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There are a number of major cities like DC,Phily, Chicago, New Orleans have Teaching Fellows/Intern programs where previous education coursework is not required. Typically, you would be employed as a classroom teacher in a shortage area like math,science,special education while taking classes to become certified.
if you're willing to work in a shortage area (academic and/or geographic), you can teach in CA right now, with just your BA, as long as you concurrently enroll in a university or district-based credential program designed for working teachers. the "emergency credential," which used to allow one to teach while working toward a credential at the leisurely pace of 6 units per year, has been replaced by a 2-year "internship credential" to speed things up a bit, and bring closer to NCLB compliance those schools that must rely on non-credentialed teachers.
Thanks. I know for a while after the emergency credential left they were trying to say you had to have a credential before working, but I thought they had lifted that and come up with something. Now an internship credential. Interesting.
ESL is a HUGE shortfall area just about in every major city, and definitely in CA. If you are willing to teach it, you are in.
Dawn (who wants to head back West asap.)
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if you're willing to work in a shortage area (academic and/or geographic), you can teach in CA right now, with just your BA, as long as you concurrently enroll in a university or district-based credential program designed for working teachers. the "emergency credential," which used to allow one to teach while working toward a credential at the leisurely pace of 6 units per year, has been replaced by a 2-year "internship credential" to speed things up a bit, and bring closer to NCLB compliance those schools that must rely on non-credentialed teachers.
Thanks. I know for a while after the emergency credential left they were trying to say you had to have a credential before working, but I thought they had lifted that and come up with something. Now an internship credential. Interesting.
ESL is a HUGE shortfall area just about in every major city, and definitely in CA. If you are willing to teach it, you are in.
Dawn (who wants to head back West asap.)
i taught for four years on an emergency credential. i completed 21 units toward my credential before i left the profession. years later, i decided to go back and finish, so i had to get an internship credential in order to work as a teacher again. (i left after three months, but that's another story.) CA still has "emergency permits" available, but i think those are to allow non-specialists to teach special ed and english-learners. of course, some schools have nothing but english-learners, but that, too, is another story!
If you can, go to a teacher recruitment fair. I went to one in Montana (where I'm originally from) and was offered 5 different jobs. I chose one in AZ, in a small but friendly town near Tucson. I got a sign-on bonus and all the mentoring I needed for the first two years. AZ is a great place to live and work if you can stand the heat!
I worked in one of those schools for 16.5 years! I loved every minute of it. I would go back in a heartbeat if DH would agree to go back, but CA has pretty much priced itself out of the market for housing and unless it comes back down to at least 2002 prices, we probably won't move back.
Dawn
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Originally Posted by katenik
i taught for four years on an emergency credential. i completed 21 units toward my credential before i left the profession. years later, i decided to go back and finish, so i had to get an internship credential in order to work as a teacher again. (i left after three months, but that's another story.) CA still has "emergency permits" available, but i think those are to allow non-specialists to teach special ed and english-learners. of course, some schools have nothing but english-learners, but that, too, is another story!
There are a number of states that do offer alternative licensure programs. If NC happens to be on your list of states in which to consider teaching, send me a PM.
If you are seeking alternative licensure, the districts are going to make sure you have enough credits to qualify for the license to teach. Be prepared to contact your undergraduate school for some syllabi to prove that you learned what they want you to know for qualification purposes....I've known this to happen!
A few years ago, before I entered the field, I had looked into these Teaching Fellows/alternative licensure programs all over the country. Many of them are in or near urban school districts. South Carolina offers an alternative licensure program, too, but you'd have to teach in some of the more rural districts and/or districts with lower test scores. These are the districts that are having trouble finding teachers. I know that the states of Georgia and Virginia also have similar programs. And I almost flew out to Texas to interview for a program called Texas Teaching Fellows. If I would've gone for it, I was shooting to teach in the Metroplex.
So there are ways to get in. You'll have to take classes and do various things to get full certification, but time flies by so quickly, it won't even seem that long
"I have done much research on this. Your best bet would be North and South Carolina along with Arizona. These three states are in great need of teachers and I have saw art teachers listed also."
I agree with that.South Carolina and those areas have more chances for teachers!
Interestingly, you may find states that have the strict requirements will have shortages. In Massachusetts, they require a Masters degree & that you pass steps for certification, including an exam. My wife went through this a few years ago. These rules were adopted several years ago, and they gave people amnesty to meet the requirements. However, many don't make it and/or leave voluntarily, so there seems to be openings, expecially in math, science and special education. There was a program where the state would pay for your degree at a state university in math or science in exchange for four years of service teaching at a public school. I do not know if that program still exists.
Good luck!
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