Increase your marketability

The job market for teachers is competitive, so consider the following options to increase your marketability in the field.

Utilize your network

Add another teaching license

• Special Education
• Bilingual Education
• ESL
• Science
• Math
• Technology

Learn another language

• Spanish
• Japanese
• Chinese

Look at other educational venues

• before/after school programs
• boys and girls clubs
• charter schools
• child development centers
• coaching
• community education (AME, GED, ESL, specialized programs)
• corporate education centers (daycare, ESL)
• home schooling groups
• instructional/program aide positions
• nanny services
• parochial schools
• private schools/boarding schools
• substitute teaching
• teaching on a military base
• tutoring
• university extension service - research based teaching in the community

Expand geographic boundaries

• Commute to a rural area with a greater need for teachers
• Explore other states; contact the state's Department of Education to see how your Minnesota license transfers.
• Seek out options abroad

Work on an additional advanced degree

• Reading specialist
• Speech pathologist

Stay involved

• Volunteer in schools
  • Assist in classrooms
  • Help with special programs (fun fairs, plays, musicals…)
  • Work athletic events
  • Tutor or help with enrichment programs
• Attend school board meetings (keep up-to-date and show interest)
• Ask how you can be of service!