So You Want To Get Into Teaching?

If you are still considering which career path to go down, I have a very worthy suggestion for you - 

teaching! ​

Image Credit

If you have never considered becoming a teacher before, it is maybe time that you gave this very rewarding profession some thought. There are multiple reasons why it is a great job to go into. Firstly, you will be shaping young people’s futures, and helping them to develop and grow. Secondly, you will find that each and every day will be very fulfilling, and you will feel like you are giving

something very important back to the community! 

​Wondering how exactly you can bag your dream teaching job? It isn’t as hard as you might think. Here are the steps you need to take.

Study Hard

Go To College

You need to make sure that you are always working to the best of your ability throughout the rest of your time at school. Don’t give up and start slacking. Otherwise, you just won’t get the grades that you need to go on to college and then do your teacher training. So be sure to put your head down and always try your hardest. After all, you need to know all your subjects inside out if you want to go on to teach young children all these subjects!

After you have graduated from high school, you need to go to college or university. This is so you can do your teacher training. The most common route into teaching is to take a college or university course in it. This will cover all the basics and help you to become a great teacher. If you want to teach elementary school pupils, you will be given training in all the basic subjects, including math, English, and science. If you want to go into high school as a teacher, you will need to pick a speciality and focus on that subject during your course.

Get Work Experience

Some courses will include some work experience in local schools. These are great at giving you a taster of what it is like being a teacher. If your college or university do not offer any work experiences or internships, you should see about doing some part-time work or volunteer at a local school during your spare time. Rather than juggle this work experience with your studies, you could also work for a term as a teaching assistant after you have graduated, and before you find a job. There are lots of teaching assistant courses online, including on Simply Education.
​

As you can see, getting into a career in teaching isn’t particularly difficult. You just need to know the route you need to go down. As well as that, you should also be very prepared to put in a lot of hard work. If you do everything to your best ability, you will find a teaching job with no problems. And you will soon realize just how fun and rewarding being a teacher and working with kids is!

---

​
by Iconic Chica Contributors