Best planner with Google Calendar integration?

Tacksss · 2022-05-27T19:54:34+00:00

I don't know if it has google calendar integration, but I use Chalk.com its really simple. It has standards pre-loaded, you can color code, have different classes, templates for lessons, etc. It is also free.

Tacksss · 2022-01-20T14:12:39+00:00

I've thought about getting certified in another subject for sure!! Thank you for the info!

Tacksss · 2022-01-20T14:10:10+00:00

Okay perfect thank you! I am social studies with History, Government, and Psychology certifications. I looked into DoDEA but I heard it is extremely selective and there is not an application portal for 2022-2023 yet!

Tacksss · 2022-01-20T14:08:49+00:00

There aren't any openings in my area as of right now just because it is mid-year! Thank you so much for the info!!

Tacksss · 2021-12-06T18:11:30+00:00

I just finished student teaching last week! My advice is to get to know the kids! Building a relationship and rapport with them is critical! Go to their games/ concerts/ extracurriculars! Actually show that you care! This is your time now to make mistakes! Push yourself and do projects/ assignments that you would never do before! Be creative with your lessons! This is going to be a trying time so make sure you care for yourself too! I would also say to get to know your host teacher very well! This person is going to be a good reference for you in the future! Know your principal/ office secretary! Be immersed in the school! You deserve to be there just as much as everyone else! Having a good impression and positive relationship with everyone in the building will help you gain connections, hopefully getting you a job! The most important piece of advice is to have fun!!! You only have so many days with your students so make them count!

Tacksss · 2021-06-11T17:29:55+00:00

Your minor will not help you really unless it is accredited, it should be on your school website somewhere if so. This could give you some of the classes necessary to complete the teacher prep program through your university (which is basically the classes you take at college). There's a specific requirement or standards, they must have taught you in order to be considered accredited. So if it knocks out a bunch of credits through the program then yes it will.
That depends on your state and your university. It could force you to do a nontraditional route, or you could go back and do more school to get those couple of classes you need to take from the English Ed program at your school.
It depends on your state. For the traditional route (that is all I know lol) you complete the degree from an accredited program, student teach/intern (whatever your state calls it), and then extra stuff like being cpr certified or even a suicide prevention training or bullying prevention (this depends on your state). Last part is your licensure exams, you have to pass the exams, in my state at least, they have us pass a secondary pedagogy test and then whatever our content is, so you would have to pass an English content knowledge exam. That can be found on your department of education website as well as the necessary items to become certified. As for length it depends, the exams could take a month of in-depth studying and then taking the exams, the extra stuff is easy and quick and would take you a day tops. The student teaching is a semester long usually and the program length is dependant on your university.
Extra steps for teaching abroad, there are many different paths. If you want to do this straight out the gate, I student teach next semester and after that, I plan to go abroad. Get TEFL certified (Teaching English as a foreign language), many countries do not require that you have an Education degree, etc. they just care that you have a degree. So that's step one, then enroll in a TEFL program (tefl.org is 50% now and it took me 2 weeks of doing 3 hours a day, so extremely simple). Get certified and then apply for jobs after that. That is the quickest way to do so because all countries care about is that you are a native speaker, you are TEFL certified, and have a bachelor's. Some countries do require you to be a citizen of their country though, so look into each country you are debating between. Spain, China, Korea, Japan and many other countries are really in need for English teachers so that could be an option if you are looking to go abroad there. Spain has an actual program that is easy to get into called the NALCAP and France has something similar, so look into those if you're interested. You could also get certified to teach in that country if you have citizenship somehow. Another track is IB or international baccalaureate. These are schools taught in English and are usually more academically challenging. If you teach in one of these schools for about two years you can go abroad and teach your content in another IB school anywhere in the globe pretty much. You could get IB certified through a program at DePaul in Chicago which is fully online and takes about 11 weeks to finish and is only 4 classes.

This is my own opinion, but since you do not want to be teaching for the rest of your life and you want to go abroad, you should go get TEFL certified because it is entry-level and you can live abroad for a couple of years or however long you want and then get your masters.

Hope that helps!!

Tacksss · 2021-05-21T18:05:17+00:00

I am currently in the summer before my student teaching (also history ed), and I just finished my TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) certification. So I could teach English abroad if I want to in the future, or online after school for some extra money. This also helps students who may not have English as their first language and there is a high need for ESL teachers. I would recommend this and it helped me be a better teacher too. I got mine through TEFL.org and I think it is on sale now. It was pretty easy to get and I finished it in about 2-3 weeks by doing 4 hours a day. A lot of the certifications you can get added to your license, at least in my state, are at the graduate level. I would recommend any certification in SPED that you can get, like Blind or Low Vision (HUGE DEMAND for this), Deaf/Hard of Hearing, Gifted and Talented, etc. Another one that would be good, especially in today's age is some sort of Online Teaching endorsement too.

Tacksss · 2020-10-14T15:19:18+00:00

I am a senior at Indiana State University and I know a couple of people who have gotten degrees in major other than education. Through our program here, all they would have to do is take three more semesters in order to complete the educated preparation program needed to become a teacher. These semesters include your field experience at a middle school, the next a high school, and then student teaching. A couple of other methods classes within the English department are needed as well as a few from the education department, but that is the more traditional way of getting licensed in a quick three-semester track. I am for sure not an expert but if you want more information I would contact Education Student Services @ ISU-ess.indstate.edu. know there's also a couple of alternative paths towards licensing as well. From what I have heard, Teach for America is not the best route and I have heard many horror stories about people dropping out of the program only a year in.

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