Do you love education and already have an educational master's degree or graduate experience? You can increase your marketability and educational skill base by completing a post master's certificate in education. These programs are made for those who are ready to go beyond a master's degree and specialize in a specific part field of education.
An education post master's certificate generally takes less time to complete then a normal graduate degree. It also allows students to specialize in specific parts of the field of education and not all of them are involved with teaching children in kindergarten through 12th grade. Some of these specialty areas include administration of special education, adult and continuing education, continuing education and teaching, art teacher education, teacher business education, chemistry teacher education, reading endorsement, bilingual and multilingual education, and many others. Many of these specialties are dependent on the state where you live. If you already teach in a public school system, some of these endorsements will increase your licensing status. If you don't already have a state teaching license, it will be required to use some of these certifications in the public school system. However, some states make special allowances when teachers already have an advanced degree.
Careers Available for Education Post Master's Certificate Holders
Graduates from an education post master's certificate program often want to become school administrators or principals. So, they will often specialize in a school administrative program. School administrators and principals can make excellent salaries. According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2008, elementary school principals had average salaries around $85,000 annually, middle school principals had average salaries around $91,000, and senior high school principals had average salaries around $97,000 annually.
Some individuals with this certification go into adult education and may teach in a college or trade school situation. For example, those going into adult education bilingual training had average salaries of around $22.00 per hour in 2008. Those going into post secondary vocational training had average wages of around $19.00 per hour in 2003.
In the field of education, educators possessing at least a master's degree and training beyond it had average salaries around $51,000 annually. After 25 years of teaching, the average wages of such an educator would be around $69,000 annually, according to Top Education Degrees. The great news is that with a post master's certificate, students can specialize in a huge variety of careers that all involve the fabulous world of education and teaching.
