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You've Helped to Secure Their Future...
Now Help Them Build It!
The Troops to Teachers program is designed to assist separating or retiring military personnel in pursuing a rewarding second career in public education (elementary, secondary or vocational) while also facilitating employment in public schools. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the U.S. Department of Defense through DANTES, the long term goal of the program is to help improve American education by providing mature, self-disciplined, experienced and dedicated personnel for the nation's classrooms.
Maryland school districts are looking to fill teacher shortages in math, science, special education, English, foreign language and computer science classrooms. Other opportunities are sometimes available in elementary, social sciences, vocational and language arts. Employers are showing a great interest in individuals with prior military service who can provide positive role models for the nation's public school students. The program serves as a link between interested military personnel and education related agencies such as: traditional teacher certification programs, alternative certification programs, school districts, the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) Division of Certification & Accreditation, V.A. offices, and college placement offices. Administration of the Maryland Troops to Teachers Program is provided by the MSDE.
Why Should Veterans Answer the Call of Public Service Again?
- Teaching at a K-12 level was listed as the #1 bulletproof career for 2009 in the Military Times Edge Magazine, because of strong job security during a recession.
- With a career in education, one can look forward to experiencing encounters with the students and professional staff that are similar to the experiences shared by members of the armed forces.
- Both careers bring the gratifying sense of accomplishment that is earned when you know you have made the world a better place through your honorable actions.
- Retiring military personnel will be looking for a new profession in public service.
- "The most satisfying jobs are mostly professions, especially those involving caring for, teaching, and protecting others and creative pursuits" - Tom W. Smith, Director of the General Social Survey (GSS) at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago. (Looking, 2007)
- "In 2007, more than 60 percent of education administrators responding to a survey said that they were very satisfied with their career." (Looking, 2007)
- In December of 2007, the teaching profession was also mentioned in an article for U.S. News and Report titled, "The Best Fields for Starting Over."
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