Is it possible to get a teaching job with out a teachers degree

Question

Is it possible to get a teaching job with out a teachers degree

Answer 1

Depends on your target location requirements.  The vast majority of publicly funded schools, you need a teaching certificate.  If you don't have that, but you have SIGNIFICANT practical experience, you may qualify for a waiver by your governing department of education.  But many private schools will hire individuals without a teaching certificate in an area that you may be an expert in.  

Answer 2

No you need degrees in what ever subject you will be teaching and you need teaching credentials You can work in a school as a para professional with no experience.. Lunch lady, Hall and Cafeteria Monitor, Yard Monitor, Working with severely disabled students..

Personal Experience use to work with disabled students and I did the cafeteria and yard monitoring as well

Answer 3

Only if the school is incredibly desperate.  There's zillions of people coming out of school each year that have degrees and can't get jobs.

Answer 4

No, but you can sub with so many college hours... which pays fairly well too, while you are working on your degree or whatever!

Answer 5

It depends where. I've looked into highschool teaching and higher education. For high school you need to be certified to teach in a PUBLIC school, but not in a private one. You do need to have at least one degree above what you are teaching. For highschool you need to have a BS, for master's you need to have a PhD... You also need to have your degree in whatever you are teaching. For example if you got your BS in math and MS in physics you cannot teach college math because your masters is not math. Oh, and you don't need to be certified to teach in college or above.

Answer 6

ya most of the teachers @ my skool rnt even certified

Answer 7

My father got a job as a machine shop teacher in a tech high school without his teaching degree. Because he had been in the field for so many years they hired him as a teacher and paid for his schooling to become certified as a teacher

Answer 8

hi, study three or four years and maybe you can teaching. It's not working like other jobs, here you've to have knowledge about the subject you want to teach, and experiment, then you can do as you want...

Answer 9

Yes, you can go Alternate Route, at least in New Jersey.  You will need to go to school to become certified while you are teaching.  You will need to take a Praxis test and get a certificate of eligibility.  The districts that will hire you this way are in major cities such as Camden, Trenton and Newark.  Occasionally, if you are qualified because you are an expert say in Science or Math from the business world, you may get hired in a suburban district.  

Answer 10

Some people with Masters degrees can teach what they Mastered in. My dad teaches Buisness and he mastered in Buisness. No he doen't have a teaching degree.

Answer 11

A private school, perhaps.  But any state school is going to require, in most cases, an education degree and a teaching certificate (basically a teaching license from your state).

Answer 12

They say those that can't teach.

Answer 13

yes because chuck norris is currently teaching killing at the 3rd grade level with only a perfect attendance award

Answer 14

You can be a tutor, that is a teaching job.

Answer 15

Yes--in South Dakota, in areas that are quite remote, the schools will sometime hire you without a license.  Go for it!  Just have to get online for whatever state you're interested in and find the department of education--they all seem to have job listings.

Answer 16

Yes.  Some, maybe all states have alternate routes to certification that allow you to become a certified teacher without having a degree in education.  Check your state's department of education of teacher certification agency.

In some states, maybe all, you are required to have a degree in the field you want to teach.  Ex: you want to teach history, you must have a degree in history.

Answer 17

in an actual school, no it is not. the state requires teaching degrees and certificates

Answer 18

There are several answers to your question depending on what you want to teach and where you want to teach it.

If you have a bachelor's degree in the teaching subject then you can get an alternative route certificate to teach in the public schools K-12.  It's done all of the time.  [visit the web pages of your state Dept. of Education and look for the alternative teaching certificate requirements]

Private schools hire many teachers who have a degree in an area that is not education.

If you have a master's degree in a teaching subject or a master's degree with 18 grad hours in the subject, you can teach at the community college and many senior colleges - no teaching certificate is required in most states.  Having a "teacher's degree" (major in education) would not meet this requirement except when teaching teachers.

If you have experience and skill in a vocation or trade (with or without a college degree) then you can teach at the secondary (will need a VoTech license) or post-secondary level.  You can also teach at the continuing education level.  This is the easiest route to teaching at the post-secondary level.  

Bottom line is that it depends entirely on what you want to teach and where you'd like to teach it.

Answer 19

no.

but you can get one with a degree in English.

lol

Answer 20

No, You will never get a teaching job without a state teaching certificate. Now...they are requiring the assistance to take some kind of test to see if they are capable of working and assisting teaching students. Which is a good thing.

Answer 21

yea.. check with ur state requirements.... in texas.. u can become a teacher with BA. u have to go into acp alternative certification program....

they help u get a certification even when majored in something else...

Answer 22

no, not unless you'ree a teachers aid...you still have to take a class though

Answer 23

maybe! im daycare teacher n i juz have a high school certificate! my job is like taking care of children(age : 5-14), arranging bathe, checking their school bags(see whether they try to keep their homeworks or ignore the corrections), n teaching them to do their homeworks!) it is not the world greatest job but it is my favourite job in the world coz i love children!

Answer 24

There are programs that allow someone that has a degree in something else to earn a teaching license. But you can't get the job until you do. You can substitute without a license, but there are usually some guidelines for it too. Check the local dept of education.

Answer 25

Yes

Answer 26

Yes.  they'll give you an emergency credential and then make you take classes to earn your credential.  It's a long process, but it's possible...also it's probably easier to get into teach with a degree or credential.