Things i need to know if i want to become a teacher?

Question

Things i need to know if i want to become a teacher?

Answer 1

Whoa, Steve! What's your beef with public schools? I have always taught in public schools and went to public schools myself. I think I turned out okay and have become a pretty darned good teacher, along with 99.9% of the others that I teach with. I think your attitude is disgusting and pretentious. Private schools may look better on paper because they don't deal with students with behavior problems or learning problems. They kindly wave good bye while kicking them out to us, the hardworking teachers of the public school system. You need a reality check, buddy.

To answer the kind lady's question :

You will learn everything you need to know in college and in the classroom. What you need now is dedication and a willingness to try new things.

Answer 2

It is hard work with long hours.  Realize that you need to consider your own needs along with your professional responsibilities.  A classroom with a healthy, happy teacher is better than one who is overwhelmed and stessed.  Accept the fact that a teacher's job is NEVER finished.  There are always more plans to write, more resources to develop, more papers to grade.......  A good teacher goes into the profession knowing they won't get rich.  They know that they will make a decent living and be given the opportunity to "make a difference."  There are so many rewarding opportunites put before a teacher on a daily basis that patience and persverance can open up to you in the most positive of means.

A teacher touches eternity......she/he never knows where their influence leads.....

All the best..........!!!

Answer 3

patience!

Answer 4

Yeah well i go to a public high school and i like it so private schools arent what they are cracked up to be. In the school certificate my sister got the highest in my school and and she bet alot of the students at our local private and selective schools. She got a 97 in geography toping the local selective school which originally rejected her application.

As for the specific question you need patience above all things. You need to be familiar with what you are teaching, be able to handle critism and arguing children. You have to be fair but firm and just enjoy what you do.

Good luck! xoxo

Answer 5

You will find everything you need to know on this link

http://www.tda.gov.uk/Recruit.aspx

Answer 6

1) The best teachers work in private schools.

2) The very best teachers have a career in something else before the become teachers.

3) Public schools have some of the most odd, last resort career teachers out there.

4) Don't be jealous that those few kids who are "underachievers" end up making more money than you when they are your age.

5) The the school requires you to join a Teachers Union, try looking at another school.

Answer 7

I agree with kugirl about the great job our public schools do.  It is true you can learn the essential information you need about teaching if you apply yourself in your college prep courses.  However, teaching is not just academic.  It involves the whole person, intellectually, physically, socially and emotionally.  And it involves the quality and amount of education the student has had before he/she gets to your class.  

You have to be very dedicated and strong emotionally and physically.  Try to soak up all you can while you're taking coursework and doing student teaching in the field.  There are wonderful teachers out there who will help mentor you.  But there are lazy, ineffective teachers out there also.  Not just in public schools, but in private schools as well.

Be a lifelong learner.   My last year of teaching was one of my best.  Keep your eyes and ears open.  I learned an entire new approach to teaching reading during my last 10 years of teaching.  I continued to take classes about things I needed to know more about.  For example, I was teaching in a highly diverse school my last two years, so I took an invaluable course in teaching ESL learners so that I could communicate more effectively.

When all is said and done, do not go into teaching unless you love teaching others even when it is difficult.  In fact, I found teaching the most fun when I was struggling a bit.  I would say to myself.  "If it can be done, I will do it."  That's attitude, and you have to have your attitude right or you will not succeed.  

I hope you do want to become a teacher, and if you do, I wish you the very best.  We always need new "blood" in our ranks.

Answer 8

In California at least, private school teachers don't need to have any kind of state license whatsoever.

You need to know that teaching is a very time consuming job and that you will get little to no respect from people (just read the answers here if you don't believe me) and you will always be middle class.  It's not that teachers make "bad" money, but there is a ceiling on teacher salaries.  In my district it's around $72,000.  No matter what, once you reach that level, you will never make more money than that.  You don't get any overtime.

But I wouldn't trade it for anything.  I have had some truly amazing experiences.  This year, I encouraged a student to apply to Howard University, even though she thought she'd never get in.  She got in on a full scholarship.  When she came to me in tears to show me the letter, I was on top of the world.  Most people never feel that kind of job satisfaction.