Harvard Extension School

[cookderosa]

maybe you can tell us more Miss Jennifer when you get the time please? and what will YOU do with the alm degree?

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LOL...sorry to disappoint, but it's totally for personal enrichment. I've been a chef instructor/hospitality instructor for the same community college for 17 years (gulp) now, so I needed a little excitement in my life hilarious I have (literally) given the same lectures for 34 semesters straight LOL.

That said, since I left the insane job of "cheffing" to homeschool my kiddos, teaching part time is a perfect life for me. I am committed to homeschool first and foremost and enjoy the flexibility to just going over to the college 2 nights per week. However, when the time comes that I return to the college full time (I used to be the department head) I will be eligible for a higher pay scale. Adjunct (part time) teachers don't earn any more money with higher degrees, so no financial incentives at that level.

I have considered numerous other options now that I have a bachelor's degree (and hoping for a masters). Some of them are related to food, some are out in left field. As you know, you can't be a clinical psychologist without a PhD, and quite honestly, I wouldn't be good at that job I'm a bit of a "cowboy-up" personality. So, if this is my stepping stone to PhD work, it will probably be at my local B&M university in Higher Education Administration. I enjoy helping students/advising/etc. and I feel very comfortable in the community college. I do a lot of freelance for my school- I write curriculum (have over 30 RA classes running now) and will be the one who starts putting our dept classes online soon. I'd like to be a division dean, but if I decide to go off in a new direction, I would pursue becoming a Certified Nurse Midwife. How's that for a shocker?

So, probably not the definitive answer you were looking for.
Oh, and my professor still hasn't graded my term paper from hell, if I fail, I'm going to rethink everything- my final exam is Tuesday and I'm shaking in my boots. I have already paid for next semester (Statistics) and have arrangements for doing my first residency in Cambridge THIS summer! On this schedule, I'll be done with classes and slated to start my thesis by this time next year- being totally done late 2010.

P.S. It's Mrs.