementary Education and I got a fellowship for my M Ed. in Reading. I graduated in May and my grad school started in June!</p>
<p>Thanks. Its refreshing to hear that someone else did that twokidsatvu</p>
<p>Just about every university with a Department of Education offers M.Ed. for students coming straight from B.Ed. programs, and M.A.T. for subject area majors who want a teaching certificate. </p>
<p>Happykid, hapydad, and I owe a lot to one particular first year teacher fresh out of an M.Ed. that she had completed immediately after her B.Ed. This young lady saved us years of grief by spotting a learning problem that had gone unnoticed by happykid's previous teachers. I am eternally thankful for her "fresh eyes" in that classroom.</p>
<p>If you believe that going "straight to grad school" is the right thing for you. Please follow your instincts and do just that.</p>