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I'm a Sociology major and doing my business essential certificate at my public four year college.
I am interested of becoming a Social studies teacher at middle or high school. How can I become one?
I love teaching, and getting summer and holidays off.... Great for a person like me
I'm a Sociology major and doing my business essential certificate at my public four year college.
I am interested of becoming a Social studies teacher at middle or high school. How can I become one?
I love teaching, and getting summer and holidays off.... Great for a person like me
Is it hard to become one? Am I in right degree?
If you want to teach Social Studies then you should be double majoring in history and education. I would suggest either changing majors or looking for a different career path. There is always a glut of well qualified and certified Social Studies teachers.
I'm a Sociology major and doing my business essential certificate at my public four year college.
I am interested of becoming a Social studies teacher at middle or high school. How can I become one?
I love teaching, and getting summer and holidays off.... Great for a person like me
Is it hard to become one? Am I in right degree?
i agree with the majoring in history part. If you are going into education just for the days off, then you might want to rethink that.
So I cannot take only sociology major and then teacher exam or whatever that is?
I took some history and other mixed classes both at my community college and my four year college. Yes, I love to teach.
It depends on your state.
Some states will allow you to just have a degree in your field, and take the right praxis to get a certificate of eligibility. You will not get a full license until you complete a year of teaching AND a year of alternate route classes.
BUT this doesn't typically happen for anything but shortage areas (high level science/math, etc). Social studies is not a shortage are. So unless you have a family member who is an admin who will "get" you a job, you need to have your certificate in hand.
Another exception is to do Teach for America. You will get a job, assuming you are in the top 10% of your class. They will get you licensed but the program is geared towards people who only want to teach for a couple of years.
So I cannot take only sociology major and then teacher exam or whatever that is?
I took some history and other mixed classes both at my community college and my four year college. Yes, I love to teach.
Think about what you are saying. Why would a school district choose to hire someone that wasn't interested enough in history to even major in it in college if they have dozens, maybe hundreds, of applicants that not only majored in history but also education and are state certified. Why would you pick a sociology major??
Most social studies classes will cover geography, history, and government and economics in high school. Sociology and psychology are usually high school electives. A high school will probably only have one teacher teaching sociology and psychology. That's not to say you still can't become certified in social studies depending on the state. You will just have to do some additional studying on your own time in order to pass the test.
There should be a social studies or social sciences major for education at your school. It's not just history--it's history, geography, sociology, psychology, economics, etc. You will need a background in all of those to get licensed in most states. In our state you major in your concentration area (social science in your case) and get a minor in secondary education. If you really want to go that route I would suggest getting some coaching or drivers education certification to go along with your degree to make you more marketable.
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