I am starting college but I am not sure if I should stuy to be a teacher or Social worker?

Question

I am starting college but I am not sure if I should stuy to be a teacher or Social worker?

Answer 1

Social work is a much broader field than teaching, with many more options and possibilities.  You might also consider working as a social worker in a school context either as a social worker or any number of programs that put social workers in the schools.

If you do your BSW in an accredited BSW program you can do your MSW in one year.  So contrary to what one poster said you can get to your MSW in five years.  To get to a similar level of training with an MA in education can take 6-7 years.

DA

Answer 2

Both are incredibly high intensive work environments with incredibly low pay.  Take a bunch of classes, figure out what works for you and what you love and go from there.

Answer 3

depends on how much you want to go to school for.... to be a social worker, you will have to go for at least 6 years, to get your masters degree, then you could work in a school setting if you wanted, its very difficult work and the pay isn't great at all, and with the mental health system the way it is right now, it's taking it's toll on social workers aslo, and the availability of jobs....

With teaching, you will always have job security, you only technically have to go for 4 years, to get your degree... and although the pay isn't that great, if your school system does good on testing, then you will get incentive bonuses....

So really you need to think about all the pro's and con's of each, look at the program requirements, talk to one of your former high school teachers, and then contact DSS and try to speak w/ a social worker about their job, see which best suits you, it all depends on you and what you want to do....