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I need some advice. I have a 4 yr. degree, which I never used--instead I stayed home to raise children and homeschooled them for many years. Now they're back in school and I am working as a substitute teacher, which I enjoy very much. However my husband wants me to get a steadier job, and I would love to be a teacher, but of course I have no degree hours in teaching. My girls are teenagers, so I hate to use their college money for me to get the 30-40 more credit hours I would need. We're in St. Louis. I'm applying for teacher's aide jobs right now, and not hearing back from anyone and wondering if overqualification is a problem? Also, how would school systems view my homeschooling experience? Would most consider it a good thing or a strike against me? Any ideas?
I need some advice. I have a 4 yr. degree, which I never used--instead I stayed home to raise children and homeschooled them for many years. Now they're back in school and I am working as a substitute teacher, which I enjoy very much. However my husband wants me to get a steadier job, and I would love to be a teacher, but of course I have no degree hours in teaching. My girls are teenagers, so I hate to use their college money for me to get the 30-40 more credit hours I would need. We're in St. Louis. I'm applying for teacher's aide jobs right now, and not hearing back from anyone and wondering if overqualification is a problem? Also, how would school systems view my homeschooling experience? Would most consider it a good thing or a strike against me? Any ideas?
Depending on what your degree is in you can just take enough classes to get a teaching certificate in some states. Good Luck!
You say you would love to be a teacher and I can tell you would be a good one at that.
I do not believe it would be a strike against you just because you home-schooled your own children.
Arrange to speak with the head of human resources for the district you are in and ask him or her for guidance as what you need to do to get into the mainstream of teaching. Likely, you will have to take some accredited courses, but it shows genuine interest and is a start in the right direction.
Good luck to you, I bet you will make a great teacher.
See if there is an alternative certificate program in your state for people who already have bachelor degrees. You can do that here by taking classes one summer and then starting to teach in the Fall for pay (on a probationary status) and then you take some classes on the weekends during the school year and after that school year you get a teaching certificate.
Thanks for your kind words. Yes, I think I will look into community college classes this summer, and I think I could get a certificate rather than having to go back for another full degree. I guess I'll keep looking for a teacher's aide job. They seem to like me as a sub, so maybe I can get a referral that way.
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