King Bringle: You do need to be a highly qualified teacher according to No Child Left Behind which is basically saying, get your degree and your certification. Choose a school with an Education Department, then choose the Secondary Education as your minor with a major in Economics Education. The Econ. Ed. teaches what you need to know for your area at a high school level and the minor in Secondary Ed. teaches you how to be a high school teacher and the profession. Since you have a degree already, it may cover some of the courses you would have to take for your major and may not have to re-take them. Good Luck! I'm an Art Ed. and just graduated. It took 9 months to get my certification back in my hand after I received my diploma. The department took care of all the sending in the right forms for me. I had an excellent Ed. Dept. at my college. During student teaching orientation we were flooded with school scouts!! If you really want a career change, check into relocating o! ut of town or out of state. The benefits people got who did that were amazing.Until you get your certification, do substituting because it does count as teaching experience! Also, save up some money for your last semester - the student teaching. Most colleges will not allow you to work because you are putting in so many hours into teaching everyday and then going home to do a butt load of lesson planning and grading all night....Show more
Eva Lichlyter: well, my mom is an econ. teacher, and she keeps up w/ all of news. she mainly watches today show and local news every morning. you have to know pretty much th deal with oil, and current wars, and know about stock markets. study up on that. if you want to ask her vie e-mail, her e-mail is: jean.sellers@cherokee.k12.ga.us hope this helped!
Marvel Mcaulay: I know that there are usually 2 or 3 high school economics teachers. You will need to get certification to become a teacher, but I don't think you w! ill need any further schooling (in business & finance). Check ! out some HS's that you would like to teach at and find out what's needed to get a job.
Reginald Maxi: It's an interesting subject, because economics falls under 2 different subject areas. Consumer Economics and Honors Economic Theory are taught in my school by the Social Sciences dept. However, Consumer Math, Business Math, Personal Finance and Accounting are all taught by the Math department. These are two *totally* different areas of certification.To see how many schools offer these courses, check local high schools' websites for course listings. Or call and say you'd like a catalog, if they have one.Either way, you will need to enroll in a graduate education program (since you already have a bachelor's, there's no point in going back to undergrad). They will review your transcript and match it against your state's certification requirements to see if you need any additional undergrad classes. You will likely end up going for the certification that requires l! ess additional coursework. Also, math teachers are in far greater demand than Social Science teachers. Check out CA's dept. of ed. website where they might list coursework requirements by certification area.The grad ed programs are about 30-36 credits for a degree, culminating in a semester of student teaching, which is difficult if you're working. You might have to quit or take a leave of absence during that semester. You don't have to get a master's, but many do because you're in it so you might as well go all the way.Some districts who are really hard-pressed for teachers (usually urban districts) have alternate routes for certification, with the understanding that you will pursue your pedagogical coursework while you're employed there.There's really no way to avoid going back to school, which is good because you need to be (1) taught how to teach, and (2) taught how to teach your subject (those are 2 different things).Or you can work at a private school, in which ca! se ignore everything I said because they don't require certification bu! t the pay is less. ;)...Show more
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