Careers for education majors

So other then the obvious (teaching school), what are some careers for education majors? SWMBO is currently looking for a job and since she is having trouble with the Alabama board of education (they won't answer calls or emails about where her certificate is in the process) it looks unlikely that she will be able to find a job in the schools this year as a teacher so what are some alternate jobs that have the potential to become a career that look for teachers? She may end up substitute but she isn't opposed to a job that might become a career that she could at least try for a year. Someone suggested corporate trainers. Any other ideas?

Corporate trainer, instructor at a tutoring place, private tutor, coach if she has any sports experience...

Underemployment -

My wife has been supply teaching for almost 15 years now. Still can't get full-time work up here. Last year she didn't eeven get enough hours to qualify for EI during the summer.

mtn wrote: Corporate trainer, instructor at a tutoring place, private tutor, coach if she has any sports experience...

You've already posted here, so there's probably no need to draw your attention to your earlier post about getting into teaching.

And now, WRT the OP's question: education position in museum/botanic garden/zoo

Retail?

Well I became a brewer. Does she have experience leading a classroom? If so, she has skills that can be very marketable if you sell them right.

She is well cut out for any kind of supervisor or management roll. She had patience and the ability to remain in control of a chaotic environment. Ability to plan a schedule and make creative use of limited resources.

Or marketing/sales. Ability to convey new information in easily digestable format. Also ability to show infectious enthusiasm for a subject.

Waitress.
When My wife graduated with a teaching degree, she had to agree to go anywhere to be a teacher. As a military brat, that kind of travel did not bother her. She considered a job with the Dept of Defense, teaching American kids on foreign soil military bases. She also interviewed in Thousand Oaks, CA. Ultimate she landed a position in Houston in a low economic district. A year later she got into a better Houston District (Klein). Seven years after that, she got back to Ohio with the neighboring district to her home town.

I have a niece in Atlanta who has fallen back to her college years job of working in a granite countertop manufacturer and retailer. Now, instead of clerical, she is in sales and killing it.

JoeyM wrote:

mtn wrote: Corporate trainer, instructor at a tutoring place, private tutor, coach if she has any sports experience...

You've already posted here, so there's probably no need to draw your attention to your earlier post about getting into teaching. And now, WRT the OP's question: education position in museum/botanic garden/zoo

I should probably email you back... Thoughts are still churning on that thread.

mtn wrote:

JoeyM wrote:

mtn wrote: Corporate trainer, instructor at a tutoring place, private tutor, coach if she has any sports experience...

You've already posted here, so there's probably no need to draw your attention to your earlier post about getting into teaching. And now, WRT the OP's question: education position in museum/botanic garden/zoo

I should probably email you back... Thoughts are still churning on that thread.

I'm always willing to chat....

Trucking. Once my brother got his masters he spent two years disconnecting deadbeats cable and then a few more driving a truck for Edy's Ice Cream before finally getting a job teaching in the Bronx that pays less than either.

I'm in management; I hated teaching. It's to bad I didnt realize that BEFORE I spent all that moolah.

My wife teaches and considered writing curriculum instead. I believe that there are a number of companies that sell curriculum to schools and it is starting to really take off. I think that there is good money in it as well

tutoring....teach kids to read at a Sylvan Learning Center or similar. Easy work, reasonable pay

Beer Baron wrote: Well I became a brewer. Does she have experience leading a classroom? If so, she has skills that can be very marketable if you sell them right. She is well cut out for any kind of supervisor or management roll. She had patience and the ability to remain in control of a chaotic environment. Ability to plan a schedule and make creative use of limited resources. Or marketing/sales. Ability to convey new information in easily digestable format. Also ability to show infectious enthusiasm for a subject.

Yes she has two years experience teaching.

singleslammer wrote: My wife teaches and considered writing curriculum instead. I believe that there are a number of companies that sell curriculum to schools and it is starting to really take off. I think that there is good money in it as well

That is something to think about.

My SWMBO now has a Masters in Early Childhood education, and has got a gig as the director of a medium-sized childcare center, responsible for 40+ employees and basically doing everything to make the business work. Pays about the same as shift manager at TGI Fridays, and no benefits. (frustrating) I majored in Engineering, and with my BS degree I make over twice what she does and, truth be known, probably work half as hard. ^^^ selling curriculum and lesson plans is not a bad idea, but there's plenty of competition in that market.