I'm looking at alternate routes to become a teacher since I've been in the work force for a few years and my degree wasn't in education. But all the programs I've found require 2.5 undergrad gpas. Is there any hope for someone like me.
2007-05-23 15:29:55 · 5 answers · asked by Brown Suga 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
If there is a will there is a way. Do not let your past performance let you down and do not hover over your past. Go and meet the universities and ask to meet the people in charge personally, it shows initiative. Sell your achievements since you graduated and show them that you have turned yourself around. You have to display confidence and show that you got over your bad performance.
I have a friend who did not have a good GPA in undergraduate school but he wrote a very nice letter expalaining his bad performance, " he happened to be a student in a war torn area and it was difficult to study under those circumstances". He was accepted to do a masters degree in Cornell university "and that is an ivy league i must add". Nobody is perfect, everyone makes mistakes, but successful people are the ones who can learn from their mistakes and not dwell on them.
If you REALLY want to do this with all your heart, you will not let your past performance be an excuse to letting you from moving forward, and you will do wahtever it takes.
Focus on the GOAL you want to achieve and do not quit. You might fail a few times, but DO NOT QUIT till you achieve it.
Having gone to the website and checked out the requirements of the university does not constitute doing everything that you could do. That is not good enough. You will be surprised how people can be nice and want to help, so contact people from university directly and ask what you could do. Apply, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Remember that happiness is not an absence of problems, but an ability to deal with them,
And remember that whatever God wants to happen will happen, you just have to do your part.
I hope that helps.
2007-05-24 01:24:30 · answer #1 · answered by swd 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There's hope, but you'll have to pull up your grades to make it. If you want to teach, you have to show in-depth knowledge of the subject. That means better grades.
Get a copy of the curriculum for the college or university you want to attend, for the major you want to teach. Then get a copy of your transcript, find the classes that transfer, and find the ones that you did poorly in. Take those classes over, and study *hard* for them to improve that grade.
There's a shortage of teachers out there, and it's going to get worse. If you're good at it, you won't lack for a job.
But you've got to be good at it, and that starts with those college classes.
2007-05-23 15:36:59 · answer #2 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably not, my state requires you have a min. 2.75. My sophormore year in college I missed the cut of by .01 to join the teaching department. I wish it was 2.5 in my state.
2007-05-23 16:07:39 · answer #3 · answered by Answer Girl 2007 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why not?
Go to the administraton bldg and ask to speak to the superintendant to see how you go about getting certified.
Ask the expert.
Good luck.
2007-05-23 15:36:12 · answer #4 · answered by Barry auh2o 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah , retake some of the classes you did not have good grades in . this should help your gpa
2007-05-23 15:38:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋