如果你正在考虑成为一名教师，你可能会想到全部of your options as far as教授哪个年级。许可学校教学 - 您获得的职业验证的工作类型 - 是那些想要教授的人的最着名的选择之一。
另一个almost-as-prominent选项教学the college level. So as you consider exactly where you want to go in your teaching career, it’s good to look at the professor option. Here are ten things to ask yourself as you weigh a potential future career as a college instructor.
你有毕业生的时间和精力吗？
要成为一名教授，你至少需要一个硕士。通常你需要比这更高的教育水平更高。比不是，大学和大学招聘委员会更喜欢聘请博士学位或绝对需要博士学位。博士学位是耗时和穷举......那种硕士课程是有时会导致学位的课程。
In a Master’s or Doctorate that leads to full-time work as a professor, you’ll be expected to do intense amounts of research, write hundreds and perhaps even thousands of pages, travel to academic conferences, and have top academic performance with as close to a 4.0 GPA as possible. If you are the kind of academic “go-getter” who loves being at the top of your class, then a professor career may be right for you. But you should also consider the possible lack of school-life balance you may have as you work toward your career goal.
你是熟练和热情的研究人员吗？
如果你想成为一名教授，那么在Grad School学习时，它很重要，但你的研究岁月不会结束那里。在您成为一名教授之后，研究义务仍在继续。对于大多数大学教师职位，需要进行或强烈鼓励进行进行。并且，您将预计将定期在同行评审期刊上发布的研究结果。
3. Do You Have an Interest in Education Management and Administration?
许多小学队在学校或其地区没有兴趣管理工作。而作为一名学校老师，这没关系！在整个K-12职业生涯中，可以“刚才教”。相比之下，预计大学教授并要求在学校教学的学校做行政工作。大学教练必须参加课堂上讨论并决定课堂政策的部门会议，预计他们将加入管理校园政策的委员会。这可能是奖励和赋权，但它也可能非常耗时，脱离可能花费教学的时间。
你能在你的领域获得全职职业吗？
作为一般规则，学校教学工作是在入学级的全职工作。另一方面的教授并不总是保证100％的位置。许多大学教授只教授兼职，没有全天候可用。无论您是否有良好的担保全职工作时间取决于两件事 -你教的领域在你希望生活和工作的地方和工作市场。成功的全日制教授在高需求的地区被证实，或者愿意几乎在任何地方工作。。。或两者。
5. Are You Prepared for Possible Reduction in Hours or Layoff?
Schoolteacher jobs tend to be reasonably secure. Every child needs to go to school from K-12, and public education is a well-funded, mandatory initiative in the US. In contrast, professor positions are dependent on changing public needs for higher education. And many college-level teaching contracts explicitly tie work schedules to enrollment. Cutbacks and layoffs are much more possible for professors than elementary, middle, or high school teachers. Before you become a professor, consider your long-term financial obligations. Also look at the other kinds of work you may be qualified for, and be sure you can get temporary supplemental work during semesters and years when your teaching hours may drop below full-time.
6.您更喜欢与儿童或成人合作吗？
This is a very important thing to consider. If you become a professor, you’ll work primarily with adults in their late teens and twenties, and you’ll also work with some older adult students, especially if you teach at a community college. You likely won’t teach any children at all. As you consider either teaching K-12 or university teaching, try to do some classroom observations and even some practice teaching with both age groups. You may find you prefer teaching younger learners, you may find you prefer adults, or you may greatly enjoy both kids of teaching!
7.你喜欢你自己的大学年多少岁？
最幸福的教授 - 往往是最好的教授 - 是真正喜欢自己高等教育体验的人。在大学里，你有没有想过你希望你能永远继续学习吗？教授的职位是一个机会，即继续研究，继续阅读和写作，并继续成为高等教育的学习冒险的一部分。无论你体重的其他因素，你对学者的爱可能可能是决定成为教授的决定性因素。
