A teaching degree is a must have if you are interesting in helping to shape future generations by helping their education.
To become a certified teacher, you must have a love of teaching others and also have at minimum, a bachelors degree in education. A bachelors degree is only the bare minimum you may be required to have but can be a great step on the road to fulfilling your teaching goals. Many teachers attend school and work on their masters degree in their preferred subject while teaching with a bachelors degree only. Typically after you get a bachelors degree, you will go through a teaching internship at a local school before you actually start teaching your own classes.
A bachelors degree in education will take the average person around 4 years of full-time classes. These classes run the gambit from math and science to psychology and public speaking. Teachers are in very high demand and many schools offer the full bachelor's degree. These schools are online or traditional in nature. After your bachelor's degree, you will need classroom experience followed by a license to teach. Most schools offer internships for graduates and will place you with a school in your area as a teacher's aide or other position that will guarantee you your needed experience in the classroom.
A master's degree in education requires you first get your bachelor's degree, then take between 2-3 years of additional classes depending on how much you can do per semester. The master's degree is very specialized and is great for teachers who want to focus on a certain branch of academics. Science and Math teachers are a good example of teachers who usually have a master's degree. In addition to elementary and high school, with your master's degree, you have the option to move on to becoming a college level teacher in that subject in the future. There are different types of master's degrees in the educational field so you will want to pursue the one you find the most interesting and make sure it is something you will use in your field.
There are many different jobs you can pursue with teaching degrees. Whether you love to teach kindergarten age children or teenagers, you can realize your dream in a relatively short amount of time to be in a career you will love for a lifetime. To make a difference in a student's life is a very special thing and many people can recall one or two teachers that really made learning special.