If you want to be a teacher, don’t do if for the money. Teachers don’t get paid by the hour. Teachers are salaried…but if you want to figure it by the hour, I think I heard one time after all the hours spent on grading and other after hours activities, the pay is around $5.15 and hour. BUT, starting average salary for a teacher with a bachelors is around $30,000.

You have to have a well rounded eduation to receive a bachelor’s degree in ANYTHING. You have to take a little bit of everything. However, of the subject you choose to teach, you have to take the methods class and other classes related to the subject area. If you only want to teacher one subject, then you’ll probably major in secondary (middle/high school level) education. You are talking about a 4-5 year program.

I’m guessing you are trying to avoid high math classes.

As you have been told, the pay is salary which means they tell you a total amount you will make for the year and then split it out over the course of the school year or full year (if that’s an option at the school you will be working at). I have a 26 pay period option so I get checks all summer even though I’m not teaching. In this area, first year teachers at a larger district are making around $32,000/year.

The first two years of college are basic subjects which almost every degree requires–history, math, literature, science, etc. The methods classes you will be taking if you are an elementary teacher are things like, “Math Methods”, “Science Methods”, “Language Arts Methods”, etc. They give you an idea of how to effectively teach that subject to elementary students. I’m in Illinois and I also had classroom management and some basic teaching classes. Before getting my certification, I also had to take three different standardized tests to show I had actually learned something in college. One was a basic skills test which I had to take before being accepted into the teaching program, and the other two were elementary education and teaching methods tests. Two I had to pass in order to graduate from the University. The third I had to pass before getting my certificate. If you teach high school (which is secondary education), you will have to take a lot of classes on the specific subject you will be teaching. I have an elementary education certificate and a science endorsement. That means I took all the education classes which were required as well as 21 hours (7 classes) in science. They were not extremely difficult science classes–it was things like Weather Elements, Oceanography, Astronomy, Biology (it was a class about taking care of the Earth–like an enviromental science). I know they may sound difficult but they were made with elementary teachers in mind so there wasn’t tons of work–brain or paper.

I took a very long time to finish because of working and parenting (12 years) but it was worth it!!! My degree could have been gotten in 4 years if I would have gone full-time instead of part-time.

If you are interested in teaching, pursue it. You will need the first two years of classes for pretty much any major. Try an education class to make sure it’s your passion. If you change your mind, don’t beat yourself up about it. I started as an accounting major. Sometimes it takes a while to truly find your calling.

If the scholarships don’t work out, try the loans. I graduated with loans, but you have time to pay them off and if you teach in certain areas, you may be able to get some of them written off. You can check the website below to see if they can answer some of your questions.

Also, as a teacher, you MUST continue getting an education throughout your career. The classes you take after being certified are usually very specific and help you in your career. You have to keep getting your certificate re-certified and the continue education is part of getting it approved.

Whatever you decide and ultimately do, good luck to you.

1) Many states will give scholarships if you promise to work that state.

2)Teachers are not paid by the hour. You will make a yearly salary. (It’s just depressing if you figure out your pay by the hour)

3) It depends on what you want to teach. Elementary teachers have to know a little bit about everything. Secondary teachers (Middle school and High School) will focus mostly one on content area. When I went to school I had a double major, of English and Education for my secondary degree. Elementary had more required courses for their major, but it was just one major. I also got a minor in History (but I was not qualified to teach Social Studies full time)

4) It depends on the college or university you go to. Lots of universities have 5- year programs where you graduate with your masters (which will mean you will make more when you start to teach). Also with the master’s program, your student teaching tends to be longer.

advice:

Be around kids, because they are the reason WHY you teach. But it will be the adults that make you want to quit, between state testing, parents, other teachers and other fustrations, you really have to LOVE the kids.

Also 50% of all new teachers leave the profession before 5 years. Keep that in mind.

BEST PEICE OF ADVICE:

BE Professional! You aren’t there to be the student’s friend. EVER! You are the adult, act like one.

Good luck.

Salary:

Teachers get paid a salary rather than an hourly wage. Starting teachers usually start at 30 thousand up to about 45 thousand dollars per year. The range is because each district sets their own rate. Large urban districts often pay more to attract teachers in area of need.

College:

To start every teacher needs a BA degree. This is a typical 4 year college degree. On top of this, you’ll need your certification classwork. usually 1-2 additional years. Teachers can be elementary or secondary. secondary teachers usually have their bachelors degree in their subject matter.

When you start looking at colleges, look for the education departments web site, it will tell you all you need to know.

Good luck~!

Teacher salaries are set by each individual school district, so it is difficult to give you a specific figure. They also get paid depending upon their degree and years of service. An average starting salary is about $30,000 (depending on which district you work in) for about 196 days of work a year.

You must have at least a bachelor’s degree (at least 4-5 years of full-time schooling) and in many cases a master’s degree in addition to passing the specific states tests. You must take your general education classes….including math, literature, English, science, and social studies during your first two years of college. In your junior and senior year you take classes specific to your major. You also will spend some time as a student teacher in a classroom as part of your training during which time you will be responsible for teaching the students under the guidance of the cooperating teacher (and no, you do not get paid for these internships–you must pay tuition just like for any other college class).

After you earn your teaching credentials, you will be required, in most states, to continue your education and either take additional college classes or earn professional development points (by attending workshops sponsored by your school district) towards renewing your teaching license/credentials, which you must do every 5 years.

Advice? Work on your spelling and grammar. You will be doing a lot of writing in college and you are expected to use proper spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc.

Teaching is not easy. You not only must deal with a classroom of varied personalities and abilities, but also their parents, the school board, and the federal and state regulations. You are held to a higher standard of behavior than non-teachers, both in and outside of the classroom.

Well, no one goes into teaching for the money. However, the job is very rewarding, there are few evenings / weekends (not like a swing shift job) and summers off (though many of us have work at school, classes, etc.).

Pay is relative for where you live.. I would type the name of your state and “starting teacher’s salary” in yahoo or google. It should tell you. Then again, you have to think that out of my pay comes my mandatory dues to my state and local education association, my health insurance, the social committee and flower fund at school, retirement, etc.

You have to think in terms of “an inch thick and a mile wide” as a teacher. You learn a little of all subjects, but eventually begin to specialize in your “area of concentration.”

I was in college for 5 years pursuing my Bachelor’s and have continued to take hours each semester while working in attaining my Masters.. then on to Doctoral.

Best of luck, if you love working with young people, have a great deal of patience and creativity, and a passion for learning, welcome aboard…

If you want to teach elementary school, usually K-6, then you need to be proficient in multiple subjects like English, science, history and math. If you want to teach in middle school or high school then you just major (four-year degree) in what you want to teach like English, mathematics or Biology. Teacher’s salaries vary from state-to-state and district-to-district, with more money going to scarce teachers like math and science and you also make more money the longer you are teaching. Substitute teachers make around $100 a day, that’s for seven hours. A ball-park national average teacher salary was $47,602 in 2005.

Depending on what state you are from is different. They dont make very much. I am going to be a science teacher. I have heard between 20-40 thousand a year. But that depends on type o school. The only loan or grant that helps is the Perkins loan. Try that.

One, it is scholarships, not chips and two, I find it troubling that your first question (although you phrased the first sentence as a question) is how much do teachers make. You need all the education you can get, with an emphasis on what subject you want to teach.

There are no shortcuts and you will never get rich teaching.

Have you asked yourself WHY you want to be a teacher?

congratulations! you have chosen the noblest profession! it’s not easy to become a teacher, i’m not frightening you, i would just like you to realize that this profession entails selflessness. you have to forget about yourself because the kids need your unconditional love and unparalleled devotion. though teaching is a rewarding career, you can’t expect your clientele (and even your superiors) to reciprocate the effort that you exert to help the academic community.you must understand that teaching is more of a mission.