What are some ideas to help me with becoming a teacher?
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First, if you're still in high school, find a job that either deals with child care, tutoring, or working at a school. It is also good to get into some child psychology classes at school, etc. Also,  you can volunteer at a school with their after school programs.\n\nDepending on the field that you want to get into, find a good college. If you're looking at elementary education, check out U-WI River Falls...amazing school! Also, when you get into school, get involved with tutoring and after school volunteering programs. Make sure you  have jobs that deal with working with kids and teaching! \n\nGood luck!!
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Welcome to the profession!\n\nFirst, if your district does not assign mentors for first year teachers, ask your principal to recommend someone in your building that is experienced, friendly, and has excellent classroom management skills. Plan to have regular observations, both him/her observing your room, and you observing theirs, and discussions with them about it.\nSecond, get to know your specialists...ELL teachers, special ed teachers, music/art/PE/library teachers, etc. Be aware of their strengths, and turn to them when planning for and developing instructional strategies for students in your class.\nThird, avoid "clique" participation. Stay open and friendly, as much as you can, with all staff, but stay away from becoming a part of any small sub-group, especially gossipy groups.\nFinally, have detailed plans way ahead of time, and then expect to change those plans daily. Having the overall structure in place ahead of time gives you a scaffold from which to do your daily adjustments.\n\nClassroom management is 90% of the success of your classroom. Set clear, simple rules and consequences, and be firm, inflexible, and fair in implementing those rules and consequences. Plan and practice classroom routine the first couple of days (what do you want your kids to do, step by step, when they need to sharpen a pencil, use the bathroom, get a drink of water, finish their work, etc., etc.).\n\nGood luck!
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Depends on your grade level you will be assisting.  College, quite possibly.\n\nA large number of my family are teachers, and they all suggest the same things.  Be comfortable speaking in front of groups, be comfortable with people disagreeing with you(and not just students, but also and more likely the parents!) and have some form of organization.  And patience.  Lots and lots of patience.  It might be worthwhile to invest in public speaking classes, classes in research methods, and an anger management/relaxation techniques class or a confrontation class.  Since you already have a degree in fine arts, you should already have been exposed to the situations you will be facing(only this time from the outside!). \n\nAs just an assistant, however, and not the main teacher, this IS your training.  Relax, enjoy it, and do your best to learn as much as you can while doing your best to teach those that care.\n\nOne of the best teachers I ever knew had no training other than a bachelors in Spanish.
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ask them nicely to demonstrate for you, so that you get a better idea of what exactly they want from you. if they can't, i don't think they have a clue what teaching is about. if they do a good job, then just copy it.
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You can join proteacher.com and they have lots of discussion boards where teachers share ideas and teaching strategies. It is free.
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1) Brainstorm.  Start with a list of everything that you can think of that you may want to include in your speech.  This is a stage where you generate ideas, so turn off your censor/editor and WRITE EVERYTHING down that you can think of.  Even if your ideas are dumb, they may help you think of other ideas after you have something written down.  Set a time limit for brainstorming so that you have to think quickly.  try 2-5 minutes.\n\n2) Pick your best idea and start with that.  In a speech, it's good to start with something unusual, something memorable, funny, etc.  Don't start with the boring stuff.  You want people to lean in to listen.\n\n3) If you're trying to think of an approach to start, you could begin with:\n\n--Your first impressions of the two teachers.\n--Accomplishments that people may not know about the teachers.\n--Statistics about how many students they've impacted, or some accomplishments of the students they've instructed.\n--Point out/remind people of a lovable/quirky trait about the teachers.  Like a common phrase they use or their trademark green sweater and purple tie, who knows?  (Be careful not to offend) \n\n4) After you have a rough draft of the speech, read it out loud.  If it doesn't sound like you're having a normal conversation, edit it so that it sounds like you're talking to someone.\n\n5) Rehearse the speech to a person who doesn't know the teachers.  Ask for honest feedback about areas that could be improved/shortened/lengthened.\n\n6) Rehearse the speech to a person who does know the teachers.  Ask if it's a speech that honors them, and again honest feedback for improvement.\n\n7) More ideas on brainstorming:  When I was a writing tutor, I often had to get students to brainstorm on a topic that they felt stumped on.  I'd ask them some questions about their topics similar to the following prompts.\nTry any of these prompts to get you going, and freewrite about them:\n\n--If each teacher was a color, what color would he/she be and why?\n\n--What would your grandmother have to say about these teachers?\n\n--Name some traits about these teachers that you wish you had.\n\n--Name some things about these teachers that most people don't have.\n\n--Why could this teacher never be replaced?\n\n--List some things about these teachers that students may not know.\n\n--If the teacher was a character from Shakespeare/Bible/Dickens/ (other classic literature), who would he/she be, and why?\n\n--If the teacher was a character from The Real World/The O.C./Survivor/Desperate Housewives/(Other popular show), who would he/she be, and why?\n\nGood luck on generating ideas!
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Lots of colleges and universities offer teacher certification programs. Just about all of them do. Call up the local universities, ask for admissions, and they will let you know if they do or not.\n\nIf you plan to be a teacher, start paying more attention in your English classes to spelling, grammar, punctuation and capitalization.
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Try to think your the teacher and explain yourself\nDon't forget to eat and sleep well\nAnd try to study as often as possible
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I am a teacher.  And you know what I think?  I think you will succeed if you do two things.\n\n1) Find some way to start your own business.  \n\nWorking your way up through the normal ranks is not really an option for you. It will take too much effort and time.\n\nBut it order to start your own business you have to find your PASSION !   You will not succeed in anything if you have no passion for it.\n\nYou will need to start small and in most cases you will also need a side job to keep you in feed.\n\n2) You must be prepared to work harder than you ever worked in school.   I MEAN HARD!  And forget about any relationship.  Your relationship will be your work and your life.\n\nI can say these things because...\n\nA) I have not worked for anyone other than myself for over 25 years.\n\nB) I taught MYSELF to be an national expert in my field.\n\nC) A major university ask me to teach for them over 13 years ago. I am their only instructor in this field and in my state.\n\nD) I raised 5 children.\n\nE) I finished only the 11th grade !
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I received from a friend a "survival kit for teachers" last year; it had several items with a clever explanation for each of them.  For example she put in a piece of a jigsaw puzzle that reminds me that I'm just a little part of the big picture, a band-aid for when my students' hurt and my efforts don't seem to work, an eraser to start each day on a clean slate, etc.  I found a site with some different ideas you could use for this http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/classmanagement/survivalkit.html
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gosh, I had no idea what to do when I first started teaching.  a good mentor helps you over that first initial shock of being in front of the class.
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If you want to be a teacher you have to do a teaching course, either that or do the child care course then a PG Dip to allow you to teach.  If you are not sure what course is right for you, you should speak to the admissions dept at the college who can tell you more about the course entry requirements and couse contents, also ask if you can speak to a careers advisor who will be able to help.  If you got A & B grades for your highers/A levels then you could go to university and do your course there.  The careers advisor at the college would be a good starting point though. Good luck.
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Since you have a learning disability, you will want to make sure you have prepared ahead of time.\n\nHave a list of answers for:\n--How you will organize your classroom.\n--Your "philosophy of education."\n--What is the purpose of special education?\n--How will you work with regular ed teachers?\n--How will you involve parents?\n--Examples of how you will adapt and modify curriculum and classroom environment for different student needs.\n--What tasks will you assign your E.A.?\n--How will you build in state standards and benchmarks for each child's actual grade level while still addressing their developmental level?\n\nAnd so on.\n\nHave someone sit down and ask the questions to you while you practice saying your answers. Also have them ask questions you haven't thought of, to practice mixing and combining your ideas.\n\nGood luck!
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Always listen.\nAlways observe carefully.\nLet their minds be free.  Help them to think for themselves by not giving them all the answers.\nRemember that the ultimate purpose of education is not to make a career or win money, but to understand humanity and therefore, be happy and live fully.\nLearn about the group age you are teaching.\nDon´t just give them information.  Try to make of every class a life experience.\nIn order to learn something, we need that the subject we are learning have a meaning.  In other words, avoid the abstracts and try to be concrete.  Abstraction is a usefull mind process, but it should come AFTER we classify data on concrete grounds.\nMake fun of serious things and be serious about things that may seem silly.\nBe honest.\nAccept the way you feel and be mindfull of that before entering the classroom.
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The person who said Get a degree, Apply is right and wrong.\n\nYou can do *some* teaching, such as subbing or assisting a certified teacher, just with a degree.\n\nTo be a full teacher, however, with your own classroom, you have to be certified or currently enrolled in a state-approved alternative certification plan.\n\nYour best option is to contact a nearby state or private university, and ask to speak to their college of education about becoming certified. If you don't yet have a degree, but are in college, you can get certification along with your degree. No matter what, you have to have a degree to be  anything more than substitute or an assistant.
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First, learn to spell Texas and college. Second, learn how to punctuate and write complete, coherent sentences.  \nSam Houston State University and Texas A&M both have excellent teacher education programs.  I have had many student teachers through the years.  The best prepared have been from Sam Houston.
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Follow your teachers' instructions. \nBe polit and courteous.\nArrive on time and attend regularly.\nComplete your homework/coursework and meet deadlines.\nListen carefully.\nTake an active part in lessons by asking/answering questions and completing everything set.\nRead around your subjects to broaden your knowledge and understanding.\nAbove all try your best!