I read in the paper that teachers were needed in the inner city schools in Baltimore. I have BA in history and Minor in Political Science and would be getting my MA in Education (religious education) to be exact, but would like to give something back to the community before teaching in Private religious schools.
I do not have educational degree right now, because the decision to teach came to me recently after I met a high school kid who could not tell me how many senators we have, how many states we have (he told me 52). He came from Baltimore inner city schools.
So, before I would like to teach in Religious private schools I would really like to teach in the Baltimore inner city schools until I finish with my MA in Religious Education (and then give inner city schools couple of more years, before easing myself into religious education)
Any help that you would provide me I would greatly appreciate. Please serious answers only. Because I truly would like to teach for the Baltimore inner city school system.
2007-01-29 10:40:19 · 4 answers · asked by MaxNHL 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Most states have an alternative licensing program, for people in your situation. It is possible to get a teaching license without a teaching degree, although it might require you to take a class or too. I would suggest going to the Maryland Dept of Ed website and looking there for starters. http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE
If you are intent on teaching in inner city schools, I would highly suggest that you take a class or have a plethera of ideas for classroom management! Good luck!!
2007-01-29 12:08:39 · answer #1 · answered by queenrakle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look into the Teach for America program. It is a program aimed at getting motivated and educated teachers to commit to teaching 2 years in an inner-city or rural school with high teacher attrition rates. You go through an intensive training program over the summer, which struggling schools recognize in lieu of a license for those 2 years. If you decide to stay in the classroom beyond those 2 years, then you would have to earn your license. It is an incredible program with much more support for new teachers than anything else I have ever seen or been a part of. I am pretty sure there is a TFA site in Baltimore.
2007-01-30 15:41:28 · answer #2 · answered by coffeelover 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can become a substitute teacher. With No Child Left Behind and Title I Funds at stake, you have to have a License. If you are so concerned, why not go take the certification exam? If you ever got tired of the lower pay of religious schools, you'd have something else to fall back on. If not that, you can be a Substitute teacher.
2007-01-29 10:46:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be a lunch lady and teach the kids things as you give them food. You can ask them questions and if they get them wrong they dont get any food, that will motivate them to learn.
2007-01-29 10:45:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋