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NS1976
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I may have asked this before but I am so confused!
I want to be a certified teacher. Its what Ive always wanted. I have about 40 credits under my belt from a community college. Stopped going to plan my wedding and get married...never went back. 
New year..I want to do this. I am a SAHM and I was more interested in online classes. No school offers a degree in education "online." So I was wondering, could I get my Bachelors in say English or Science or something like that, and then get my Masters in Ed and be able to teach?
I know this is very vague..but I truly dont know how to go about this at all. I am not totally leaning towards teaching in the public schools, private would be fine. I just dont know how to go about researching this...how to begin..I feel like I am stuck without a lot of information. If anyone can point me in the right direction, recommend a way to go or even a school, I would so appreciate it! Thanks!!
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Posted 1/4/10 1:03 AM  |
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nicrae
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Mommy
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Re: I may have asked this before but I am so confused!
It depends on what you want to teach. If you want to be an English Teacher then you can get your BA in English and your MS in Secondary Education. I am not sure how it would work with Elementary Ed though.
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| Posted 1/4/10 10:59 AM |
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04bride
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Noel
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Re: I may have asked this before but I am so confused!
i have my ba in Sociology and did my master in childhood ed( 1-6). I had to take a few extra credits in grad school so iwas considereda career change student. I had a 42 credit masters
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| Posted 1/4/10 12:07 PM |
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Karen
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Re: I may have asked this before but I am so confused!
I have my BBA in Accounting and went back for a Masters in Education.
I would call your local BOCES with your transcript in hand, they can definitely assist you in this process. I would also double-check with them, because not all on-line universities are accredited in NYS. You don't want to take a bunch of classes that NYS won't give you credit for.
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| Posted 1/4/10 4:56 PM |
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MrsH2009
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Re: I may have asked this before but I am so confused!
Posted by 04bride
i have my ba in Sociology and did my master in childhood ed( 1-6). I had to take a few extra credits in grad school so iwas considereda career change student. I had a 42 credit masters
Me too. It doesn't matter what your BA is in, you can get a masters in elem. ed. I also had to take 1 extra math class, geography class and english class b/c I needed more general ed classes.
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| Posted 1/4/10 6:34 PM |
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JoesWife628
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Re: I may have asked this before but I am so confused!
I received my BA in English and did not take on education class. After graduating, I decided I wanted to be a teacher. Went back for my Master's in childhood education (1-6) and special education (1-6). My Masters was in special education but i became dual certified so i had two certifications. Because my bachelors was in English, all i had to take was the English CST test and i was then certified English (7-12) and also special ed (7-12) so up to 4 certs. Then I was told to get certified b-2 by my school district. I took one last class and became certified b-2 in early childhood education and special education for a total of 6 certs. It was great doing it that way!!
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| Posted 1/6/10 12:30 AM |
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Palebride
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Re: I may have asked this before but I am so confused!
I have my BA in English and my Masters in Secondary Ed.
I would suggest calling a local college to see if you can make an appointment with a counselor to talk about what you need.
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| Posted 1/7/10 10:30 PM |
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Erica
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Re: I may have asked this before but I am so confused!
since you don't have a BA yet, why not get a BA in teaching and graduate being able to teach. That's what I did and then I got my MS. And since it's required by NYS to get a masters degree to continue teaching - it was tax deductable!
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| Posted 1/8/10 4:01 PM |
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