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Firefighter career change, need help navigating |
Posted by: SquirrelOnfire55 - 09-03-2024, 05:04 AM - Forum: Degree Planning Advice
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Hi! I am a firefighter turned stay at home mom a few years ago and I am looking for the fastest path to a Bachelor's degree so I can qualify as a substitute teacher in my town. There is a severe shortage of teachers and especially substitutes so I want to help. I have searched through the forums and looked at most of the schools suggested, but I still feel lost. I found a youtube video about degree hacking, and challenging classes and whatnot but I assume they'll want a fortune to tell me information I can find elsewhere. I could use some help figuring out if my associates degree will transfer to any pathway that I can complete quickly. I was thinking maybe a liberal arts degree would be easier than fire management, but I don't know if my degree can transfer to anything non-fire related. Many of you seem to have a plethora of information so I am hoping someone can help point me in the right direction.
Your Location: California, USA
Your Age: 39
What kind of degree do you want?: A Bachelors degree, in any major if I can do it quickly. I have an AS in fire technology and one class away from an AS in fire science (which I’m taking right now), but I left the fire department to raise our kids so I’m not committed to an EMS pathway anymore.
Bottom line up front: I’m looking for the fastest Bachelors I can get, in any major, so I can become a substitute teacher because we have a terrible shortage in my area, and they desperately need help. I have a lot of experience teaching and coaching, so it is within my skill set and I’d enjoy doing it. If its possible to turn my 115+ California community college credits and fire department and non-profit work experience into a quick path to a BS/BA then that would be my goal, with an emphasis on speed over all other factors.
If there isn’t a different major that will be faster, then my goal would be sticking to the fire administration/organizational leadership/public administration type pathway and cost and ease of schedule would probably be more important than speed. (although I have raging ADHD and lose interest quickly so the faster the better lol)
The ability to transfer to a masters, or possibly pursue a teaching credential later would be a factor worth considering, but not a deal breaker.
Current Regional Accredited Credits:
Posted as a comment due to word limit is my course list from a California Community College, totaling about 119 units/credits and at least one associates degree and 2 certificates. The classes at the end were offered by my department, through the college, for units/credits but with credit/no credit grading only. I have another 2 dozen classes that I didn’t get college credits for but are all certified by California State Fire Training, NIMS, NIFC, FEMA, or another agency. I also have another 8 credits (give or take) for a pre-paramedic course that I took at another school but I don't have access to the transcripts from there to verify right now.
Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: none. But I have many NIFC, FEMA, and NIMS classes if they count.
Any certifications or military experience?: Fire Technology Certificate, Emergency Medical Provider certificate, NREMT-B license, California State Fire Marshal FF1 cert, CSFM Driver Operator cert.
Budget: I don’t really have one, speed and ease is my priority. I’ll pay more if I can do something easy and fast, but under $10k would be cool and wouldn’t want to spend more than, say, $50k?
Commitments: 4 kids + husband and puppy. (so, 6 kids?) I work from home about 20-30 hours a week plus some volunteer commitments, but my time is flexible and I can adjust.
Dedicated time to study: I can devote on average 4-6 hours a day on weekdays, and 8-12 hours on most weekends for at least a few months. If I’m looking at a longer program, I’d have to scale those back a bit (especially during baseball season)
Timeline: ASAP. For the “fastest path to a BA/BS so I can be a substitute teacher” route I’m really looking for something I could complete in months, or less than a year at most. If that isn’t going to be possible, then my path would be some kind of leadership or public administration major and my timeline would be about 2 years max.
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: None.
Thank you in advance for any help!
Here is my course list:
Psychology of Adjustment 3.00 A
Soccer I 0.50 A
Creative Writing 3.00 B
Reading and Composition: Beg. 3.00 B
Descriptive Astronomy 3.00 C
Native People of North America 3.00 A
U.S. - 1877 to Present 3.00 B
Intro to Human Communication 3.00 B
World Religions/Spirituality 3.00 B
Statistics 4.00 B
Elementary Piano 1.50 D
Medical Terminology 3.00 B
Conceptual Physical Science 3.00 C
General Psychology 3.00 B
Soccer I 0.50 A
Soccer II 0.50 C
Firefighter I Academy 15.00 A
Confined Space 0.50 A
Intro to Fire Tech 3.00 A
Fire Prevention Technology 3.00 A
Bldg Construction 3.00 A
EMT Training 7.00 A
Medical Spanish 3.00 A
Driver/Operator Training 1A 1.00 A
Driver Operator Training 1B 1.00 A
Fire Behavior and Combustion 3.00 B
Fire Protection Equipment Systems In progress 3.00
Elevator Rescue 0.50 Credit
Hazardous Materials Full FRO 1.00 Credit
ICS 200 1.00 Credit
Rapid Intervention Crew Tactic 1.00 Credit
Management I 2.00 Credit
S-290 Intermed. Wildland Fire 1.50 credit
Command 1A 2.00 Credit
S-212 Wildland Power Saws 0.50 credit
Hazardous Materials 1.00 Credit
Low Angle Rope Rescue 2.00 Credit
Work Experience in Fire Tech 8.00 Credit
First Responder and CPR 3.00 Credit
Work Experience in Ems 4.00 credit
CAL FIRE Firefighter I Returnee 1.00 Credit
CAL FIRE FireFighter 1 Training 4.00 Credit
Firefighter Training 2.00 credit
Firefighter Training 2.00 credit
Total:119.00
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UMPI BA Project Management |
Posted by: Billyjoe2308 - 09-02-2024, 12:44 PM - Forum: Degree Planning Advice
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Hello all, I applied to UMPI a few days ago and sent in some transcripts to have evaluated so that I knew what classes I would need to finish.I was talking to a friend about it and he told me to look on here to get any help I needed. I was planning to transfer what I already have that they will accept and then do anything else that I could on Sophia or Study.com or whatever the best course was.
I was looking on here and I see that it says not to apply until you have all the classes that you want to transfer done. So did I mess up by applying already? If so what is the best next step?
Hopefully I can still do what I can on Sophia and everything else.
Thank you for the help.
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Which school has the most integrity when it comes to the program |
Posted by: MondoCat - 09-01-2024, 07:16 PM - Forum: General "Big 3", B&M colleges, and other colleges
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Ive heard a lot of nightmare stories of teachers not showing up, of syllabuses not matching what is due, etc, and i experienced it in one IRL "online" class where the teacher was not even a real teacher, and changed the assignement requirements AFTER it was due, and other misc bs.
Which online schools have integrity, where the teacher shows up, knows their stuff, makes everything very clear, has assignments, grades them fairly, move on with our life?
I dont have the time and patience to be writing to the Dean about a teacher gone rogue.
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Help with BA of Psych (likely Excelsior) |
Posted by: misterl - 09-01-2024, 04:50 PM - Forum: Degree Planning Advice
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Hi everyone! Late 40's student looking to finally get my degree...
I am trying to use CLEP exams to get as close as possible to a BA in Psychology (my intention is then to proceed to another university to get a masters). My understanding is currently Excelsior accepts more CLEP exams than TESU or COSU, so that might be the way to go.
Can someone help me figure out which university is the best choice and also which CLEP exams I need to take in order to get a Psychology degree? I have gone through the Wiki and the forums, but I'm still not quite clear on exactly which exams to take and how best to move forward.
Thanks in advance for your help!
EDIT: Updated to include pertinent information below:
Your Location: Austin, TX
Your Age: 47
What kind of degree do you want?: Bachelor of psychology
Current Regional Accredited Credits: None
Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: Just completed first CLEP (Analyzing & Interpreting Literature)
Any certifications or military experience?: No
Budget: Flexible, trying to spend as little as possible
Commitments: Just my partner. I'm currently self-employed part-time, work from home, so have plenty of time to study
Dedicated time to study: Flexible, some study most days
Timeline: Trying to obtain Bachelor of Psychology in approximately 1 year.
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: None.
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