09-01-2017, 01:18 PM
I am just about to start my 19th year as a teacher. I've taught high school, middle school, one year within an elementary school and I was a preschool teacher for a year or two at the start. There is a strong economic incentive for a teacher to earn a master's degree. Normally, it shifts a teacher into another pay column. I completed an MAT through Marygrove College in Detroit. It was very convenient and relatively cheap. It was a distance program before the internet really took hold, so I watched a lot of VHS tapes, wrote a lot of papers and then created a big binder full of work for a final portfolio. Teachers also need to earn a certain number of credits or PD hours to renew certification, so this kind of program is better than just doing a bunch of random credits.
One benefit is that once you have a master's degree, you can conceivably teach at the community college level with 18 graduate credits within a discipline. So there is some utility in it, although there are many more lucrative graduate degrees.
One benefit is that once you have a master's degree, you can conceivably teach at the community college level with 18 graduate credits within a discipline. So there is some utility in it, although there are many more lucrative graduate degrees.
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