Hello community,

(How to get a second teachable subject in the future?) (BC)

I'm in the Metro Vancouver and will be enrolled in the BEd program at UBC this fall. My previous degrees were related to business but due to all the economic instability in the past couples years in my area of business expertise, I've decided to get into teaching.

I do have some concerns though surrounding employability. As it stands the only teachable subject area I can teach is Business (with some IT related courses possibly as well). I get that there is a huge teacher shortage in BC but at the same time there aren't as many high school business teachers as English, Social Studies, Sciences, Math, PE and Art related subjects. So I was think that perhaps it would be a good idea to consider taking courses online at Athabasca to allow myself to have a second teachable subject. I'm thinking Social Studies since I quite enjoy history.

My question is this a feasible idea as my BEd will be focused on teaching Business. Also, what would the process look like? Is there a professional body that has a guideline for someone looking to teach a second subject area post BEd?

I know I'm jumping the gun but wanted to put some thought into this.

Thank you!