Advice needed- Graduate Program for teaching

[cptdilbert]

Thank you all for the time and advice!

txnicole: I am currently teaching Computers in CC's Adult Ed programs and would prefer to stay in that area, so IT or IT/Business is my preference. I currently live in NY.

I had looked at WGU, but then read some opinions that CCs might not like a degree from there, so decided to look for an opinion. I appreciate the time you put in to give me all these options - I most definitely will research each one of them.

Bolded the important part. I taught for workforce development and adult education through community colleges for over six years.

They are absolutely not college courses. There is generally zero educational requirements attached. In fact, I taught for six years without a degree. I even did summer science and computer science camps for kids with no degree at a community college.

If you are planning to focus on the professional development and adult education side, you should work with the community colleges you want to partner with and learn what they look for in instructors since it can be all over the place. In general, most of my courses came from my willingness to develop new courses to meet a need and then deliver them.

Now, if you want to teach college courses, like COMP SCI 101 as a full-time job, I'd highly consider looking into a Ph.D. over a master degree. Academia, including CCs, care about credentials. You will have a much easier time getting to an actual full-time faculty position with a Ph.D.