What does it takes to be a secondary school teacher?
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college degree and/or teaching certificate. verys from state to state.
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Go to college to be a teacher. Teach computers. Teachers are badly needed. And you will have a 20 year career at least.
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Every state has their own requirements for getting a teaching certificate.  The most common method is through a bachelor's degree from an accredited university.  That is the most widely accepted requirement for being hired by most school districts as well.\n\nSome states have alternative programs for getting a certificate.  Areas with teacher shortages will have more options.  Usually these alternative programs are meant to help out the districts with the biggest teacher shortage problems (which are often the least desireable school districts to work in).  \n\nFor more information, try searching for your state's department of education web page.  They will describe the process through something like "routes to liscensing," or "alternative credentialing," or some similar phrasing.\n\nEven with alternative options, the most thorough and professional way to get a certificate is through college.  That will also be how most districts base your sallary -- the number of credits you have.  College is the best option -- try it -- you may really like it!
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You will need to check if your qualification is recognised in the country in which you want to work.  (England and Wales have the same, while N. Ireland and Scotland each  have a different system.)  If it is not recognised you will need to qualify there, which typically takes one year at university.\n\nIf your qualification is OK, then just apply for jobs as normal - phone and ask for an application form, fill it in, and send it back!\n\nThe most comprehensive source of teaching jobs is the TES (Times Educational Supplement): their website is www.tesjobs.co.uk\nIt also has advice on working in the UK for those who haven't before.\n\nBest of luck.
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You should study teaching.
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It is important that you have an interest or a passion to become a primary school teacher, if not then i think its not worth it. You can only progress in your job if you have an interest otherwise you will be gutted that you ever took on the job.
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Go to the department of education for your state and look up the requirements.  With a master's, you can teach at a community college.  \n\nIf you want to teach K-12 you need a teaching credential.  If you didn't major in education and want to teach, you can do an Alternative Teaching Certificate Program.  These are acclerated programs for working adults, they give you all the coursework you need to become certified.  You can also do that kind of program through your school district IF you are hired for a teaching job.  You can't do it through your district unless you are hired.  \n\nIt's a confusing process, isn't it?  Start with your DOE website, though.  Good luck!
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I have two suggestions:\n\n1.  Contact your local school system and ask what qualifications they require.  In my county, we hire lateral entry teachers, in other words, folks who have a college degree and want to change occupations.\n\n2.  Contact the nearest university, and speak to an admissions counselor.  They'll have the most up-to-date information on the courses you'll need to take, and what your prospects are of getting hired.\n\nGood luck!
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Most any university should have a education progam.  It does depend on what area and grade level you want to teach.  If you want to do secondary (high or middle school) or elementary.  I had a friend that transferred from Texas to the Universtiy of Denver and she is a teacher.  If I am remembering correctely to get certification as a teacher in secondary education you pick what subject you want to teach, make that your major, and then minor in education.  I think she said it was the same as in Texas, but I have know clue about elementary ed.  Hope this helps.
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Each state is different to become certified as a teacher.  Most states require a four year college education; however, several states now require five years of college to be a teacher.  Although states are different in what would exclude one from being a teacher, I believe they are unanimous in that a felony on your record will prevent you from teaching.
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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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If you mean teach ESL in high school, then a teaching degree with an ESL specialization is needed.
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Certified teachers are now required by every state, thanks to No Child Left Behind.  You can check out your state's Deptarment of Education website for the specifics on what is required.  Most are:\na 4 year bachelor's degree in education\na fingerprint clearance check\nbe able to pass a teaching test
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There's two routes.  You can either do a B Ed degree or, if you have a degree already, do the PGCE (1 year long).  \n\nThe days of being able to enter the profession without a degree are gone - although, frankly, why on earth one needs to have studied Beowulf to teach kids to read is beyond me.\n\nSupplementary - Yep although you may be well advised to check on the current level of demand for teachers in that age group - a couple of years ago alot of people were coming out of training only to find it difficult to find jobs.
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It depends on what you want to teach and where.  If you are a professor or a university lecturer, technical or vocational school instructor, or college instructor, the rules are much different, and you could quite likely teach in Canada.  Each university or school has its own criteria, depending on their needs, curricula, etc., and you would have to check them out individually.\n\nHowever, if you want to teach in elementary or high school in Canada, it is quite differnt.  You need to have your UK qualifications evaluated to determine where you would fit in Canadian certification.  This is different for each province, so you would need to submit your transcripts, UK teaching credentials, certificate of good conduct from your police, and possibly other documents to the specific Department or Ministry of Education of the province or territory you are interested in.  Most provinces in Canada now require two degrees to teach in elementary and secondary schools - an undergraduate degree in some "teachable" subject area (math, English, French, music, history, etc.) plus a teaching degree.  I have friends with UK credentials who did not have university degrees and they had difficulty getting certification to teach in Canada.\n\nWhile teachers in Canada are certified by provincial Minsitries or Departemtns of Education, they are hired by individual school boards and school districts.  Each  province and trerritory has several different boards or districts.\n\nIf you are willing to go to an area of Canada where there are teacher shortages, especially in some specific subject areas (mostly French, special education, math, technology) there may be special allowances.  These areas are mostly isolated rural areas.\n\nIf you have any specialist teaching certificate, such as additional qualifications in guidance, counseling, assessment, music, physical education, technology, special education, French, educational psychology, speech langauge pathology, administration, it will be much easier for you to gert a job.  There are always vacancies in those areas.\n\nThere is a procedure that must be followed in most provinces before hiring teachers internationally.  The school district must show they have exhausted the possibilities of hiring locally, provincially, and nationally.  However, if you are a landed immigrant the rules are pretty much the same for you as for Canadians.\n\nGo to the wesite http://www.educationcanada.com/ and you will see what teaching positions are currently advertised in Canada.  This includes only those positions employers choose to list on this website of course.  But it will also give you information about school districts, contact names and e-mail addrsses, etc.  At any given time many other teaching positions are being advertised in local papers.\n\nAlso do an Internet search to get to the websites of each provincial government and go to their ministries or departments of education.  Most of them list criteria for teacher certification and will give you contact names and numbers. Additionally, do a search for each provincial teacher association/union and you will probably see the current collective agreements, salary scales, etc.\n\nGood luck with it.  There are lots of opportunities in Canada.  Teachers are paid much better in Canada than in the US for example.  YOu will probably just have to do a bit of legwork and research to see where you could fit in the Canadian system.
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Yes.\n\n- You have to get a degree (and in some instances a masters).\n- You have to be licenced.\n- You have to attend seminars and courses (which surprisingly are referred to as professional development).\n- Paid a salary, not hourly (hence no overtime).\n- Lastly, like any skilled job, the longer you do it the better you become and the more you can see how others would struggle were they to fill your shoes for a day.\n\nWhat does it matter what others think - I'm ignorant at times too. Regardless of how worldly our experiences they are still finite, so we have altered perspectives. Also, teaching has the distintion of requiring personal character (or what others state as being a calling) - for you can be smart/knowledgeable and still be a poor teacher. So it is a profession that involves a basis of knowledge being built on those receptive to assisting, caring and taking an interest in others.
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Well, my school has Teaching Academy, which requires you to take special classes from sophomore year of high school until senior year, and when you go to college, the district pays for your college education, and in return for that, they are reqired to teach in the district for at least 2 years.\nThat's the closest thing I can think of.