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Jizzo T. Clown

Hey all,
I'm about to start a Masters program here in Arkansas and was curious as to any career possibilities in the US after graduation. Someone was right about employers, administrators, etc not being impressed with my two years in China and Japan. Mad

Apparently there are some jobs here in the States that pay meagerly, teaching Mexican immigrants; but I was hoping for something more like community college.
Does anyone have any experience with this sort of thing? I've searched the site and couldn't really find anything that addressed this question...
Cheers for the help!

GambateBingBangBOOM · Joined: 04 Nov 2003 Posts: 2021 Location: Japan

Why don't you talk to the people who actually run the university's programme?

Jizzo T. Clown · Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 12:28 am Post subject:

I have. I was hoping for some real-life examples of teachers whose careers have significantly improved (in the States) as a result of earning their MA. Should've made it more clear I guess.
As per the profs I've talked with, there are limited opportunities for Community Colleges (fierce competition) but there is a strong possibility of working for the state, as I said, helping Mexican immigrants and assisting with curriculum development.

Sheep-Goats · Joined: 16 Apr 2004 Posts: 527

I had a housemate with an MA in Applied Ling and three years of overseas experience. He managed to get a part time night school thing at a community college in Portland, Oregon (tons of qualified folks there), but seemed to think his chances of getting full time work in that field to be pretty dim.

I took the CELTA there, and my teacher trainer had written two books and had been doing EFL/ESL for 20 years. But he didn't have an MA, and he said that the community college had told him "We'd love to have you here, but if you don't have an MA we can't touch you."

So, yes, that MA is important. But it probably won't make your bacon. Based on these two random examples, at any rate.