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Author: Sara
Date: 1999-11-19 21:18
I have heard that now, in order to teach instrumental music in public schools it is necessary to obtain a masters degree in music education? Is this true? I was under the impression that a bachelors degree was good enough.
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Author: Dave Goss
Date: 1999-11-20 17:11
Necessary? No. I'm sure it's possible to get a job with only a bachelors. But money wise with a Masters you'll be able to make a lot more. Salaries for public school teachers are on a set scale based on number of years experience and schooling. Eg. I have 5 years experience and a bachelors and you have 5 years experience and a Masters, you'll be making around 1000-3000 more than me. I'm not absolutely sure about the salaries.
I'm guessing you're pursuing a Bachelors right now, as am I. A good idea is to get yourself a job with the Bachelor's and then work on your Masters after that, maybe in summer sessions. Some districts will provide extra $$ for teachers who pursue a Masters.
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Author: William Fuller
Date: 1999-11-20 20:42
Stay in school and get your masters right away while you are still in the "study mode."
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Author: Lori
Date: 1999-11-20 20:44
You don't need your Masters in Music Ed, though. As far as I know, you can do it in anything. I got mine in performance and I'm teaching in the public schools and I'm set.
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Author: melissa
Date: 1999-11-21 02:28
I'm in my second year of college now, and I've been told that a lot of the schools where I live don't want to hire first year teacher who have a masters degree. They have to pay more money and they really don't know what they're getting into....there is now way for them to see how well you're going to teach. Therefore, I've been advised to start working on my masters a year into teaching.
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Author: John
Date: 1999-11-21 04:04
Melissa has a good idea. Get your Bachelor's. Once into your teacing job, start on your Master's. Some school districts help pay for it.
Also, some of those graduate level courses will make more sense if you've had some time in front of students. Don't wait too long before going back to school. Sitting at home studying scores and writing half-time drills has a way of becoming habit-forming. Get back to school while you remember how to be a student!
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Author: Rick2
Date: 1999-11-22 03:18
You can teach at community colleges with a masters degree (full time or part time after the day at the high school is over).
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Author: momma
Date: 1999-11-23 18:00
It might depend on the state that you plan on teaching in as well. Right now there is a movement on in many schools that prefers ALL teachers to have a master's degree. Yet, if you do keep studying and not teach after your BA, the schools that look at your resume will consider you green and perhaps more of an academic than a teacher. You prefer books to students. That could put a road block in your startup as teacher.
As I've said, many states encourage teachers to get more education ... to keep up with current standards or trends. For this, you will have to go back and take classes. The sooner the better...so you don't get too comfortable where you are in that classroom AND to broaden your scope of the potentials of music in education. This is also an especially hard choice to make since so many school boards are cutting music programs from their curriculums...they could ask 'What's the point of us paying you for getting a Master's Degree if we're cutting the program?'
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