Teach High School History in Tennessee?

Question

I will graduate next year with a degree in History. What else would I need to do to teach at the high school level in tennessee?

Answer 1

I taught Geography..and the procedure is the same.
You'll need a teaching certificate, you'll get a temporary license..but you'll have to take classes while you teach. If you can work them in as you finish your degree you'll be one step ahead of the game.
Start early on finding a job..you'll have more choices.
First year problems you might run into: Teaching classes out of your subject area (I had to teach history..when my degree was geography, because they lump them together under social studies.) The more different classes you teach the more prep time you need and the first year is hard without making it harder.
I'd look into programs that let you teach 1/2 time and take classes for license..I've seen this around and I think it's a great idea.
I was awake 24/7 trying to teach full time, and take 6 graduate credits for license (I started late in the year and couldn't do 3/3 or summer classes) I don't know how people do it!

Try a program that lets you student teach before you get really committed then you'll know if you really like it. I understand why they have degrees in teaching now and not just the subject matter. The subject is really secondary..you have to like kids first.

As for content..your text, teaching objectives and subject matter are selected by the state to provide continuity to those students that move or transfer. Of course you can bring a new perspective on things, especially if you get AP or something, but in Social Studies at this level...forming ideas of citizenship are more important than getting contraversial I think.

Answer 2

Some classes on teaching theories and methods will be necessary to get your teacher's certificate. If you can coach a sport you will be more marketable. It is true that some schools will let you teach while you work towards your certificate or you can get it before you finish college so you won't have to try to teach and study at the same time. I agree, the first year is hard enough without adding anything to it.

Answer 3

Offer differring views than those of mainstream, if you want them to have the full picture. Edify the "conspiracy freaks". Do we have the truth behind any major event in American history, especially in the last hundred years? It does not seem so to me. Will you get fired if you hint that we may not have landed on the moon, or that 9/11 was not the work of Al Qaida? Because I've found, long after school, that I was given a very one sided story.

Answer 4

You'll need a teaching certificate to teach in a public school. Talk to your counselor or academic dean about the requirements. You will also need additional training. Good luck and congratulations!

Answer 5

I would say be certified... you also might want to take some courses for "teaching" or becoming a teacher.

certifications vary from state to state and some are transferrable.

check into it with the placement people at the college you attend, they should be able to help.

Answer 6

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