Archive for February, 2005
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February 2, 2005
The field of education offers numerous choices and employment avenues. This is particularly true of the teaching profession where teachers can choose the student audience they intend to teach as well as the subjects they are going to impart knowledge. Teachers can teach at different levels such pre-school, elementary school, middle school, high school and of course, College level. Apart from subject level teaching such as Mathematics or Biology, there are also opportunities for adult literacy teachers or ESL teachers.
Careers can span roles such as tutors, assistants and class room aides for those who are foraying into the teaching discipline. Experienced teachers can complete the appropriate programs to move into areas such as researchers, curriculum specialists, counselors, writers and day care administrators.
Training degrees span Bachelor, Master and Doctoral programs available through online and offline channels. A Bachelor degree is usually for 3-4 years whereas Master and Doctoral degrees last 2 years. They also require dissertation and internships under the guidance of experienced educators. Importantly, a Bachelor’s degree in Teaching or its equivalent is a must to enter into the teaching profession.
A Bachelor degree such as Bachelor of Fine Arts in Education and Teaching or Teacher license usually covers child development and learning, educational psychology, pedagogical techniques, classroom management, curriculum design and assessment and trends in K-12 education. A Master’s degree offers enhanced career and salary prospects apart from the fact that some states may prescribe it as a minimal expectation. Course work may include advanced study into program development, curriculum design and development. The program is intended to also prepare educators for leadership and administrative roles.
License requirements apply for any teaching position and this varies based on the state where you are teaching. As part of the License requirements, potential teachers need to successfully complete a teacher training program involving supervised practice teaching. They also need to qualify in the state administered examinations. Though a Bachelor’s degree is sufficient in most states to start the ball rolling for your teaching career, yet some states may specifically require a Master’s degree in Teaching. In some cases, such states may either provide the option of acquiring the Master’s degree upfront before beginning your teaching career or alternatively, may prescribe that you complete the same within a set period, usually within a few years.
If you already possess a Bachelor’s degree in another discipline, then you may not need to undergo a Bachelor degree in Teaching. Instead, you may just need to go through a one year teacher training program to ensure that the licensing requirement is met successfully.
Career outlook for licensed teachers is strong with job growth of 12% forecasted through 2016 by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Salaries are fairly lucrative and are largely dependent on the level of education, experience, location and employer. K-12 teachers averaged in the range of $50,040-$52,450 in 2007. Niche and in-demand areas such as teachers in Mathematics also attract higher salaries and greater employment prospects.
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February 2, 2005
Teaching jobs in Taiwan? Taiwan has a massive English learning market where English teachers are always wanted and in demand. There are jobs in the teaching area available almost all year. What is it really like to teach English in Taiwan? A lot of people make the move to teach English in Taiwan due to how simple it can be and also the minimal requirements you must have to be an English teacher. It isn’t always work with easy money, but you can make a living teaching English in Taiwan.
Cram schools are where the majority of foreign English teachers are employed. Cram schools are usually packed with children thanks to parents believing their children must learn English from a very young age. The majority of the kids are anywhere from six to twelve. Thanks to this, what you teach in class is usually fairly simple. There are schools that have classes for students beside children, the majority of work in Taiwan for English teachers is teaching children.
To be an English teacher you only need to satisfy a few basic requirements. You need to have a recognized Bachelor’s degree and you must be from an English speaking country. So if you come from Canada, the United Kingdom, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa you already meet this requirement.
If you are looking for teaching jobs in Taiwan, then the good news is that almost anyone can teach English in Taiwan today. Provided you have a recognized three or four year Bachelor’s degree and being from anyone of the English speaking countries above you won’t have much trouble finding work.
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February 1, 2005
Teaching students about the coordinate grid is one thing. Getting them to remember the order in which coordinate points are plotted is another thing. The key to having the students remember is practice, practice, and then more practice. This is not likely to happen unless you can keep the students engaged. One thing that will help do this is a coordinate grid application. Only afterwards you can try some of the online math games and develop other important abilities.
As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. If that is the case, then a coordinate grid application is worth much more than that. A good coordinate grid application will do much more than just a picture (coordinate grid worksheet, etc.) ever could. It will allow the student to experiment as well as visualize how the coordinate pair is derived. In addition, it will keep the student engaged and hopefully coming back for more.
In searching for a coordinate grid application, look for one that will interactively demonstrate how the coordinate pair is derived. The application should also allow for the student to be quizzed by requiring the student to click on the location specified by a randomly generated coordinate pair or entering the coordinate pair of the random location indicated on the coordinate grid.
You can use the coordinate grid application for teaching, demonstration, and in activity centers/stations. Whatever you use it for, you’ll find that a moving, highly visual teaching tool is much, much more than a static graphic ever could be. Add this one to your arsenal of secret weapons today.
As for online math games, you should know that they can teach your children a lot of valuable lessons whereas mathematics are concerned. Regardless of the specific game that you choose, keep in mind that these online math games are destined to make learning fun, emphasizing the important points at the same time. The child will go through geometry, algebra and arithmetic without any problems, enjoying the time he/she spends playing on the Internet.
Many children grow up hating math and not knowing the most important lessons that should represent the foundation of their learning experience. Don’t wait for your child to start hating math and do something about it today. Introduce him/her to the wonderful world of online math games and explain the coordinate grid application in clear and comprehensive terms.
Posted by admin on
February 1, 2005
How to quit teaching
I typed “I want to quit my teaching job” for the tenth time into the search engine on my computer and waited for the results. I had been working as a teacher for over 24 years and the last two years I’d spent at a title 1 school. Over my career in education, teaching has become more and more frustrating because of policy changes, cultural shifts, and the pressure “No Child Left Behind” put on schools. Our school was not tracking well and the fear that we would not make our AYP made things tense. I needed to know how to quit teaching and so I waited at my computer terminal for an answer or at least a little hope.
Frustrations
On top of these frustrations, the students had very little respect for the staff and the administration pressured us to not refer students to the office. “I want to quit my teaching job” was a phrase that kept ringing over and over in my mind growing more strident each day. The problem was that I was pretty clueless as to how to quit teaching even though I really felt I needed to. I researched new careers but the cost and time to change careers and the lack of excitement at the choices did not inspire me.
Be your own boss
The one thing I knew for sure was that I was ready to be my own boss and do away with evaluations and pressures that come with teaching. I was aware of the get-rich-quick, and work-from-home offers on the Internet that promised wildly successful self-employment, but frankly I was very skeptical of these offers. So I spent discouraged evenings typing “I want to quit my teaching job” into search engines in the bleak hope that something new would pop onto my computer screen.
Today I am my own boss, earning my money from Internet marketing, and here are the steps on how I quit teaching.
Step 1
Find a neutral place to learn about Internet marketing. There are places that are not set out to rope you into some scheme that ends up taking your money but giving you nothing in its place. You should expect to pay something but it should be for quality information that provides you with an opportunity to learn the ropes to becoming your own boss.
Step 2
As you learn you can put what you learn into practice. You can develop your Internet Business while you are still teaching. That way you can not take the risk of quiting your job with no income coming in.
Step 3
As you Internet earnings start to increase put them back into the business and any profits beyond that you should put them into a savings account. Once you have a years salary worth of savings it is time to quit teaching and go full time into Internet Marketing. If you just increase your life style as you make profits you will not be able to quit teaching so it is important to put your profits into a savings account.
The bottom line
The bottom line to why I quit teaching was to be my own boss. It is true that even when I first started teaching, I loved it, but still I would have always loved to be my own boss and teach at the same time.