I’m a history/education major and I know that getting a job teaching history is pretty tough unless you want to be a coach also. I really don’t want to coach a sport. Does anyone know of any metro areas where there is a healthy(ish) job market in the history teacher department at the middle or high school level?
I hate to break this to you, but history and English majors are a dime a dozen; you really are going to have to do something that sets you apart from the crowd. You don’t want to coach; how about debate? Or Mock Trial? or something else?
Most schools expect teachers to act as advisers to clubs if they are not coaching, so figure out something you would enjoy doing.
December 24th, 2009 at 11:27 am
I hate to break this to you, but history and English majors are a dime a dozen; you really are going to have to do something that sets you apart from the crowd. You don’t want to coach; how about debate? Or Mock Trial? or something else?
Most schools expect teachers to act as advisers to clubs if they are not coaching, so figure out something you would enjoy doing.
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I’m an English teacher (with a degree in history too)