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Science teachers seeking a job are in a very good position wherever they live. Mathematics and the Sciences are key shortage subjects, meaning there are not enough qualified individuals to fill the positions available. In order to address this shortage, many governments and educational establishments provide attractive incentive schemes worldwide.

Science is taught at some level from a very early age in almost all curricula. The splitting away of the three disciplines of biology, physics and chemistry usually happens around age 12 to 14 in a school setting and initially is still taught at some level of combination with the other sciences. This means that the younger the age group you wish to teach, the more general a scientist you will need to be. By the time you are looking at an age group above 16, it is not sufficient to be a Science Teacher but you will need a specialisation such as Biology, Physics or Chemistry. This means that your Science teacher job is most likely to be in a primary or middle school.

In most cases, a Science teacher needs a minimum of two qualifications, a science degree and a teaching qualification. Obviously the higher the level you are teaching, the more advanced your own qualifications need to be. Science teachers can be full time, part time or work for a private tutoring service. They can also have a combination of positions like a part time position in a school as well as tutoring in the evenings, weekends and during school holidays. A Science Teacher’s skills can be combined with other disciplines and involve varying levels of administrative responsibilities, depending on the size of the department and your position within it.

There are many and varied incentive schemes worldwide to try to raise the profile of the more difficult and therefore useful subjects like Mathematics and the Sciences. In Britain, science teachers are greeted with a ‘golden hello’ of several thousand pounds. British University students of the sciences who turn to teaching not only receive this ‘hello’ but also have access to substantial bursaries and grants to encourage a greater entry of qualified young teachers into the Sciences specifically. In the USA, there is a Rural Incentives Scheme which rewards teachers for moving out into rural schools with their skills and expertise. This is in an effort to equalise the quality of the learning experience between urban and rural settings. In London, UK, there is another scheme rewarding ‘Excellent Teachers’ for their work whereas schools offering the International Baccalaureate compete fiercely on the worldwide market for qualified and experienced science and other teachers.

So, now we have established that being a Science Teacher is a good thing, how do you find a job? Well, you first need to decide where you would like to live and look in that location. If you do not particularly care where but really care about the type of job you do, then you may be best registering with one of the hundreds of worldwide teacher job search agencies.