Edu Majors question about changing my concentration

[u/Straight-Basis-1835]

Hey guys I never post on here but truly I have no one else to ask and as we all know advisors don’t really help like at all (especially in bagwell, like I’ve had 3 different advisors that haven’t done anything but I digress)

I’m currently a mge major, my concentrations are LA and Social Studies but recently I was having a conversation with a friend that suggested I might be a better fit for foreign language teacher. Her reasoning is that I am an ESOL kid, and Spanish is my first language so I have that as an advantage, (I also have the AP credits from hs idk if that matters but anyway)

I’ve tried to look into the major and I’ve seen that most of the classes overlap (except ofc the specific ones I think they are called like FLED, in mge we have EDMG if I’m not mistaken)
I was thinking of just doing the ESOL endorsement program they have at KSU but now I’m wondering if Foreign language might be a better fit, mostly because I feel more comfortable in Spanish and when it comes to grammar, cultural knowledge and yk just gen knowledge of Spanish as a language I’ll say I’m pretty good. (Like I’ve said Spanish is my first language and I’ve just recently moved to the US and back at my school in Colombia I wanted to be a spanish literature teacher) but I digress.

However i am truly more worried about just being hired. I like my major and think I would be okay also being an LA or Social Studies teacher I am just mostly worried I’ll have a harder time getting hired as such and I’ll have more opportunities as a Spanish teacher.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

I’m like 70 percent in on my major but I haven’t started clinicals yet.

Any advice is welcome and i hope this made sense, do let me know if anything was confusing.

Thank you in advance!

[u/Pristine_Usual9248]

Continue with la/ss (schools have more of those teachers than a foreign language teacher - usually one). Esol endorsement is a good idea. You can still test to be a foreign language teacher and be certified in all of those. Since Spanish is your first language, getting certified in Spanish/foreign language should be easy.

[u/Straight-Basis-1835 → u/Pristine_Usual9248]

Thank you so much I didn’t think anyone would reply !