I am thinking of getting a master's degree in speech pathology. My current background is elementary teacher (gifted ed and English Language Development) but am a stay at home mom of two toddlers. I took a semester of Speech Pathology (SP) classes in college, but decided at the last minute to do teaching instead. After teaching for 5 years, I am regretting that decision. While I enjoyed teaching, I'd like to do SP. I find it fascinating, and both my husband and son have dealt with speech issues. I'd like to better understand their conditions and treatment options, as well as make a career out of it.
I also am a bit fed up with the pressures of public school tecahers. Now that I am a mom, I'd like more time with my kids. When I was teaching, I'd work all day, then come home and spend most of the evening grading papers and doing lesson plans, or calling parents. I have shadowed a speech pathologist in an elementary school setting, and while I am aware of the tedious IEPs, meetings, etc, I think I would still have more time with my kids and have vacations off with them as well. I am looking at an online MA program in SP. This would mean I could stay home still with the kids and not have to put them in day care while I spent time on campus. I would be able to study in the evenings when my husband would come home from work, when the kids were in preschool for a couple of hours each day, and on the weekends while the hubby could take care of the kids. The cost: $60k for an online program, but I would make a ton as a SP ($60-$80k per year).
I am scared of the time commitment with kids. I'm afraid I'm cheating the kids out of time with their mom, and my husband out of time with me, but in the long run, it would be for the best financially and I would have more time with my kids long term. Has anyone gone back to school with young kids? Is it doable-- I have no day care or family to help out other than hubby...
By the way, my kids are 3.5 years and 16 months. I would start start the program next fall (2012) and my kids would be 4.5 years and 2.5 years at that point. The program is 5 years total (part time enrollment)-- 2 years to meet the prerquisites and 3 years of the actual MA.
I am a bilingual speech path and I do run a continuing education business. I will be writing more soon. Interested in networking with people who work with moodle, potential speakers etc
DavidWrightHello All, I am an Education consultant at Quality Assignment. I have been also serving as a freelance academic writer for the last five years after completing my PhD in Economics at UCL (University College London).
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