Is my French degree going to be useless?
Question:
Any French teachers out there who can offer me any insight? There is a high demand for spanish and ESL..
should I focus more on buidling my LD profile and professional development ..?
worried and a bit anxious
thanks in advance !
Answer:
there is probably more need for LD teachers. perhaps you could start with that and get into a school system, then switch to teaching French when the opportunity arises. a school might need someone to teach both. you'd teach some LD and some French. my Spanish teacher only taught one class of Spanish and the rest were math. smaller school systems always need teachers because they can't pay as well, but you can get needed experience. then move to a larger school system when you find an opening.
anything french is useless, but they make great all white flags!
no.
You are going to have a HARD time finding a job in French! French (as well as German) is being dropped from MANY curriculums across the nation, simply because there is such a demand for Spanish and because of budget cuts. Districts can't afford to keep French on the schedule. It was not a wise decision to go into French. Sorry, but it's true!
There are translation jobs all over, companies love bilingual speakers, you can do translation for business, law, government, etc
Unless you are French and a native French speaker, you will probably have a very hard time finding a job teaching French. French used to be the international travel language, but those days are long gone. French is a very beautiful language and culture, but unless you plan to spend your life living in France, it's not that useful.
Schools are shifing away from the traditional languages such as German or French towards languages which will be more useful to kids in the future. Those languages include, but aren't limited to: English, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Hindi.
On the plus side, for you, there is currently a shortage of special education teachers. Since you are trained in LD you will probably have many districts trying to get you as a teacher. As an LD teacher, you will probably find that you have many job offers and choices of possible locations and teaching situations. You will be able to pick and choose your job instead of trying to beg a district to hire you when there are a major surplus of French teacher out there.
Another possibility is that you get hired as an LD teacher. Perhaps down the line, you would be able to teach both French and LD in schools, by starting out as an LD teacher and replacing the French teacher, if that person retires. You would already be working in the district and have a major advantage over an outsider for teaching both subjects.
nothing you love is useless, even if you cannot have a teaching profession in french, your degree is still worthwhile if you love it.
well, if the market for french is scarce, you might as well pursue your LD profile, while waiting for an opportunity in the french market.
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