Sunday 10 November 2013

If You Want To Be A Teacher Check This Out

By George Dodson


So, you want to become a teacher.

Some our earliest recollections are of the teachers we had over the years. In those years they may well have been our best friends. Getting away from some of them couldnt come sooner. Reading stories to you was done by some teachers. More made you learn the Constitution opening or the Gettysburg Address. Learning to read was a skill leaned from an early teacher probably. A special group is teachers. Now you are considering becoming one. What is the preparation for this? What do you do to learn to become a teacher?

Initially you need to decide what grade appeals to you? Would you be interested in younger students or older ones? Make sure you select a group the group which you are happy with as you will be together for a long time. As with everything you will want to do your best.

Consider carefully your choice of subject as well. What you like and your own skills is what you should look at. Doing the same thing day after day, takes commitment and dedication. You will keep getting better if you are doing something you love and are passionate about. Your teaching will have passion and keep improving if you are teaching something you love. You will demonstrate your interest and passion with subjects that you are passionate about. Your students will pick up this passion and share it with you. That is especially true if it is a subject they must have, such as math or English.

Youre going to need a Bachelors in the major area you intend t teach. Biology, English or math would be included here. Particular attention will be needed on those subjects, the ones approved by the state boards. This is very important as you will need to pass exams of certification. You will want to pursue those electives that enhance your area of interest as well.

Teaching is such a rewarding vocation because you are helping to form young minds as you share you passion. Seeing them grow right before your eyes is especially rewarding. You helped them get there. You were part of the students growth.

If you pay attention to the items listed above, you will be ready to enter this wonderful world of instructing and forming young minds for the future. You will also get the satisfaction that you had a big part in developing them. Knowing too that the way you expressed your skills benefited others can be great to look back at. Developing your teaching skills through your education is a great item to have when completing application forms for teaching jobs.




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