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Originally Posted by AGDee
I'm not a teacher but several of my friends are and they have told me that the best route (here in Michigan) is to get a second bachelor's and not a Masters. The school districts here don't want to have to pay you what the teachers make with a Masters. You have to get 20 credits towards your Masters within 5 years to keep your certification in Michigan. If a district can get away with paying you only $34,000 a year at first instead of $60,000 a year, they will!
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Yes, that's why it's a good idea to check with the state about exactly what the requirements are. In some states, you don't ever have to get a Master's. Here in Kentucky there's the same problem with schools not wanting to hire teachers with Master's degrees because they have to pay them more, but Kentucky requires that teachers get a Master's if they want to continue to hold their certification. That means that it's easier to get a job when you're fresh out of undergrad, but once you get your Master's, they pink slip you. I can't believe that teachers in Michigan make $60,000 with a Master's! Do you know what it is here? Well, if I started teaching right now, today, I'd be making around $33,000. And that's with a Master's degree and full certification. If you work for 20 years or so, you
might make $60,000, but it takes a long time and probably more education.