| People choose a career in teaching for many | | | | through middle school, you would get a degree in |
| different reasons, and if you are thinking of getting | | | | elementary education; for high school you should get |
| into teaching, you will have reasons of your Own. | | | | a degree in the subject which you would most enjoy |
| You might be a pushover for kids; you might think | | | | teaching. |
| that a mind is a terrible thing to waste; you might | | | | 3. Do some research on the teacher certification |
| love the academic life; or you just might not have a | | | | requirements for the state in which you'll be teaching. |
| burning desire to do anything in particular and | | | | While all states now require that their public school |
| teaching seems like the easiest way to go. | | | | teachers have bachelor's degrees, not all states have |
| Every reason for becoming a teacher--with the | | | | the same teacher certification standards, and some |
| exception of the last, because you will be in for a | | | | of them will even let you qualify for a teaching |
| rude awakening if you really think teaching is easy--is | | | | credential after you have begun your teaching career. |
| as worthy as every other, but all of them should be | | | | 4. While you are an undergraduate studying for your |
| rooted in an unbridled enthusiasm for being allowed to | | | | bachelor's degree, work as a teacher's assistant or, if |
| participate in the emotional and intellectual maturing of | | | | you can swing it, a substitute teacher. There is |
| others. | | | | nothing like classroom experience to give you a very |
| If you know you have that unbridled enthusiasm, | | | | clear understanding of what teaching entails and |
| there are some suggestions which will get you | | | | whether or not it is the career you've been imagining |
| started on your way: | | | | it to be. And the experience will look great on your |
| 1. Just in case your unbridled enthusiasm is more a | | | | resume. For more info see on Teaching Abroad. |
| product of you imagination than your real-world | | | | 5. Teaching jobs can, in spite of what you may have |
| experience, start taking every opportunity you can | | | | heard, be hard to come by, especially in some |
| to work with children. Hire on at a summer camp; be | | | | well-funded school districts. You will find your college's |
| the neighborhood babysitter; be a public pool | | | | campus career counseling service invaluable in helping |
| lifeguard; help with the local Brownie or Campfire Girl | | | | you do job searches for teaching positions and |
| troop. Try to spend time with kids of different ages, | | | | hooking you up with school districts conducting |
| so you'll find the group for which you have the best | | | | interviews. |
| affinity. | | | | So if you desire to begin teaching abroad, these are |
| 2. After you know the age group with which your | | | | the two programs that you have to undergo. Today, |
| style is most effective, you'll have a better idea of | | | | you can get the respective certifications of these |
| whether you should concentrate on elementary or | | | | programs from accredited university sites holding |
| secondary education. To teach any age group | | | | accredited home study program. |