Re: Anxiety about job opportunities in Portland
Posted by Brenda Parazoo on 11/23/08
I am nearly in the same boat as you. I'm accepted and ready
to begin my MAT in January. I know people in the Central
Oregon area who have not been able to get jobs at all. In
fact, I know of an Education Assistant who is a certified
teacher from California but never was able to land a job as a
teacher here. We have at least 2 Universities graduating
teachers every year here. The jobs aren't unlimited. I'm
scared to have a $20,000+ loan to pay back, and then not be
able to find a job to pay the loan off. I guess I would like
some teachers from all over Oregon to answer the
question... "Is it a bad time to get a teaching degree?"
On 11/18/08, ~ a wrote:
> Hello there, I am an undergraduate student at PSU, about
> one year away from applying/entering PSU's Graduate School
> of Education to receive my state certification for teaching
> elementary ed. The posts I am reading here, and the hearsay
> I have collected are painting a grim picture in terms of my
> hopes to eventually land a teaching position in the
> Portland area! I could consider working across the river in
> Washington, I suppose, but moving out-of-state is not
> really an option for me.
>
> I am wondering if anyone on this board has any input,
> advice, or suggestions to this aspiring young teacher.
>
> Thanks! ~ a
