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I am a teacher. My advice is if you are going to get a degree, don't get one in elementary ed. Elementary ed teachers are one of the few areas where most places have a supply rather than a demand. It is difficult in most parts of the country. I would say go with special ed instead of elementary. You can still work with younger children, but you'll be much more in demand.
As far as alternate routes go, they are great programs. BUT if your husband is in the military, then I'm going to assume that you will be moving around alot. I got my license through an alternate route program and now I'm trying to move to Hawai'i, and because I don't have 3 years of experience, Hawai'i won't recognize my license. Other states have the same requirements. It would be much better if you got the masters in education, because then it is much more easy for you to get licenses in other states. Right now, it looks like I'll have to apply to UH for yet another year long program in education, Le Sigh. And if I went with my orginal plan of getting a masters in education instead of envrionmental science, I wouldn't have any of these problems.
I love teaching. I truly do. There are many down sides to it, but at the end of the day I love my job. It doesn't feel like a job. I have fun almost every day. I was out of school a year before I realized it was what I really wanted to do.
Teach for America is a pretty competetive program, and it isn't in every community either.
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