| If you are living in the Midwest and looking for a | | | | there are huge differences in teaching styles that |
| career change one career that will never be replaces | | | | you will learn about while you are going to get your |
| will be teaching. One of the main reasons why | | | | Arizona teacher certification. The things you will learn |
| teaching will never be replaced because there is an | | | | when you are going to school for elementary |
| old saying that goes “everyone needs to be | | | | education vs. secondary education will be huge in |
| taught something.” This is completely true | | | | determining what age you will teach. For most people |
| because no matter where you go in life you have to | | | | who become teachers there is almost an instant |
| be taught something whether you are a small child | | | | calling to the age group they want to teach whether |
| learning the ABC’s, a teenager learning to drive, | | | | it is for young children or older children. |
| or even an adult learning a new trade, everyone has | | | | If you have taught in another state besides Arizona |
| something to learn. In other words, we as humans | | | | before trying to teach in Arizona you may be able to |
| will never know everything there is to know, so | | | | get a Provisional Teaching Certificate. This special |
| there will always be something that we can be | | | | certificate, which is non-renewable, will allow teachers |
| taught. One of the most common ways for us to | | | | from other states to teach in Arizona for a year |
| think of teaching is through scholarly teaching, which | | | | after moving there, after the year the teacher will |
| can be obtained, in the state of Arizona, by taking | | | | have to take exams specific to teaching in Arizona to |
| classes towards your Arizona teacher certification. | | | | make sure they are up to date with all requirements |
| With your Arizona teacher certification you will be | | | | of teachers in Arizona. It is during the year the |
| able to teach both secondary school as well as | | | | teacher has the provisional certificate that the |
| elementary school. If you are wondering what the | | | | teacher can take courses in which they may be |
| difference is between the two elementary school is | | | | deficient in teaching in the new state. The only |
| for younger children usually from kindergarten | | | | loophole to this is if someone has been teaching for 3 |
| through 8th grade, while secondary school on the | | | | or more years in another state before moving to |
| other hand is for older children ages 9th grade | | | | Arizona, this is because teaching for 3 years shows |
| through 12th grade. There is a huge difference in | | | | that the teacher should have enough knowledge so |
| teaching styles and what is taught for each age | | | | that if they don’t pass the exams in Arizona |
| group. If you are looking to teach elementary school | | | | they still have ample knowledge about teaching. |