When going to college for elementary education, how necessary it is to attend a better college? Does it affect how good of a school you can teach at or do they simply look at your scores?
2007-02-12 03:43:30 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
If you're looking to teach in the public schools, as long as you have the credentials, that's what matters. There is little attention paid to WHICH school you went to.
That said, if you don't have the right certificates or if you attended an unaccredited program, you MIGHT be turned away.
2007-02-12 03:52:01 · answer #1 · answered by Jay 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not necessarily important where you get an Associates Degree (2yrs) but where you receive your Bachelors or a Masters is.
I know many people in my High School Graduating class went to a community college. But Just as many went to a 4yr state University.
I am assuming that your intended major is Elementary Education?
There are many other factors to deciding where to attend college besides major, that can change. I've switched my major twice and my minor twice.
If you can get into a 4yr University and you have the funds to pay for it go. But a community college is a lower cost alternative.
In my experience grades count for more than what institution you went to. Unless it's Harvard, or another highly ranked school.
But don't have your final degree from a community college, transfer to a university. You will have more opportunities.
2007-02-12 04:01:26 · answer #2 · answered by Emily M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody cares if you have a teaching degree from a huge, major, expensive university, versus going to a community college and then a small university. That's true in public education, anyway. Here, it doesn't matter if you went all four years at the University of Texas, or went to a small, less well-known school. As long as you graduated with good grades, that's all that matters.
Anyway, it would takes years longer to pay back student loans from a huge, expensive university on a teacher's salary.
2007-02-12 04:57:52 · answer #3 · answered by Jack 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They look at everything. you can go to a comminity for the first couple of years and see if you like teaching. Then transfer for 2 years to a university. Dont do online. Schools do matter. If you were a principle at a HS and were choosing between someone who went to Iliinois State and someone who went to Notre Dame, you would probably go for Notre Dame. I work at a high school by the way. So get into the best school you can. But for money wise, i would go to a comminity college for the first to years to see if you like it. Kids change their major all the time, so dont waste 15gs a year until you know what you want. Good Luck.
2007-02-12 03:53:25 · answer #4 · answered by dave k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on what your overall goal would be, either it is to finish quickly or it is to receive a balanced knowledge of these subjects because they will be necessary in your future schooling. All in all if you really do not need these subjects for the career, you choose, don't waist your time trying to get too much from it.
2007-02-12 03:54:50 · answer #5 · answered by Rey 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scores and backround!you want a well known college on your resume...not joe schmos school of teaching.don't do on line, it lokks really bad.a local communtiy college sounds like the ticket
2007-02-12 03:52:31 · answer #6 · answered by the man 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋