Why I Chose Special Education

I have a Master of Arts in Education with an emphasis in Special Education K-12 comprehensive. This means that I can work with severe to profound disabilities. My undergraduate degree is in Psychology and I have experience in social work. I have often wondered if I could go into business for myself using my degrees and if so how. I have had trouble finding employment using my degrees, so I decided to add a second masters degree in business and still hope that one day I can go into business for myself and not have to work for a school system.

If I were to open a business today it would be an employment agency that helped people with college degrees find full time positions. We had a company similar to this before I was in college and they have …show more content…
Some of the company's pay the employment agency the placement fee, while the new hire has to pay a certain percentage of their first year salary if the employer does not cover the fee. This was a business that catered to people with college degrees from Associate degrees all the way up to doctorate degrees. Employers have told me that I am over qualified to work for them or assume that because of my education that I would leave them if something else came along. I don't get any chances ever since I got my first masters degree. Sometimes I leave it off my resume all together. Schools won't hire me because I do not have prior teaching experience. I graduated from a local accredited school and had several hours in the classroom that were requirements for courses and to complete my degree, yet the school systems tell me come back when I have experience. How will I ever get experience if no one hires me to begin with? At times I feel like my first masters is useless and just an expensive piece of paper. Lately I have began to wonder how many people are in my situation and I wonder what they do to find meaningful employment using their experience and education. I would do this in the main town closest to me which would be