• Pencilnoob@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I have a lot of experience as a software engineer in the industry, and used to teach public middle school. I would love to teach a course or two a year because education is a passion of mine, but only have a BA of Education, do you think it’s worth applying to teach at my local community college? I saw my local college had a requirement of a master’s degree in CS, which I do not have.

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      5 months ago

      Doesn’t hurt to try. I know people who have taught at community college with just a bachelor’s degree in the subject. Hell, I only have a bachelor’s in my subject area, my master’s is in teaching, and I got a job before finishing my master’s. College prep high school. The teaching profession needs all the enthusiasm it can get, because that is really what kids respond to. My high school students would ADORE an actual software engineer teaching them. So many of them want to be you. This why teachers should be paid waaay more, as those who are talented in that regard can’t easily make ends meet.

      Edit: excised a word that should not have been there.

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        5 months ago

        Also also all your ACTUAL experience in the field is worth WAY more to a good school. The rec letters alone that you could provide to gifted students would pay for your salary, tho they won’t tell you so. Sorry I didn’t include that originally.