Job Outlook
Many of our students receive their first job offer from the school where they do their teaching internship, and the New York City Department of Education recruits on campus at the end of each semester. There are also many opportunities in New York City to work for nonprofit international agencies that employ educators.
Career Opportunities
Our program in social studies education prepares you for teaching
secondary school social studies anywhere in the United States or overseas.
To qualify for provisional or initial certification in New York and most other
states, you take the National Teachers Examination after graduation. Our program
also provides excellent preparation if you wish to work in other positions
related to social studies education, such as textbook editor in publishing
or a curriculum developer in an educational agency.
Following is a small sampling of the positions obtained by recent graduates:
- Secondary school teacher at, for example, Hunter College High School, Stuyvesant High School, Norman Thomas High School, and Brooklyn Technical High School
- Educational filmmaker on an Australian aborigine project
- Consultant on social studies curriculum materials
- Congressional aide on education issues
- Guidance counselor, Cleveland Board of Education