returning to non-teaching job after education degree?
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 4:16 pm
Just graduated with a masters in secondary science in USA. I was given a bad assessment by my second coteacher and the college supervisor is amplifying it to count for more than the first coteacher's input. At this point,, I have discovered that schools demand both coteacher references and a college supervisor reference. I don't see how I can troubleshoot this problem. I am thinking of returning to my pre-education school job for three to five years, not only to make money, but to wait out the the college supervisor and the coteacher in question. (Both are cynical and near retirement age.) What sort of trouble will I come in contact with, if in three-five years, I try to enter teaching with no education experience during that time? Alternatively, if I work part time at a tutoring service or teach science on one of those online colleges or as a part-time adjunct at a junior college, will those references be honored, and I can keep off the two negative practicum references? What if I state I was not able to get either the coteacher or college supervisor reference? I'm would really like to focus on troubleshooting this situation, thank you.
I have a high GPA, but a B- for my student practicum experience. In my state, there is a high school and a middle school experience. The B- counts for both experiences. There is no breakdown in the grade, oddly.
One of the experiences was positive and I received a positive reference from the teacher I was with (another science teacher wrote an excellent reference.)
The other teacher at a different school wrote a poor reference. (This experience resulted in the B-.)
My questions (in the context of applying to the very competitive states of the North East, Upper Mid-West, and West Coast are:
A. How bad will the B- hold me back? Because it is the practicum, I have heard it is the most important grade.
B. I will not use the teacher that gave negative grade input and a poor reference. How bad will this impact my resume/portfolio?
C. I will use the two positive references from the other school. (How much will this negate the absence of a reference from the second teacher that gave a poor reference?)
D. I have positive professor and a tutor program reference.
E. I have several science credentials.
Thank you for your time
I have a high GPA, but a B- for my student practicum experience. In my state, there is a high school and a middle school experience. The B- counts for both experiences. There is no breakdown in the grade, oddly.
One of the experiences was positive and I received a positive reference from the teacher I was with (another science teacher wrote an excellent reference.)
The other teacher at a different school wrote a poor reference. (This experience resulted in the B-.)
My questions (in the context of applying to the very competitive states of the North East, Upper Mid-West, and West Coast are:
A. How bad will the B- hold me back? Because it is the practicum, I have heard it is the most important grade.
B. I will not use the teacher that gave negative grade input and a poor reference. How bad will this impact my resume/portfolio?
C. I will use the two positive references from the other school. (How much will this negate the absence of a reference from the second teacher that gave a poor reference?)
D. I have positive professor and a tutor program reference.
E. I have several science credentials.
Thank you for your time