Is there a way to become a teacher without going to school for 4 years?

Question

Is there a program to speed up the process? or a test?

Answer 1

If you have a college degree in something besides Education, you can enter a fifth year Master's program, essentially shortening the Education degree to one year. But no public school would hire a teacher, even temporarily, without a four-year college degree.

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Cheers,
Bruce

Answer 2

Unfortunately not, which is a travesty since there are many people who are specialists in their field, and would make wonderful teachers.

A teacher certification does not a teacher make, it only lets others know that they jumped through the hoops to get a piece of paper saying they can teach.

If you truly have a heart, and passion for teaching, take the time to go through the classes, and then go, and be the best teacher you can be; good luck.

Addition:
purple_heart0128, Most importantly at the high school level, if NCLB requires teachers to be highly qualified then such teachers should be subject specialist in the fields that they are going to be teaching; meaning having had several years of work experience in that field rather than passing a test on the subject.

How many teachers, teaching right now are subject specialists, and would therefore be considered "highly qualified"?

Are most math, especially physics teachers engineers?
Is the Psychology teacher a practicing Ph.D.?
Is the Anatomy and Physiology teacher trained in the medical field, or has he/she gone to medical school?
See what I mean?
If you are going to get paid to be the expert, than you also need to be one.

Answer 3

It depends on the country (or state in the US) that you live in, and the age of the children you want to teach. In some places it is possible get a job as a teacher's aide, and do additional studies to get a teacher's degree, as long as you have a certain amount of hours per week working with kids. It's still a lot of studying though, and will still take 2-4 years.

Also, in some places you do not need a teaching degree to work with pre-schoolers, but you will be required to take a certain amount of training before you start, and log extra training hours each year.

Check with your local ISD if you are in the US, or your local education authority outside. I know the teacher's aide upgrade program is available in the UK.

Answer 4

You must have a Bachelor's degree. If you take summer school (full time) each summer, you might be able to finish a semester early. If you do not go through a university educator prep program, you can graduate earlier, but then you MUST be accepted into an alternative certification program to get a teaching job. You must take tests to get your certification, but you will need your university endorsement to take it before you graduate.

The best way to make it easier to get a job when you graduate is to go through an ed prep program and have your tests taken (and passed!) before graduation. NCLB requires teachers to be "highly qualified", meaning they have taken the required coursework and passed the necessary tests. You must have at least a BS (or BA), then you must take the tests!

Answer 5

yes.... there are schools that are faster..... but there not traditional schools and they cost alot of money.... like university of phoenix ... im not sure if they have an education program.... but they do have degrees.. u can get a bachelors degree in 2 years or so.... you wont be able to teach public schools but since u have a degree u can teach a private school....i had teachers that just had a bachelors degree...

but it depends on the requirement of ur state... here if its a private school as long as u have bachelors degree u may teach...

so ur answer is ....maybe if u get a bachelors degree in accelerated program and then go teach at a private school...
(if ur state allows it)
hope this helps other than that..

u can tech pre school ..... if u consider that teaching...

Answer 6

You can clep(test) out of some classes. Check with your local college to see what classes you can test out of. Some private schools will allow you to teach without a degree. Some counties will also allow you to substitute teach without a degree. Of course, substitute teachers do not make what a certified teacher can make. Maybe try a preschool.

Answer 7

Sorry no, you need a 4-year degree. If you take classes in the summer, you can make it in 2 and a half. Also, you may not need to major in education; a lot of school districts have "Alternative Certification for Educators" if you have a degree in a non-educational field. Good luck to you!

Answer 8

Honestly, that is NOT who I would want as a teacher for my child (if my kids were still kids - they are adults now). Learning to teach is not just about "getting along with kids well" -- there's a LOT more to it. Sounds like your heart isn't in it -- a rush teaching degree??? That's insane. You have to have a LOT of psychology AND SOME LAW behind you -- it's not that easy. Things aren't the way they used to be even and even years ago it wasn't an easy job. I don't care how "smart" you are. That is a serious job.

Answer 9

You can substitute teach, but if you want to be a "real" teacher you will need to eventually become certified. Different states have different laws, but they ALL begin with a 4 Yr degree.

Answer 10

if there became, wouldnt that basically undermine all the different instructors accessible who preserved and have been given the finished 4 years of training and are certainly official? might that not undermine the finished profession as something every physique can do which might then reason their gross sales to drop to an excellent decrease quantity than it already is? definite, you may certainly take a try in maximum states to grow to be qualified in that state to coach specific age communities/matters.and definite, this undermines official instructors and the profession as an entire. thank you to decide for contributing to that as you enter the coaching field your self.