How can I get through to an administrator to be interviewed & hired as a special education teacher?

Answer 1

Now, this is one of the scariest questions I have ever seen.

I cannot believe that you would have a teaching degree, and just don't know yet what it takes to be a teacher.... Therefore I am answering this based on the idea that you are NOT in a teacher prep program.

You don't just walk up to an administrator and ask for an interview.

Since you probably haven't started a college teacher prep program, here's the breakdown of what it takes to get that job you're asking about...

1. You must complete at least a 4-year college degree, with a specialization in special education. To be admitted to that program, most colleges now have competitive enterance to their teacher preparation programs... you must pass pre-service tests like the Praxis, and submit a portfolio for review.

Once admitted, you must learn general teaching methods, materials and how to use them (curriculum), types of disabilities and methods to help students with different disabilities learn effectively, classroom management, psychology, human developmental levels, core subject knowledge (literature, writing, math, science, social studies, arts/music), special education and regular education law, writing goals and objectives, lesson plans, and IEP content, and so on.

2. You must spend time officially observing classrooms and doing some light participation in lessons and classroom management (practicums). You must spend an entire semester running a classroom under a master teacher's guidance (student teaching).

3. If you are wise, while you are getting your degree, you are also getting practical experience in the classroom working as an Educational Assistant or Substitute Teacher.

4. You must pass state teacher competency tests in general knowledge, basic academic skills, professional knowledge, and knowledge of your speciality area or subject(s).

5. You must pass local, state, and federal background checks.

6. You must complete your licensure paperwork and have it accepted by the state in which you want to work. Your teacher preparation program will usually help you with submitting your paperwork.

7. After you have finished your teaching degree, passed your competency exams, and gotten your license, then you will go through interviews with the various districts you may want to work for as set up through your college's educators' job fair, student teaching contacts, and other pathways you will know about after you are done with your pre-service training. If you are competent in your interviews, and have good letters of recommendation from professors and from your student teaching cooperating teacher and administrators, someone will hire you.

So how do you get an administrator to notice you and agree to an interview? Your first step is going to your nearest teacher preparation college program and applying for admission. Good luck!

Answer 2

If you not smart enough to apply properly, your not smart enough to be a teacher! Sorry but that's the was it is!