Become a Certified Teacher

Ultimately, your goal is to become a certified teacher. This means that you can enjoy full status as an educator, and affords you the very best in job security and compensation. In difficult economic times, it is often the emergency or part time teachers who are laid off first. Certification ensures that you are more likely to be kept on.

In addition, becoming a certified teacher means the respect of your peers and the demonstrated proof of competence that hiring school districts will be looking for. The certification process varies a lot between states, with some requiring very little in the way of testing and others asking for a much larger commitment. Your best option is to check with the state school board to find out what the requirements for certification are.