-: To set yourself up to become a teacher,
whether it's tenure track or non-tenure track
on here, on campus.
One, you need to know and understand your particular field.
Whatever your major happens to be,
mine was agricultural economics.
So, farm management, ag finance,
and then personal finance sort of grew out of that.
So you have to have good command of the material.
So I would be looking at, I would recommend, probably,
once you get your bachelor's degree,
you're probably gonna need at least a master's
if you're gonna have a teaching position on campus.
For the tenure track positions, you pretty much need a PhD.
I would recommend taking a couple of communications classes.
I think the better the communicator you are,
if you can read people, if you can read audiences,
if you can talk to the masses.
(laughs)
I think that makes a big difference.
One thing I didn't do, but I'm thinking of doing,
and I think I'd recommend this, is taking an acting course.
I think, because when I'm on stage, in front,
giving a lecture, sometimes you sort of have to be an actor.
And I think that'll make you a little bit more
appealing as a teacher, easier to keep
the audience entertained or engaged.
For a land-grant university,
you can get your foot in the door as an instructor,
coming in and teaching courses,
you're in a non-tenure track position.
You can usually do that with a master's degree.
And what you'll teach there is a lot
of the introductory courses and the mid-level courses.
It's a great way to get in and see
if this is what you want to do or not.
You're gonna have to apply,
you're gonna have to get your foot in the door
with some sort of, probably an instructor position.
Several folks might teach a community college class.
Have a full-time job, but teach an evening class.
Community college is where to get a little experience.
That's never a bad thing.