Becoming a Teacher,Becoming a Teacher

If you haven’t heard at least one complaint about the teaching profession lately, you haven’t been listening to the news enough. Today’s teachers are being ill-treated by everyone, including their government, their students and their students’ parents. Many of our teachers today claim that they went into teaching and loved it, only to see their professional lives crumble apart as the years passed. It is sad to hear such things, especially if you really respect teachers, like I do. I have considered being a teacher for a long time and I have applied to two concurrent education programs beginning next year at university. Nobody is encouraging me to pursue this, but I have had ample discouragement. I still have to think about my final decision. All over the world, schools are needing teachers. There are going to be huge numbers of retirements in the next few years, so there are excellent prospects for teachers to find employment. There have been decreases in the number of teacher’s college applications, however, because of horror stories prospective students have heard. You can become a teacher in two ways. One, you can take a concurrent education program and start learning how to teach right after highschool. These programs are relatively new, and combine an undergrad degree of your choice with a teacher’s education program. They generally last 4-5 years. Or, you can go the traditional route and take an undergraduate degree then apply for the one year degree program at a teacher’s college. Teachers will be needed in all subjects. The more mobile you are, the more possible jobs you will have. Unemployed teachers are more apt to be settled down in one area with a family and unable to move to under-serviced areas. Canadian teachers have a huge country to teach in and ample travel opportunities. This is what is luring me towards a career in education. You can teach all over the world, you can participate in teacher exchanges, you can volunteer in third world countries, you can take students on world tours and much more. If you are interested in teaching, you have to do something that makes you stand out. There are far more applications to teacher’s colleges than there are openings. Most of them look for related experience. This can be co-op placements, volunteering, tutoring, instruction in any sport or club and other related areas. If you have this experience, extracurricular involvement and good marks, I couldn’t guarantee you a place in teacher’s college, but I could tell you that

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