Where Can A Teaching Degree Take Me?

The possibilities of getting a job with a teacher training degree are endless. Not only does it open you up to travelling the country (or the world) working in schools, but there is a plethora of other job opportunities available too. In my research, I found the (PROSPECTS, 2016) website, with some of the other varying jobs available to me with a teacher training degree, some of these jobs include; careers advisor, child psychotherapist, counselor, family support worker, museum education officer, play therapist and also the opportunity for me to open my own theatre group. Each of these job availabilities are entirely different to each other and allows me to still work with young people. It is refreshing and reassuring to know that getting a teaching degree does not limit my potential, but widens it. It is important to take note of the varying aspects of where a certain degree can take you, to secure any doubt you may develop in years to come, of your happiness in the workplace.

The benefits of teaching (apart from the obvious rewarding feeling of knowing your inspiring or helping a child to grow and learn) are plentiful and offer a highly comfortable and satisfying lifestyle. Most teaching jobs offer competitive wages, as schools have a lot more control over how their staff are paid, meaning that the better you perform, the more you earn. A typical teachers wages range from £20,000 to £40,000 per year. Teachers are also benefitted by generous pensions and up to 13 weeks of paid holidays (as well as national holidays off too). From my findings from (Get Into Teaching, 2017), I also learned that ‘95% of newly qualified teachers were employed in a teaching role within six weeks of completing training’ and ‘Nearly 70% of newly qualified teachers are still in the profession after five years’. There are also a lot of promotion opportunities within schools, such as leadership, becoming a head of department, pastoral care (becoming a form tutor or a head of year). When job searching for teaching jobs, various were being made available in my local area (Gateshead/Newcastle), especially in local newspapers such as the The Chronicle, (Jobs, 2017) within the job sections, which is delightful to find that there is not a lack of work in the industry I aim to head into.