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Originally Posted by When Doves Cry
I was looking for teaching jobs (Elementary) when I graduated, but couldn't find any so ended up in a daycare. I've been there for about a year now, and this fall I plan on going to graduate school to get a Master's in Special Education.. Sigh  |
Going off what AlwaysSAI said, please don't go into sped because you think that getting a job will be "easy".
First off, sped isn't easy. It is a tough yet rewarding job. Having taught sped, IMPO it is 10 times harder than regular education.
I'm not saying any of this to discourage but I've dealt with some sped teachers who seriously should have never gone into teaching in general, but they went into sped because they figured it would be easier to find a job.
As a dual certified teacher (K-8 Elementary education and K-12 cross categorical special education), it didn't help finding a job. While living in AZ I was one of thousands looking for a job. Plus, I think with sped, administrators are looking for experience over being certified. In this day and age, they can afford to be picky. They don't just have to pick the first canidate who is certified because they will probably have 10 more with the same credentials.
Also please be aware that once you are in sped you might be stuck there. My current sped teacher is dual certified and wants to get into regular education and she was told by administration no. She was pissed.