15 years ago
Emmavoberry
The first answer is very complete and certainly conforms to my own experience and knowledge. As the respondent mentioned, teaching experience is really a factor. If you can get a graduate T.A. position, that would help. Also, consider a first teaching experience at a vocational college. For instance, art colleges and business colleges that award AA and BA degrees must offer general education courses. Try independent colleges too--there are independent professional schools for adults in psychology, for instance. Research on the internet. You would probably be qualified to teach something in the social sciences or perhaps courses listed under "liberal studies." If you want to teach high school, try private high schools first(I'm assuming you don't have a secondary teachng credential)--these schools prize the M.A. even above the Secondary Credential. True, the adjuncts are the serfs at universities, but not as much so at all at CCs. As long as you keep trying for a full-time CC job--don't work so hard as an adjunct that you can't continue to work on your professional development...
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