American education major is a special major, and most students majoring in education do not work as teachers after graduation. However, the education major in the United States mainly focuses on education management. After graduation, you can generally engage in administrative, management or logistics work in the school. Some special professional directions, such as educational psychology, can engage in more popular student counseling work.
However, what needs to be understood in advance is that the employment prospects after graduation from education are not so good. Many people eventually choose to engage in other industries. Most American schools are willing to recruit native Americans instead of foreigners who don't understand their culture. Most China students still choose to return to China. However, if you have been a teacher in China for a period of time and then apply for further study in the United States, and then return to China to apply for a job, it will not only increase your admission opportunities, but also greatly increase your competitiveness in job hunting.
Work experience is very important.
It is almost impossible for applicants who are not majoring in education and have no practical educational experience to apply for a master's or doctor's degree in education. In this case, you must emphasize that you are related to the education major. Don't just say you are interested, but also have experience, such as tutoring. This experience must also be related to the professional direction you apply for.
As for work experience, it is even more important. For example, the education management leadership major of Columbia University requires applicants to have 3 years or more teaching management experience. You must read the regulations of each school carefully. If there is no flexibility, there is no need to apply. Because some schools even need teacher qualification certificates. )
Even those schools that have no clear regulations will give priority to accepting experienced applicants. Applicants without relevant background and experience should be cautious. If you can't die by the Yellow River, you should try to do well in TOEFL and GRE, and the higher the better.
2. The quota is limited, so don't apply blindly.
The number of masters and doctors in education admitted to American universities is actually very limited. However, inspired by several successful cases, a large number of English majors turned to pedagogy. However, we need to clearly realize that there are really few people who are admitted to pedagogy every year. Take OSU as an example, there are only 22 doctors in the whole education leadership and policy, which means that only 5 or 6 doctors are admitted every year, and the competition is quite fierce. Therefore, don't blindly apply for the education major.
There are not many opportunities to get scholarships.
Compared with science and engineering, there are few scholarships for education. Students who want to get a scholarship to go out must apply for a PhD. According to the data of American universities, the money for master's degree is very small.
In fact, in liberal arts majors, the teaching funds of pedagogy are still relatively sufficient, and occasionally there are cases where international students get scholarships. It is basically impossible for other liberal arts majors to get scholarships.