While every state has its own legislated requirements for teaching
credentials qualification, all of them, under the No Child Left Behind
Act, require their public school teachers to have bachelor's degrees.
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They also require teaching candidates to have
completed a specific number of teaching courses, have supervised
teaching or student teaching classroom experience, and to pass various
state teaching credentials exams. The exams will depend on the teaching
credentials for which the candidates want to qualify.
The
available credentials qualify teachers to teach the early childhood,
elementary, and middle grades; those wanting to teach grades seven
through twelve will need secondary education subjects teaching
credentials. Teachers who wish to teach a single subject, like music or
art--usually for all grades from kindergarten through high school--can
qualify for a special subject teaching credentials.
Elementary School Credentials
The
teaching credentials for those at the elementary school level, from
grades one to six, are based more on general knowledge of several
subjects; middle and secondary school teaching credentials are given to
those who have an in-depth knowledge of one or two subjects and will
teach them exclusively.
Secondary School Credentials
Those
who are planning on a career in secondary education can prepare to
qualify for their teaching credentials either by majoring in education
and minoring in the subject which they want to teach, or majoring in the
subject they intend to teach and minoring in education.
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Charter And Private School Requirements
Although
Charter Schools, technically, are public institutions, each of them is
run by a board of trustees who have the final say on the qualifications
required for its teachers.
There are states which do not require
their Charter School teacher to have teaching credentials, while others
hold their Charter Schools to the same certification standards as their
traditional public schools.
Private schools, on the other hand,
are not required have a credentialed faculty, and some of them will
still hire those without teaching credentials as a way to save on staff
salaries. The best way to determine the policy of the private schools in
your area is to contact each one directly.
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