thanks guys, great to have your advice.

cheers

Hi all

We are well on the way to gaining teaching qualifications. My husband is doing very well with his Masters of Primary, and I am on track to graduate at the same time (end 2016) with Secondary Business/ History. Along the way I have learned that Business/Commerce is not something I prefer to teach. I am concerned with what I have read in the forum about the competitiveness of History positions.

I am considering undertaking an in-service conversion and picking up another method - a major in Chemistry and a minor in Physics (which I believe is the *gold standard*?). Is this worth doing? It will take another 18 months of study, though I feel this would be worth it if we are then able to pitch ourselves at the *best* schools and also be much more employable than if I only had history/business as a method.

Once qualified we are looking to gain 2 years Aussie experience before we go overseas.

Thoughts?

Thanks in advance.
Aussiegirl

Thanks so much :) Have decided to go with Business/ History and have enrolled for history subjects over summer here in Oz!

Thanks ShadowJack that is awesome help :)

Horrible Econ exam on Fri and then I am flicking it!!

Cheers
Aussie Girl

thanks again for your replies... it has been a while and some changes have happened - just wanted to find out your thoughts?

My partner has applied to do his Masters in Primary Teaching and I have just applied to switch from Secondary Business/Economics to K-12 teaching with a major in Business. I am binning Economics all together as after this semester I realise that I hate it - and the thought of teaching it is more like a nightmare... I am wondering what would be the best minor to include now - a standard subject like History or English - or I have the option for one of Asian Studies/ Sociology/ Philosophy/ Media/ Political Science... what are schools overseas interested in? I would also like to do a TESOL/ESL qualification at some stage if you think there is a demand overseas?

Cheers
Aussie Girl

I think we have come up with a solution - I am going to stick with secondary econ/bus and he is going to do primary... even in Australia male primary teachers are in high demand so we shouldn't have any issues finding jobs. Thanks for all your input, we really appreciate it!

Another option would be for me to continue with secondary Economics/ Business and have him train as a secondary science teacher - what are your thoughts on this option?

Thanks Nick; have emailed :)

Hi there

My partner and I are both looking for a career change and have decided that we want to become international teachers. This is a 5 year plan for us; 3 years to get University qualified and then 2 years experience in Australia. He already has a Bachelor of Marketing and will be applying for a Masters of Teaching. There is a new clinical program in Australia which offers a 3 year paid internship whilst he completes his qualification. Due to his undergrad degree he is eligible to become a secondary economics/ business teacher.

I am currently enrolled in my first year of Bachelor of Business/ Bachelor of Teaching and already have an MBA (exec) which I gained in 2010 via alternate entry (as I didn't have an undergrad they accepted me on career experience). The Teacher Institute in Australia require 3 years of previous study for a Masters, so I am unable to qualify for Masters programs and have to complete a Bachelor degree. I had planned to become a secondary economics/ business teacher, but I have just started my first prac placement and am already having doubts around if this is the subject/ age range of teaching I want to do.

I have sat in on classes with Years 7, 9 and 12. After experiencing the senior students I am not sure that I have the personality to deal with this age group. I have also taken into consideration that as a teaching couple we are not going to be very marketable both holding the same specialisation i.e. secondary economics.

My questions are:

1. Should I switch to primary or middle years teaching (I loved the Year 7's!!) and my partner continue on with secondary economics?
2. Do overseas schools prefer a Middle Years or Primary teaching qualification?
3. Will this be the best combination to make us most marketable to overseas schools?
4. We are planning a family currently so will have a 5 year old when we are planning to go overseas, will this be a problem?

Any thoughts greatly appreciated. I am having great anxiety over this and am considering switching my course and possibly institution for next semester.

Thanks mates!
Aussiegirl :)