I have a BA AND a community college teaching credential. The way I got it was, I was working at the college and my boss told me I should get my credential. I said I didn't have a MA. He said I could get a Limited Service Credential. If you have a BA and are working in your field, that counts. I also needed a recommendation (I got it from him) The credential is not a full time one. I am only allowed to work 40% of the regular hours of a full time prof. Your husband might want to check this out. Also, he might be able to get a Full Service Comm. College credential since he has a MA. Sharon C. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of E House Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 12:23 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: [h-cost] OT--Q for any/all professors
I know we have a handful of professors on this list, and hopefully at least one of you can give me some input! Please feel free to take any responses off-list. The husband, Thomas, has decided that his ideal career is that of an electrical engineering or math professor. Right now, he's only got his masters (or will have at the end of the summer), and since he's been working full-time as an ee while also attending classes at WUSTL for his masters, he's a bit reluctant to go straight into getting his PhD. (I, too, am a bit reluctant to spend who knows how many more years of only seeing him on weekends.) However, most community colleges and a few 4-year institutions are willing to hire instructors with only a masters, especially when the potential instructor also has some non-academic work experience in the field he wants to teach. The husband likes the idea of teaching at a community college for a while rather than waiting to get his PhD, though he would prefer to wind up as a tenured PhD at a 4-year institution. As a first step, he hopes to be a part-time instructor at a local college, while still working full-time at the job he has now. Those few acquaintances I have who have become professors got into it by basically becoming professional students, and that's not a path Thomas is likely to take. (If nothing else, I'm no longer capable of putting him through school! And oy, we're almost done paying off the last batch of student loans...) So, we're trying to figure out a plan of attack for Operation Become A Professor In Montana Or Wyoming. So much for the background. My questions are very general: what path did you take to become a professor? What other paths have you seen successfully navigated? What would you advise Thomas to do, and what would you advise him NOT to do? How important is it to get your PhD from the college/university where you hope to teach? Who should he talk to--for example, would it be a waste of time for him to call up some HR departments and ask them these sorts of questions, while he's still in the planning stage? Is it a good idea for him to get a bit of teaching experience in wherever possible, as with the part-time instructor plan? And so on, and so forth, and the like, etcetera. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help! -E House _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
