A little help with something please =)

[Odette]

Ok well I was wondering, if I didn't get into teaching, and decided to do say a business degree or something, then transfer, how would I go about doing so?Is it possible? Sorry I just don't know these sort of things...I heard that you could do a degree, and then get a graduate diploma or something like that in teaching... I'm a little confused
Thanks in advance ^_^

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[Collin Li]

Hey, yeah I think doing a business degree then doing a teaching postgraduate diploma/degree is a much better idea! That way you have the background qualification to actually be a VCE teacher. The undergraduate teaching course is probably pretty bare and I'd assume it only sets you up for elementary and low-level high school teaching.

[Odette]

Hey, yeah I think doing a business degree then doing a teaching postgraduate diploma/degree is a much better idea! That way you have the background qualification to actually be a VCE teacher. The undergraduate teaching course is probably pretty bare and I'd assume it only sets you up for elementary and low-level high school teaching.

Ok thanks =)

[brendan]

yeah the usual path is that you do a regular degree, and then do a diped = diploma of education

[Eriny]

It takes the same amount of time to do a double degree with teaching + business as it does to do business first then the dip ed (both 4 years). The only difference is if you do the double degree, you'll get a bachelor of teaching instead of a diploma and in the double degree you do less business units than what you would if you did a single degree.

[Odette]

Ok thanks for the help everyone =)
I did apply for a couple of double degrees... teaching and mathematics/ teaching and humanities ... couldn't find business though... did find a teaching and commerce one at monash (but it's just too far)

[costargh]

Do you have the link to teaching and commerce?

[Odette]

Here it is:
http://www.monash.edu.au/study/coursefinder/course/2026/
If only it wasn't so far away
It has the exact subjects I want to teach, bus.man, accounting and economics ...
Maybe I'll do a commerce degree then a postgraduate degree in teaching =)

[costargh]

Thank-you.
I dont know why but something about being a teacher appeals to me lol.

[Collin Li]

Thank-you.
I dont know why but something about being a teacher appeals to me lol.

That makes you sound like a pedophile... LOL

Nah, I want to be a teacher too, but it's the whole underpaid thing. Private tuition is better, or possibly being an academic and teaching at tertiary level would be more attractive.

[costargh]

Lol. Ew

Nah but seriously same thing that you said is what I think.
The whole underpaid thing kind of puts you off. I'd love to see my students succeed though. Would be such a cool thing to witness

[Odette]

For me teaching isn't about the money, it's all about being able to help students to grow and develop into adults =) Prepare them for the real world, sorta thing.... Later if all goes well I'll open my own tutoring business, or something like that =) or work for a tutoring company.