Job outlook for teachers (Cloudcroft: salary, live in, moving to)

[newcastle]

Hey, how is the job outlook for teachers in New Mexico? My wife and I have entertained the idea of moving from Minnesota.

[ibarrio]

If you have your masters and go through a program that the State has you will start at least 50K.

[newcastle]

Really, wow that's pretty good in comparison to most places. Thanks for the info.

[gabygirl]

What program in NM does an aspiring teacher have to go thru???

[ibarrio]

Info is on the NM Ed Webstite

Teach New Mexico


Here is a link in PDF form

(http://www.teachnm.org/docs/white_paper_3-tier_licensure_4-21-04.pdf - broken link)

[carmelarae]

I live in Florida and the teacher outlook is really bad here. I graduate in May and I'm thinking of moving to another state possibly another country (Ireland) Do you know how the outlook in Ireland is? What about South Carolina?

[rybert]

May I suggest you visit a different forum (i.e. South Carolina).

[rruff]

Originally Posted by newcastle

Hey, how is the job outlook for teachers in New Mexico? My wife and I have entertained the idea of moving from Minnesota.

In 2005 the average teacher salary in MN was $47k... in NM it was $39k.

http://www.aft.org/salary/2005/downl...larySurvey.pdf
page 23.

[GregW]

Don't be fooled. New Mexico will be sunnier than Minnesota but the mountains will be just as cold in the winter. Altitude is the controlling factor.

[Cathy4017]

Altitude is the controlling factor.

I used to think that too, but it's not that simple.

By that logic, high Cloudcroft (8500 ft++) should be colder in the winter than any other village/town/city in NM, but it's very often not. I think that north-south has more to do with it than altitude. Lower-altitude places in northern NM are often colder than CC.