Corrections Officer or Teacher? Which is better career?
Which would you choose?
Corrections Officer: Govt benefits, Pension, $40,000 to start, pay goes to 50k, working in a jail with inmates, work on team, may have to work graveyard shifts, 12 hour-4 day weeks, negative, stressful job. And I have to sign a 2 year contract stating that if I quit within 2 years I owe them $20,000 back pay for putting me through the academy.
Teacher: Govt benefits, $36,000 to start, pension, daytime hours.working with middle school kids, fun job, not having to work with co-workers, independent, and creative job.
I have a 4 year college degree. In Corrections I can move up the ladder into other occupations with the county. As a teacher I can only move up into principal position and thats it.
So which is a better career? I can do both easily.
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I would like to remind you that there are more opportunities within the school system than being a principal. You can also move up to be an administrator in the school system. Although it will likely double your salary, you will have to work with adults that behave no better than your students!!!
Keep in mind that you can move up as a teacher other than becoming a principal. You can move into the Department of Education. There are so many positions and many areas within the state’s educational system to choose from.
Go for teaching.
I would say that you have to follow your heart on this one which I think is the corrections officer job. The nice thing is you can always fall back on the teaching job.
read between your own lines..make a decision..but let me tell you, teaching can be just like corrections..nowadays, schools are like babysitters, only you have to deal with teens who are just starting to learn how to use a gun and fight versus grown ups well versed in the art of killing corrections officers..
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