Being a High School Teacher: How?

CollegeKid
Sat, 08 Aug 2009 03:56:47 +0000

I had some questions regarding becoming a high school teacher.

If you have a undergraduate degree in a specific area of study (perhaps that you wish to teach) like math, biology, chemistry, etc. Then what else do you need? Say specifically for NY (though hoping other states are similar or that it wouldn’t be too bad to teach in another state).

I’ve heard that you need just a teacher prep program and to take some exams? How long is the program? And what about the exams?

Now, what about your masters? Do you need to get a formal education in teaching? Like a masters of arts in teaching. Or is the preparation course and exam for certification enough? And if you can simply get the job outta undergrad after passing some certification tests… you’d then get your masters while working, and I’m assuming the school you work at pays for it?

Any other further information I could get would be great. Thanks!