How to become a teacher???

thepicardythird · Post by **thepicardythird** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 5:14 am

Hello,
My name is Stephanie. I live in Wilsonville, Oregon, and have a few questions regarding getting a teaching degree.

My husband and I have to travel quite a bit for his job. I will be receiving my AS degree in a few months.

Looking at the way things are going, I want to prepare myself with a teaching degree in case I need to teach my children in home school.

Because we are gone often, I cannot go to a University, and would need to earn a degree if possible, online.

Does anyone have ANY information that would help me attain an accredited Teaching (BA or Certification degree)???
Any info would be truly appreciated!!!

Thank you!!!

Stephanie

Celeste · Post by **Celeste** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 7:18 am

Stephanie-

There are many institutions that do distance ed- try phoenix university online. They may have some courses that suit your needs. As far as I know, it is impossible to attain a true public school teaching certificate without doing a practicum. You should pose this question on one of the message boards at www.teachers.net

williamdcsub · Post by **williamdcsub** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 5:50 am

Stephanie,

If I were in your place, I would talk to any friends you might have who are actually teachers and home schoolers. Home schooling does not require a teaching credential to teach. I think that you will find jumping through all the hoops to get credentialed practically irrlevant for teaching your children.

Home schooling is a lot of fun, and worth the investment if you can stick to the discipline required.

Have fun.

theresa · Post by **theresa** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 1:59 pm

İ agree with William. You need to get hold of the relevant curriculum for your childrens ages and then the text books. İts not as hard as you think - İ know quite a few people who do that. Even on the net there are lots of sites and downloadable resources. For the British system its poss to walk into a specialised bookshop and just buy the books.
The major problem that you may encounter is separating the roles of mother and teacher. You will need lots of patience and above all dont push the kids too hard. You can organise your own timetable but keep it as fixed as possible to give the kids a routine. İn fact it wont take up as much time a day as school and you will learn a lot yourself.
You can do it!

LauraR · Post by **LauraR** » Sat May 28, 2005 11:08 pm

In California you have to complete the CTAP level 1 proficiency requirements.

Which I am currently doing.

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Stefanie · Post by **Stefanie** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 10:25 am

You might want to look into other certificates as well, possibly a Montessori degree. I was looking into that one as a correspondence course with a London institute but there are programs in Canada/ USA as well. This would probably give you a different view from what you learned when attending school.

I am a teacher in Elementary school and I use textbooks in German (native tongue) and math only half of the time. I don't use any textbook in science but prepare units from different books on each subject because the textbooks never go into enough detail and science doesn't happen in textbooks.

I can also suggest you to ask a friend who teaches your children's age or the local schools for advice and talk with them about the curriculum.

Home schooling is not allowed in Germany so I have no experience with that.

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