Looking for a New Job? Check Out the Best Places to Teach

While many comprehensive lists analyzing the best states and cities to teach in look merely at salary, as teachers you know there are so many more components to a good teaching job than just that. Check out Education World's list of what different cities have to offer teachers.

1. Innovation: San Francisco, California

Although San Francisco can be a costly city to live in, it's at the forefront of making major changes to benefit the learning of its students. If you're looking to be in an innovative environment, the San Francisco Unified School District could be the place for you. This year, it voted to require computer science classes to be taken all grade levels in the district. The mandate will be required for early learners, too, and is likely to be a move that will teach and harness computer skills in students.

2. Financial Stability: Columbus, Ohio

When looking at overall opportunity for financial stability, a 2014 report from National Council on Teacher Quality revealed Columbus, Ohio to be the best for teachers.

"'[K]nowing how much money a teacher is going to make over the course of 30 years is valuable in planning for a career and family, and the prospect of an attractive long-term earnings trajectory could help bring high quality teachers to a district,'" Nancy Waymack, managing director for district policy at the National Council on Teacher Quality, to Quartz.com. 

Columbus, Ohio, is that place.

3. School Funding: Wyoming

Many states (See: Pennsylvania) have a hard allocating money to its public schools and therefore the lack of funding can cause teachers to not have the materials they need or require them to purchase supplies themselves. Wyoming ranks as having one of the best funded public school systems in the country.

According to a WalletHub analysis last year, Wyoming is the best state for teachers in the nation.

"[In its study] Wyoming took the top spot, likely due to its high annual salary for teachers, high spending on public schools, and low student-teacher ratio. Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Massachusetts, and Virginia rounded out the top five," according to Education Week. 

4. Most Diverse: Austin, Texas

Consistently ranked as one of the best places to live, Austin, Texas is also ranked as one of the best places to teach. Says the Teaching.Monster.com, the city is a "hotbed for university professors, lobbyists, aspiring rock musicians, techies, and workers, Austin is by far the most eclectic and progressively-styled region in Texas." 

It's also one of the fastest growing cities in the country and readily has opportunities available in the Austin Independent School District, which servers over 78,000 students.

5. Student-Teacher Ratio: Florida

Because Florida has passed laws limiting class sizes, the state is a good place for teachers to go to in order to ensure they will not be overwhelmed with too large of class sizes.

According to NPR, "As of the 2010-2011 school year, the maximum number of students in each core class are:

• 18 students in prekindergarten through grade 3
• 22 students in grades 4 through 8
• 25 students in grades 9 through 12

Compiled by Nicole Gorman, Education World Contributor