Currently a teacher aide(instructional). Now, he has a bachelors degree (psychology), can he teach any grade?

Question

in jr high or high school? Are there test he can take for this. Having his BA in psychology is not enough yet to be a counselor at school. He's working on his MA.

Answer 1

Basically the US education system is divided into 3 groups:

k~12, college+, private schools.

>In private schools, as long as you demonstrate to the head of the school that you're competent to teach x*x, then you may.  but some may still require a min of BA,BS

>in k~12, depending on each state, most would require you to get a minimum of a BA,BS and a teaching credential.

>in college+,universities, you may teach (part time) with an MA, MS, but preferably you have a PhD or beyond in order to have the full benefit of teaching in a university.  However, you do not necessarily need a teaching credential

Answer 2

Yes, as long as he has a teaching certificate.  Most states require a masters degree to teach in the public school system but allow practicing teachers a number of years to obtain it after they've already started teaching.