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Old 10-26-2012, 07:41 AM
 
Location: Bergen County, NJ
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Yeah OP needs to be more specific.
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Old 10-26-2012, 01:09 PM
 
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Apologies for the lack of specificity -

so here's the scoop.... my wife and I are moving to NYC during that time period because my current employer (real estate firm) is relocating our group to the NYC office. My wife is currently a teacher but has been contemplating getting out of the profession. She has her undergraduate degree in education and has received her masters degree in curriculum planning and instruction. Given her experience level, it looks like that becoming a teacher in NYC would pay about $50k/year, which is why I used this number as a starting salary benchmark.

Other than the obvious role of being a teacher, she has been selected by the school board to participate in a new teaching methodology (international baccalaureate program i believe). Typically, she travels to these conventions once a month which are held in various cities (Chicago, D.C., Atlanta, etc.) and then is responsible for training her teacher colleagues within her school system once she returns. The school system is sponsoring teachers like her to be able to integrate new teaching methods into the classroom.

Basically, my thinking is that if she wants to get out of teaching she should look to the parts of her job which she enjoys which consist of things like curriculum planning and training the teacher staff, etc. My thinking is that she may have look looking into an HR position, specifically some sort of Corporate/Technology Training position or something along these lines where she can incorporate part of her skill set into the private sector.

Given her background is it difficult to break into a sort of entry level training/administrative/HR consulting field like this in NYC? Also open to any other career suggestions.

Thanks all!
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Old 10-26-2012, 01:26 PM
 
Location: Bergen County, NJ
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Apologies for the lack of specificity -

so here's the scoop.... my wife and I are moving to NYC during that time period because my current employer (real estate firm) is relocating our group to the NYC office. My wife is currently a teacher but has been contemplating getting out of the profession. She has her undergraduate degree in education and has received her masters degree in curriculum planning and instruction. Given her experience level, it looks like that becoming a teacher in NYC would pay about $50k/year, which is why I used this number as a starting salary benchmark.

Other than the obvious role of being a teacher, she has been selected by the school board to participate in a new teaching methodology (international baccalaureate program i believe). Typically, she travels to these conventions once a month which are held in various cities (Chicago, D.C., Atlanta, etc.) and then is responsible for training her teacher colleagues within her school system once she returns. The school system is sponsoring teachers like her to be able to integrate new teaching methods into the classroom.

Basically, my thinking is that if she wants to get out of teaching she should look to the parts of her job which she enjoys which consist of things like curriculum planning and training the teacher staff, etc. My thinking is that she may have look looking into an HR position, specifically some sort of Corporate/Technology Training position or something along these lines where she can incorporate part of her skill set into the private sector.

Given her background is it difficult to break into a sort of entry level training/administrative/HR consulting field like this in NYC? Also open to any other career suggestions.

Thanks all!
Is she sure she wants to get out of teaching? The fact that the school board entrusted her to train other teachers tells me they see her as someone with upward potential in this field. If she keeps doing what she's doing she might see further doors open for her as a paid consultant. Has she thought about being a Principal?

But back to what you wrote, if she indeed wants to get out of Education, HR is not a bad idea at all.
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Old 10-26-2012, 01:27 PM
 
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I actually have a friend that does exactly what she likes to do. The only difference is it's for special needs students. She's a consultant that goes to different schools to develop ways to teach the different types of special needs students. I'm sure there are jobs like that for non special needs students as well. But There are positions exactly like that out there.
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Old 10-26-2012, 01:43 PM
 
Location: Bergen County, NJ
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Another emerging job market is Project Management. She might be interested in that...
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Old 10-26-2012, 02:46 PM
 
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Guys - this is extremely helpful!!

Any additional ideas as far as career paths go? Just thinking the more ideas we have the better.

We eagerly await moving to your city but certainly want to be able to enjoy our time there as it would definitely be more difficult on just one income...oh, and I'm trying to keep those ramen noodle days behind me LOL

Best,
Dave
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Old 01-17-2013, 08:35 AM
 
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Right now India and China are places where new college grads are moving to they pay six figure salaries if you are willing to relocate. Most White collar jobs have been outsourced to these places. Housing is cheap and if you can a company to sponsor you you will live like a King.
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