Career Field: Education
Career Information
K-12
- Education World: Designed for educators with information on lesson plans, classroom technology and management.
- National Center for Education Statistics: Provides links to educational publications, data and surveys, education experts, the Department of Education, and other related sites.
- Database of U.S. School Districts: Search from over 16,500 school districts by city, district name, state, county, or zip code.
Higher Education
Sample Employers
General Education
Environmental Education
Community Service Based Education
At-Risk Youth Services
Special Needs Education
ESL & International Education
Education Recruiters
Job & Internship Listings
K-12
Higher Education
Other
Professional Organizations
All Levels
Private Education
Higher Education
Teacher Certification Programs
- Chicago Teaching Fellows - Provides a pathway for individuals to become teachers in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and to significantly impact the academic achievement of the city's children.
- The Massachusetts Initiative for New Teachers (MINT) - An intensive teacher preparation program that provides a unique opportunity for recent college graduates to make an immediate impact in the classroom and earn their Massachusetts teaching credentials.
- New York City Teaching Fellows - Teach in NYC public schools while earning a Master's degree in specific subject area, subsidized by the program.
- Teach Kentucky - Recruits recent graduates from selective national institutions of higher education to teach in Kentucky public schools.
- Mississippi Teacher Fellowship Program - The purpose of the program is to attract qualified teachers to the critical teacher shortage areas of Mississippi.
- New Teachers Collaborative - A year long path to teacher certification. For two summer sessions and the academic year between, you join the faculty of a small public secondary school in central Massachusetts or southern New Hampshire - collaborating in a program guided by the principles of the Coalition of Essential Schools.
- Shady Hill School Teacher Training Course - Apprentice teacher program for pre-K through eighth grade in Cambridge, MA. Apprentice teachers learn through observation, supervised teaching, workshops, and seminars. Many apprentices also elect to participate in a joint master's program.
NOTE: Italicized titles can be borrowed and are located in the Baker Library Project Room in the Reserve Corridor. Click here for a complete list of books on reserve.
- Careers In Education: Includes job duties, education and certification requirements, typical career paths, job hunting skills, salaries and benefits.
- A First-Year Teacher's Guidebook: A helpful instructional manual, a handy reference and resource book for student interns, student teachers and new teachers.
- How to Get a Teaching Job: How to look for a job, to present your qualifications to fill it, and what to do if all else fails.
- Inside Secrets of Finding a Teaching Job: A book of advice from teachers, administrators and personnel professionals about the field of education. Sections on assessing your strengths and weaknesses, creating attention-getting marketing tools, interview preparation, and the all important follow-up process.
- 101 Career Alternatives for Teachers: Helps individuals compile their list of teaching skills and shows how they fit into various other professions inside and outside education.
- Private Secondary Schools: Directory of schools with student profiles, subjects offered, faculty profiles, college placement statistics and key contacts.
- Teaching English Abroad: Recruitment agencies, how to find a job, preparation for going abroad, training as an EFL teacher. Plus a directory of individual language schools around the world.
- The ISS Directory of Overseas Schools: Includes contact information, school profiles, and information on curriculum and language instruction.
- Career Opportunities in Library & Information Science: Sample job descriptions of positions in academic, government, K-12, and public libraries with a section on jobs outside the library.
