Hi folks.
It's been a long time since I've posted here AND it feels like ages since I left high school. Eight years, yikes.
Some of you may remember me, some of you might not, but since I left school and these forums I've completed a Diploma of Journalism and Bachelor of Arts majoring in Communications through Macleay College and Southern Cross University. I've worked in the media industry but after two years realized I hated my job and wanted to do something more fulfilling. For the past two and a half years I've been working at a high school in Sydney's inner west as a teacher's aide, mainly in the areas of English and History. I took this on full-time this year as I no longer live at home and cannot be without a job to support myself.
However, I do not want to be a teacher's aide (as much as I love it) for the rest of my life and I do want to take up full-time high school teaching. I'm looking at returning to university to complete my Dip Ed but I have no idea where to start, which universities to consider, what I'll need to do etc...if anyone has done something similar (that is, gone back to university later in life), I'd be grateful for any advice and direction you can give me!
Loz
It's been a long time since I've posted here AND it feels like ages since I left high school. Eight years, yikes.
Some of you may remember me, some of you might not, but since I left school and these forums I've completed a Diploma of Journalism and Bachelor of Arts majoring in Communications through Macleay College and Southern Cross University. I've worked in the media industry but after two years realized I hated my job and wanted to do something more fulfilling. For the past two and a half years I've been working at a high school in Sydney's inner west as a teacher's aide, mainly in the areas of English and History. I took this on full-time this year as I no longer live at home and cannot be without a job to support myself.
However, I do not want to be a teacher's aide (as much as I love it) for the rest of my life and I do want to take up full-time high school teaching. I'm looking at returning to university to complete my Dip Ed but I have no idea where to start, which universities to consider, what I'll need to do etc...if anyone has done something similar (that is, gone back to university later in life), I'd be grateful for any advice and direction you can give me!
Loz