Is there much demand for high school math teachers in Indiana?
#high-school #mathematics #careers
2 answers
Igal’s Answer
To me, demand is not the real question here. But here are 2 that I think must be considered.
Are you very good at math (including branches like calculus, linear algebra, statistics, probability, etc.)? Would you like to teach it to kids? If the answer to these 2 very different questions is yes, then I don't think you'll have trouble finding a teaching job.
Both these questions are key, and, as I said, very different. The first you can succeed at completely by yourself. The second you do with a group of teenagers; there is no success in it without their success.
Good luck to you!
Ken’s Answer
That is a very important question regarding a very important area. However, a more important question is " How well suited am I to become a math teacher?"
Congratulations on being interested in becoming a math teacher. It takes a special person to enter this field and meet the demands which teaching presents. The first step is to get to know yourself to see if you share the personality traits which make math teachers successful. The next step is doing networking to meet and talk to and possibly shadow math teachers to see if this is something that you really want to do, as a career area could look much different on the inside than it looks from the outside.
Ken recommends the following next steps: