What advice would you have for someone about to start a Masters degree program for Elementary Education?

If you don't have one already, get a teaching job and get them to pay part of your tuition. They will hire you at a cheaper cost, pay for tuition, and when you finish, you will move up to a higher step on the salary scale. Win-win!





As far as your graduate studies, you have to know yourself. Are you the kind of person who wants to push straight through with no breaks for summers? Or do you need your breaks and don't mind working at a slower pace and learning subjects more indepth? People can really burn out in graduate studies. Know when to burn the midnight oil and when to go have fun. Balance in everything is important. Eat right, get plenty of sleep, have time for fun (when you can!), and stay focused on your studies. Let nothing and no one keep you from reaching your goal.What advice would you have for someone about to start a Masters degree program for Elementary Education?
Consider very carefully if what you really want (or need) to study at the graduate level is education and not a specific subject content area.





Education is an interesting field of study for those who want to put in that sort of work on an MEd but reality is that an MEd and an MA and an MS and an MBA and a.... in most places all provide the same pay when your occupation is public school teacher.





I know several people who are now working on the second master's because education isn't really what they wanted to study - they just thought they had to because they're teachers.