What jobs can an anthropologist major find, outside of teaching?

Where can I find good teaching jobs without having to get certified in different states and retain my benefits

• I retired from Texas public school teaching this year, but I need to re-enter the teaching field full time. I can't teach in the public school system unless I lay out a year of teaching (subbing) and then only in a teacher shortage area. Private schools generally don't make the larger salary as public schools and I need the finances. I'm thinking about teaching on a military base and/or overseas. Perhaps even teaching in our prison systems. I would appreciate any information you would have to offer.

• Answer:

  While this may not answer all of your concerns, It appears to me that you are apprehensive about getting certified in another state, so please let me offer the following: When I retired from teaching I simply wrote to (State Office of Public Education, etc.) two of the states (Oklahoma and Alabama) I thought I would relocate to. The certification process was quite simple and "pain free." They issued temporary certificates, good for two years in one and five in another) with the requirement that I complete 2 required undergraduate college courses before the time my temporary certificate would expire. Had I decided to take advantage of my "temp" certificates I could have taught in any of their public schools for the limited time allowed without taking the required courses. Or, I could have completed the required courses in one summer and have earned the proper certification so that I could have continued to teach for as long as I may have wished to. As for benefits, I would have retained (and received) the retirement benifits from the state in which I had last taught but I would have to start anew to rebuild tenure, retirement and sick leave benefits in the new location. The positive side of this is that after 5 years in the new state I would have become "vested" in that state's teacher retirement system, thereby enabling me to eventuially draw retirement checks from two states when I once again "retired." As it turned out, I entered another field (outside of education) in another state and became "vested" in that state's retirement system. Prison systems would definately not be my personal choice and military systems, while probably just fine, would possibly mean the loss and gain of students throughout the school year due to the "transciency" of the parents. Not a good situation for teachers or students. Hope this helps.