What can I do with a major in Education?
The teacher education program combines a sound liberal arts background, fieldwork, and studies in human growth and development, curriculum, methods, and materials. Approved by the Pennsylvania State Department of Education, the program prepares students for certification in early childhood, elementary, and secondary education.Strategies
• Strengthen communication skills• Join a debate team to enhance public speaking skills
• Gain experience working with children or adolescents
• Work in church or community day care
• Strengthen computer skills
• Expand broad base of knowledge
• Consider taking a speech class
• Tutor
• Learn a second language
• Study diversity issues
Some of the jobs below require education beyond the bachelor's degree;
some of them rely upon the liberal arts component of the education major.
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Adult Education Teacher |
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Professional Organizations
American Association for Adult and Continuing Education10111 Martin Luther King, Jr. Hwy
Suite 200C
Bowie, MD 20720
American Counseling Association
5999 Stevenson Ave.
Alexandria, VA 22304
American Federation of Teachers
555 New Jersey Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001
Association for Career & Technical Education
1410 King St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
National Association of Special Education Teachers
1250 Conneticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
2010 Massachusetts Ave., NW, 5th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
National Education Association
1201 16th St., NW
Washington, DC 20036
http://www.nea.org/
Web sites
AAEE with Education Week and top school jobs Career Center blogs
American College Personnel Association
Academic Employment Network
Career Profiles in Special Education
Child Care Jobs
Education Jobs Page
Education World: Learn, browse job listings and submit your resume
ESL Jobs Worldwide: Focused on ESL teachers interested in teaching English overseas
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
National Educators Employment Review
PA Educator
Research school districts: Directory information for districts across the nation, listed by state
Resources of Education Societies
Salary relocation calculation and school reports
Sites for Teachers
Teacher Certifications by State
Teacher Certification Requirements, State by State
Teachers at Work
Teaching in Pennsylvania
Teaching Jobs: English Teachers in Korea, Japan and China
Teaching jobs in Pennsylvania
Teaching jobs throughout the U.S.
Teachers-Teachers
Teachers.net: Subscribe to job alerts for new openings
US Department of Education
Contact Information
Megan Adukaitis
Director of Career Development
Career Development Office:
Bernardine Hall, Suite 1104
Phone: 610-796-8225
Fax: 610-790-1968
Hours:
Monday - Friday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Evening hours by appointment.
Email: career.services@alvernia.edu