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How to Become a Teacher

Teaching is an outstanding career. If you are interested in becoming a teacher there are a few questions that you need to answer in order to know what you will need to do to become a teacher. Do you already have a degree?

Read an article about Making the switch to teaching.

If you do not have a degree look this site over: Recruiting New Teachers.

If you do have a degree, you will need to get a license to teach. Read some of these articles to find out more about what others are doing to make the transition to teaching.

And if you want to find out what do you need to do in your state go to this useful website: Teacher-World

Read how to get alternative teacher certifcation.

Another way to get a teaching license: American Board for Teacher Certification and you’ll be able to see your state listed.

The Department of Education has a webpage: So You Want To Be A Teacher? that lists some information about becoming a teacher (some of them will be duplicates of links we already have on MenTeach).

If you want to find out where to get a degree – Education Degree is a comprehensive search site that will help you find a education degree.

There are often local or regional resources about teaching. It’s important to find out what are your states or areas rules and regulations about certifcation. This site has some interesting resources about becoming a teacher.

Another site is one that will tell you what are all the requirements for getting your teaching license or certification.

Why Teach?

Here is another site that has resources about different degrees and material for students.