Career Guides

Translating a college degree into a rewarding job is no longer as easy as it once was. This book helps today's high school students plan ahead for what major they will complete in college in order to get the kind of job they want. For recent college graduates as well

This insider's guide to breaking into today's education market is ideal for education students, counselors, student teachers, job changers, and anyone wanting to begin a teaching career. It's loaded with "unauthorized" information from educators--tips that aren't taught in teacher education courses.

Your guide to glide from campus to career Ready to proceed beyond lesson plans to a career plan? This book analyzes college curriculum and employment options for you! Whether you're considering majoring in education, have your degree and want to get a job, or want to change careers, this is your definitive guide to opportunities that capitalize on an education degree. It includes: * Advice on college and curriculum choices--courses, internships, and more * Tips to energize and expand your job search * Profiles of real graduates, their jobs, and how they got them * Real-world input from an assistant principal, rabbi, curriculum designer, museum educator, tutoring center owner, and textbook author * Overviews of typical salary levels, hours, and work environments * Extensive additional resources, including Web sites, professional organizations, periodicals, and more What Can You Do with a Major in Education? answers your questions about everything from the skills and licenses required to the perks, peeves, and pay you can expect. It alerts you to career opportunities outside the classroom. It helps you make the grade and land the job you want.

Includes college professors, ESL teachers, guidance counselors, preschool teachers, secondary school teachers, special education teachers, and teacher aides. Looking for an affordable way to expand your selection of career books? Ferguson's Careers in Focus titles are a great value for libraries and career centers. Each of these sturdy, hardcover books focuses on a specific field and is loaded with up-to-date career information. There are 16 to 25 career articles in every book, and each article includes:a job descriptionadvancement opportunitieswhere to go for more informationeducational requirementsemployment outlooksalary informationwork conditions.

Upcoming retirements combined with growing enrollments mean 2 million new teachers will be needed in the coming decade. Coupled with the demands of the No Child Left Behind Act and high turnover, especially in troubled high-poverty schools, the teaching profession faces daunting challenges. The U.S. News Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Teacher, from the education experts at U.S. News & World Report, offers a complete overview of the turmoil in the profession and the spread of reforms designed to attract the best and brightest to teaching-and to encourage them stay. The guide also provides detailed information about how to choose the right school of education, the many new alternative routes into the classroom, and how to pay for it all. This informative and helpful guide features: - An overview of what's wrong with teaching-and how it's being fixed - How to pick an education program - Where to find the money to pay for your degree - Profiles by U.S. News reporters of teachers at different kinds of schools (inner city, suburban, rural, public, private) highlighting how they became teachers and what their job is really like on a day-to-day basis - A state-by-state and city-by-city overview of teacher salaries - A detailed directory of graduate schools of education

Employment Opportunities in Education: How to Secure Your Career is a unique resource designed to provide up-to-date and accurate information on education-related jobs and opportunities. Written for those interested in securing their future in education, this one-of-a-kind resource alerts readers to the growing number of new job titles and new employers in the field. The book provides coverage of where jobs exist, what qualifications are necessary, how to search, find, investigate, compete for, and obtain the position desired. It is designed to cover education opportunities from infant care to college teaching, and includes sample cover letters, resumes, and tips and lessons on how to present skills and abilities during interviews. Job hunting tools that motivate and inform the reader are included to assist with long and short term career planning. Creating Employment Opportunities: How to Secure Your Career in Education concentrates on teaching jobs, but also provides information on support and administration positions. The CD ROM to accompany the text includes sample cover letters, resumes, interview tips, checklists, and forms that aid in seeking, holding, or advancing an educational career.

This annual volume, conveniently organized by state, offers the most complete and current listings of the requirements for certification of a wide range of educational professionals at the elementary and secondary levels. Changes to requirements resulting from the federal No Child Left Behind Act, paired with state budget deficits and understaffed certification offices, have made it especially difficult to access this information. Now more than ever, Requirements for Certification is a valuable resource, making much-needed knowledge available in one straightforward volume.

The traditional concept of a library is currently being redefined from a place to access collections of books and manuscripts to one which houses the most advanced media, including CD-ROMs, virtual libraries, and remote access to a wide range of resources. Most people are unaware that nowadays an incredibly broad range of activities takes place behind the average library doors, including exhibitions of valuable prints, readings by authors, conferences of scholars, and collaborative brainstorming on information technologies and how best to exploit them for the benefit of the library community. Career Opportunities in Library and Information Science explores this ever-changing profession, providing clear, accessible information about careers in library and information science. This book provides comprehensive descriptions of more than 70 different jobs typically held by librarians, exploring the information and resources readers would need to pursue them. Entries are divided into seven areas that represent the types of jobs in which librarians can expect to work, including academic, corporate/association, library education, public, K-12, special, and state/federal. Also offered are extensive appendixes of university programs with accredited library and information science degree programs, associations, and bibliographies of books and periodicals.