Go to the school district you are interested in and ask them if they have an alternative certification program.

Most districts will require you to take some college courses and pass the state boards before you get your credentials (they will have all the info on this).

Other districts will run their own alternative certification programs that you take while you are already in the classroom on a temporary certificate. Once you finish the courses you need to pass the state boards to get your credentials. (Florida has its own tests for certification).

This depends on the state requirements and the individual school districts. Here in Las Vegas, Clark County School District has Alternate Route to Licensure. The candidate takes some Education credits and then does student teaching.

If you are really interested in becoming a teacher, find a school you would like to work for and talk to an administrator. They will be able to tell you what you need to do and then your face will be known when it comes time to get a job. Schools are looking for mostly Science, Math, Special Education, and Second Language instruction. Good luck.

Lots of options. I never took an education course as an undergrad (I got my BA in English and History). I took education courses at another school after completing my undergrad, and got a teaching certificate in one year. Contact the Education department at a college you are considering; they will review your undergraduate transcript and see which of your courses can apply towards certification requirements.

You can also go for a Masters in Ed to get the courses necessary for a certificate. The upside to this is, while it will take longer, you’ll also start at a higher salary.

Good luck!

Getting a licensure to teach depends primarily on the state in which you live. With the No Child Left Behind act, becoming a teacher requires much more demands than previously because all schools must have “highly qualified teachers” in order to get federal funding. If you live in Ohio as I do, you can apply for a temporary teaching certificate which is usually good for only one year but will allow you to teach, usually substituting which can be good to see if teaching is what you really want to do, before investing all the money. However, Ohio has moved from certification to licensure which requires all teachers must have credit hours in education in order to renew their teaching licensure. During the time that you have your temporary certificate, you could go back to college and take the education classes necessary to get a licensure. But that is only one component of getting a licensure. In addition, to these education classes, you must also take a PRAXIS exam which you must pass in order to be licensed in Ohio. You could also pursue a Master’s Degree in education that put you in a higher pay bracket. I can only speak for Ohio and Kentucky, however, with the NCLB, most states are moving to this. You would really need to check with the state department of education in the state in which you would like to teach to know what they specifically require.

Go to the website for your state’s Department of Education and look up “Alternative Certification”. Just about every state has programs to get you certified to teach even if you didn’t major in education. You have real life experience and content knowledge to bring to the classroom. The critical shortage areas are math, science and ESE and reading. Those are the best opportunities for jobs right now. Good luck!

You will have to go back and get teaching credentials which usually involve several education classes and student teaching. You may find that a school may have an opening and be prepared to hire you with the provision that you do this in the next year. In my state this is done using an “emergency certification”.

Some schools have what is known as Transition to Teaching. Basically, you take the classes required to get your teaching certificate in the area of your undergrad.

Another option is to get your MBA, in whatever and teach at a 2-year college. Most require their teachers to have a MBA, but you don’t need a teaching certificate.

In some areas you would be able to teach in whatever area you did get your undergrad in. As a general rule, the South is more lenient on things like that than the North.

In California, your undergrad can be in any subject. But, you need subject matter competency to teach that subject. For example, if you have a Degree in History, you can teach History. But, if you have a Business Degree and you want to teach History, you will need to CSET for Social Science. If you want to teach elementary school, you need to take the CSET for Multiple Subjects. It is the same with Special Education. At the time, I was getting my credential, I was able to take any CSET for Special Education. I took the Health CSET. Then, you need to complete the coursework for your credential: Secondary (Single-Subject), Elementary (Multiple Subjects) Special Education (Either).

With a Communications Degree, you could possible qualify to teach Speech. You may need additional coursework. Find out what CSET you will need to take. Or, take the CSET for Multiple Subjects and teach Elementary or Special Education.

They tests used to be called MSAT and SSAT. Now it is the CSET.

In other states, you need to have the same Degree as the subject you teach. But, there could be options. I just know about California.

Take the CBEST to qualify you to get your emergency permit to substitute teach, in order to get experience, Or depending on which state you live in, take their state test to substitute teach. Good luck!

i don’t recognize approximately Illinois. right here in Oklahoma if one has a bachelor’s degree and a school is keen to hire you, you’re able to do an decision certification. With this, you could pass forward and start up coaching on a similar time as taking greater advantageous training and assuming one does properly, one finally ends up with coaching certification.