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lifeinkinder · 2 years ago

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But why am I spending my time thinking about getting a master's in early childhood?

Because of IL's fucked up licensure system, even though I'm licensed K-9, if I leave my current position, I can't teach kinder ever again without getting a master's in ec anyway.

And like I want to be able to take a break from teaching and/or kindergarten and still have the option to go back to a grade that I love. I also want to be able to transfer within my district and be able to transfer into a kindergarten position (which currently I can't do because you're only grandfathered in if you stay in your position at your building, not if you stay in your district).

Also, because I host placements from the university, I have vouchers that, if I played it right, could let me get most of a master's degree and only pay bare minimum.

Also the ability to change lanes and make significantly more than I'm making now would be so nice. Also, I'm only 8 years from being frozen on the salary schedule. So I should probably start doing something about that.

#still don't know if i want to teach forever but i definitely want to keep teaching for now #even though i do spend more time than i want to admit thinking about a career outside of education #edtech is still the dream though but like edtech in a school district #not edtech at an edtech company #i want to do tech integration stuff specifically at the elementary level #because elementary could do cool stuff they just don't because no on really teaches the older teachers how #because the focus is always middle and high school #also no one really provides elementary the resources to do cool stuff even when they're available #also obviously not thinking about right now because that's crazy #but maybe next spring or summer #once the babies aren't quite sooooo young?

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