How would I find out about becoming a community college instructor?

Question

I have a law degree and a real estate broker's license and I would like to teach classes at the community college level, such as Real Estate Principles, Business Law, etc.

How would I find out about becominga junior college instructor? Any websites that can point me in the right direction?

I am also willing to teach online distance learning classes....

Answer 1

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Steven is completely wrong. To teach at the college level, you do NOT need a degree in education, although if you have never taught anything at all before, it might be seen as a disadvantage. I would start by looking at the websites of your local community colleges. I happen to know that it is extremely hard to get business law teaching - an awful lot of attorneys would like to do some teaching - but it can't hurt to submit your resume, and these things are usually listed on the website.

As to teaching elsewhere, again, most schools I know of have some sort of mechanism for gathering resumes on their websites. You could also contact the department chair of the appropriate areas and express an interest.

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Thank you very much!

Answer 2

Hey. Although you you have a degree in law, that isn't enough for them, sorry. You can be one of the best in the country in your field, but you still need to go to school for teaching.

My suggestion would be that you should find or stick to any career you have in your field and head back to college on the side to get a bachelor's in education and get your teaching license. It usually takes about 5 years to get into teaching, seeing as not only do you need to go to 4 years of college for it, but you need 1 year of student teaching.

However, it'd most likely be fewer years for you, seeing as you've already gone to college. I mean, you've already passed your core courses.