How difficult is it to pass the american boards for teachers?
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I didn't take that test. I think the test I took was called the NTE, but I don't remember exactly. It has been 15 years and I've been teaching outside the US for the last 11 years. However, I remember that the test was very easy. If you do well on standardized tests and can write fairly well, you will do fine. \n\nI did have friends who took the test several times and never passed, but they had always had trouble with tests. \n\nGood luck to you.
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You need to pass the illinois state board exam...
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try www.fldoe.com.   on that website, look at the left side and click on educators.  \n\nyou didn't say what you have your bachelors in but in order to get your teaching certificate in Florida, you need to pass the general knowledge test, the professional knowledge exam, and the subject area exam.  The subject area exam is a test you take that proves you know what you are teaching.  for example, there is the K-6 test that any elementary teacher needs to pass.  \n\nbefore any principal will give an interview, you need to have passed the subject area exam.  They will  give you a year to complete the other two exams.\n\nGood luck and try not to become frustrated.  I went through the process and lived to tell about it!  :)
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I have a degree + teaching certificate.  I need to know what questions you have difficulty with.  Examples please.
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http://www.answers.com/web%20site%20for%20Teachers%20Assistants%20certification%20status%3F
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Most schools in the United States require you to be certified to teach a certain subject as well as a grade level.  In order to obtain this certification, you must first decide which state you would like to teach in and take that state's required test.  For example, some state require a test called the Praxis, while mine requires the "Texes".  Sometimes there may be more than one test required.  Start by contacting a major city's school district/system and ask for their requirements in your situation, and go from there.  Good luck!
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I worked as a professional in an exam board for 25 years. They are not easier, just different. They now test more skills and fewer facts - often referred to as 'test and forget'. Skills set a student up for life, facts set him/her up for the exam day itself. On a different point, making them harder will do no good at all as the best students do not score full marks (or anywhere near) as it is. If the top students are getting marks around 70% and the median is around 50%, all that making them harder will do is bring that range down, it won't affect the grades. If people want fewer A and B grades then the exams can be left alone and the proportion of these grades reduced - but that will deny good A students the grade they should have had and would have had if they had taken the exam a few years earlier. And THAT is tinkering with the standards.
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no, if you can pass the test
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...a difficult problem in this period\nof "no child left behind" when curriculums\nare dictated and the test results is all\nthat matters.  Challenging them to do \nbetter on the tests?  Challenging them to\nsucceed in life?  ...a big difference.\nStudents must be made to realize that the\nchoice to succeed is theirs to be made and\nwhat they are learning is relevant to their\nworld now and in years to come.  Your own\nenthusiasm and efforts to inspire will go a\nlong way.  Good luck; with society the way\nit is, you have a lot to overcome, but \ncontinue to do whatever you can to be part\nof the answer.
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There is a website you can go to for practice.  Its \nhttp://www.cbest.nesinc.com/CA_viewPT_opener.asp\nhttp://www.testprepreview.com/cbest_practice.htm\nI took the CBEST a couple of years ago and I didn't think it was that bad.  Math was always my strong subject and it was a lot of logic and trial and error.  Since English is my second language, I scored 2 points above the minimum required to pass.  If you don't pass it the first time remember that you can always go back and retake the section you did not pass.  To prepare for it I tried taking the practice tests online (just to get an idea of the type of questions it would ask).  The booklet that has the registration info also comes with sample questions and you can even buy a book filled with sample tests.  I only tried doing one of them.  I think its was a lot easier than the SAT's but like I said I learned another language first so the SATs were very hard for me.  \nGood luck with the test and remember, just relax the day before.  The best thing you can do the day before is get a good night' sleep.
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I am not familiar with PA requirements, but I think you might find what you need at this site.\n\nhttp://www.teaching.state.pa.us/teaching/site/default.asp
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I don't think that test is going to be easy in any state, but some time that requirements are different.  Study hard and you will pass.  Try the Becker CPA review, if you are having problems.
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If you want to go the traditional route you would need a 4 year degree in teaching  and a teacher's certificate to be able to teach in the public school system.\n\nAnother route is to get National Board Certified. It is, I think, somewhat similar to getting the 4 year degree but I think it is more intense, but again I'm not sure.\n\nEither  way you would need to "prove" yourself by taking a national test, PRAXIS II, pass and complete the necessary courses to be  able to teach.
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There is a website for Mass Dept of Ed.  This was found there.  There is much more info there.  The first source is the page with the requirements found below.  The second is where that page was linked from.  The third source is the general Mass. Dept of Ed site, you can go to "Educator Services" and get to some other resources.\n\n    \n(2) Requirements for Teacher Licensure.\n\n    (a) Preliminary. This is available only for licenses under 603 CMR 7.04 (3) (a)\n\n   1. Possession of a bachelor's degree.\n   2. Passing score on the Communication and Literacy Skills test.\n   3. Passing score on the subject matter knowledge test(s) appropriate to the license sought, based on the subject matter knowledge requirements set forth in 603 CMR 7.06, where available.\n   4. Competency Review for candidates seeking the following licenses:\n         1. Teacher of students with moderate disabilities, teacher of students with severe disabilities, teacher of the deaf and hard-of-hearing, and teacher of the visually impaired.\n         2. Fields for which there is no subject matter knowledge test available.\n   5. Additional requirements for the early childhood, elementary, teacher of students with moderate disabilities, and teacher of the visually impaired licenses:\n         1. Seminars or courses that address teaching these populations:\n               1. Reading\n               2. English language arts\n               3. Mathematics\n         2. Seminars or courses on ways to prepare and maintain students with disabilities for general classrooms; for example, use of strategies for learning and of behavioral management principles.\n         3. Passing score on the Foundations of Reading test.\n   6. Additional requirements for the teacher of students with severe disabilities license:\n         1. Seminars or courses that address teaching this population:\n               1. Reading\n               2. English language arts\n               3. Mathematics\n         2. Seminars or courses on ways to prepare and maintain students with disabilities for general classrooms; for example, use of strategies for learning and of behavioral management principles.\n   7. Additional requirements for the teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing license:\n         1. Seminars or courses that address teaching this population:\n               1. Reading\n               2. English language arts\n               3. Mathematics\n         2. Seminars or courses on ways to prepare and maintain students with disabilities for general classrooms; for example, use of strategies for learning and of behavioral management principles.\n         3. Passing score on either a test of the teaching of reading to deaf and hard-of-hearing students approved by the Department, when available, or the Foundations of Reading test.\n   8. Evidence of sound moral character.
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you can't.......part of the test is "hands on" to pass
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American History is a tough subject ... you know requiring you to think for yourself...study...memorize...listen to teachers drone on and on. I truely have faith you can do your own home work though.
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Has your district instituted the HOUSSE process? If you teach 2 or more core subjects, the "highly qualified" regular ed teachers can form a committee, observe you, review your lesson plans, and confirm your "highly qualified" status. I'm surprised by the posts here that there are special ed teachers not going through the HOUSSE.\n\nOn the other hand, NCLB is horrific (minimal funding, demanding 100% of all kids reading at grade level without consideration for outside interference like low SES, disabilities, ELL, etc., and blaming all failure on the teachers and schools, such as attendance rates, discipline rates, etc.).  Blech.