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Non-Traditional Teacher Licensure for former tech ppl

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Lifer
Anyone looked into licensing as a teacher as a career alternative rather than trying to continue with tech employment?

For fun, I went and took the praxis I and II test and passed both (they were a breeze). There are a few other things I would have to do, but it seems pretty simple where I'm at.

Any thoughts on this? Anyone else do this?
 
My friend's quitting his job at IBM to go back to school in order to ultimately try and be a professor. I personally wouldn't do it, but he thinks he would enjoy teaching much more, so I say more power to him.
 
What you are required to do will depend on the State that you live in. I have my teaching license through a non-traditional teaching progam.

What state are you in?
 
I got all the requirements down. I've done the background checks, the requiste praxis tests, everything.

All I have to do now is pay 500$ for the cost of the summer classes.

I was more interested in thoughts on what going this route is like. . . How hard is it to learn to teach, etc?
 
I have been exploring this here in Virginia and from what I have found out so far since you have already passed the Praxis series all you would need to do is get a provisional license from the state. You can then start working as a teacher and have 3 years to complete the required night classes to get your teaching certificate. Of course it differs state to state so your best bet would be to check the school system webpage in the places you want to teach.
 
It is a challenging job to say the least.

That being said, I think that teachers that go through a non-traditional program make better teachers. Personally, I taught chemistry and physics. I found that the subject matter was easy since my degree is in a related field. I could concentrate on the teaching portion of the job, and I didn't have to spend a lot of time on studying myself. Most of the science teachers im my school had much more difficulty preparing lessons. The classes that they made us take in the summer concentrated on what you really needed to know.

I was lucky... I was in the last program year before the required the praxis III. I wouldn't want to have to do that.
 
How tough would the Praxis 1 and 2 be for someone that has been out working for 15-20 years? I know for a fact if it gets into things like diagramming sentences I would have trouble with it since I last did that stuff back in 1970.
 
It does not get into diagramming sentences...

The praxis I is a joke in my opinion. Praxis II is a specialty test. The difficulty of that test will depend on your field. I had to get back to the books for a bit for some of the Physics stuff. The chemistry was a breeze though since that was my field.
 
my brother in law did this career switching thing a few years ago.. 4 or 5 years ago now I guess. he was a market research/ marketing MBA type guy had worked for the blues for years, pretty much always hated it. now he teaches high school marketing (and asst. coaches football). very much happier.

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My BS is in Geology but I have been working in the computer/networking field for my entire career. I figure I could go either way since both fields are critical needs areas for teaching here.
 
Originally posted by: Linflas
My BS is in Geology but I have been working in the computer/networking field for my entire career. I figure I could go either way since both fields are critical needs areas for teaching here.
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I know systems and network admins in the US Geological Survey.... mabye you'd find a good career there :beer:
 
Originally posted by: acemcmac
Originally posted by: Linflas
My BS is in Geology but I have been working in the computer/networking field for my entire career. I figure I could go either way since both fields are critical needs areas for teaching here.
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I know systems and network admins in the US Geological Survey.... mabye you'd find a good career there :beer:
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I have never been able to figure out how to get through the Fed's hiring maze. We lived behind the USGS building in Reston back when we were first married and I did try to get a job with them back right after I graduated but was missing 1 class they required for entry level geologists.
 
Originally posted by: Linflas
Originally posted by: acemcmac
Originally posted by: Linflas
My BS is in Geology but I have been working in the computer/networking field for my entire career. I figure I could go either way since both fields are critical needs areas for teaching here.
Click to expand...

I know systems and network admins in the US Geological Survey.... mabye you'd find a good career there :beer:
Click to expand...

I have never been able to figure out how to get through the Fed's hiring maze. We lived behind the USGS building in Reston back when we were first married and I did try to get a job with them back right after I graduated but was missing 1 class they required for entry level geologists.
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Try it again now,they have streamlined it 'somewhat'. . .
 
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