SWMBO Has received a fairly decent job offer after getting her Masters in December. Only catch is, she needs a teaching certificate. SOOOOOOOO, Any stress free programs for transitioning to a teachers certificate from a MLIS degree. (masters in library science)
Typically you get the education degree as a bachelors (I guess?) but she went through Social sciences, and such to get to that point. She thought she found a school in TN to get the certificate from, but apparently TN requires a 15week UNPAID internship. As in you can in NO WAY BE PAID for working. No matter that she has the offer contingent on ENROLLING in a certificate program (she has 5 years to finish it).
So any suggestions? Looking for something primarily online, but willing to spend summers somewhere to get it done as long as it can be done in the summer. (make sense?)
Touch base with a vo-tech school. Lots of teachers there are tradesmen, and made the transition. The school should be quite familiar with the issues your wife is facing.
I believe it can vary greatly from state to state, but (my wife and BIL+SIL are all teachers) in WI and IL I believe most universities offer the teaching cert program. you can choose state universities or online/for-profit types. Most programs seem to be between one and two years of study, and offer the option to get a masters in teaching for just a few more courses and a big paper. (and a few more $grand, haha).
See if you can talk to anyone from Teach for America in your state, and see how/where they do their certs. TFA employs people with no teaching degree as long as they are concurrently enrolled in a cert program. Sounds like exactly what you are trying to do.
Thanks for the ideas guys! She's already trying to implement them.
NGTD
UltraDork
5/19/15 8:17 p.m.
Up here part of the program are placements in schools. They are part of the evaluation and you absolutely do not get paid to do it.
Would doing the unpaid placements during the summers be a possibility?
