want to become teacher and have no college education yet, im a substitute right now. what do i need to do assoc. or bachekors-please help all and any advise welcomed. know of good online school will help too.
2007-12-05 14:11:03 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
If you're teaching early childhood (daycare etc...) in a non-certified position then an associates will do fine. Since you could use a little work on your writing skills, the associates may indeed be the way to go.
If you want to teach K-12 in most public school systems, you'll need a bachelor's degree with a major in education designed for teacher certification in your state.
There are very few online initial teacher certification programs because of the required student teaching and classroom observation sections. You could do the online route for your first couple years of general education but your local community/technical college is probably a better route to prepare you for the bachelor's level courses.
If you do decide to go with online courses, pick somewhere with a solid reputation such as Louisiana State, Brigham Young, UMass, UFlorida, Florida State, or even Harvard for just the general education courses and then transfer those to the resident 4-year college of your choice.
Be aware though - online courses from a real college are harder than the same course in the classroom.
2007-12-05 14:21:56 · answer #1 · answered by CoachT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You get an associate's degree at community college, which is 2 years.
You get a bachelor's degree at a 4 year college or university.
If you want to be a teacher, I think you have to go to a 4 year college to get a bachelor's degree, but I'm not sure.
2007-12-05 22:22:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if your a substitute i hope u don't teach my kids.WHAT A Q
2007-12-05 22:16:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋