Everyone has that one teacher. That teacher you remember as an adult. You remember, sometimes decades later, how you felt when they taught, how you opened up to new ideas in a way you'd never even known was possible.…
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Over a third of new teachers are career changers, meaning they started teaching as a second career. If you are interested in how to become a teacher, read on! There is a lot to learn about what questions to…
Tax return season is here! According to Business Insider, the average tax refund is $2,254. That amount covers the cost of becoming a certified teacher with American Board. Investing a tax refund can quickly change someone’s career path. The…
If you are eyeball deep in your first year of teaching, then chances are you have been feeling that first year learning curve. There are never too many resources to help you in the early years of your teaching…
Teaching is one of the most relevant, needed and portable professions in the world. Thanks to technology, teachers have so many opportunities to train when and where they need to, exercise their skills and to choose a pedagogical approach…
We hear it all the time- "I'd love to do this program, but I can't afford it!" We hear you. The cost of getting a teaching certification (usually involving going back to school and paying thousands to get a…
It’s never too late to be what you might have been. — George Elliot
There is nothing more liberating than remembering how much power you have to change your life. We forget that sometimes, wrapped up in a fog of responsibilities and repairs and emergencies and meetings and planning and whatever-the-next-thing-is-today. We forget that, in spite of everything we have piled into our daily lives, change is possible.
Many of our candidates have come to us over the years, after working in other industries, and said some version of this:
“I’ve always wanted to be a teacher…but I didn’t get a degree in education. I can’t afford to go back to school; I don’t have the [time/money/transportation/childcare/resources] to get another degree. But I’ve worked in X industry for years. That’s got to count for something. I think I could be good at this.”
We hear this from So. Many. People.
There are tens of thousands of people with experience, common sense and a calling to teach that are driven to reach out and find a way to work in education. We think it’s never to late to shift into a career as a teacher. (We are a bit biased, since we were created by the Department of Education to help people do just that.) Check out these three reasons it’s never too late to become a teacher.
No one wants to dread going to work or having a job where they just clock in and out without enjoying their day. That's why making a career change or leaving a job for a new workplace is becoming…
It can be difficult to know whether the career you picked is the right fit for you until you are actually doing it. Sometimes, the career that was right for you five or 10 years ago is no longer…
Spring is the season when schools are searching for new teachers to fill their open positions. This is a great time for newly-certified teachers to find a job, but competing against other great candidates in a job interview can…
