| Knowing what types of teaching jobs are available | | | | need to earn a masters degree to teach special |
| and what they entail may help you decide if teaching | | | | education. You must be licensed to teach special |
| is for you and if so what type of teaching you | | | | education and you must have taken additional |
| should pursue. | | | | specialized courses during your education. |
| Elementary and Secondary Teaching | | | | Special education teachers teach children with a wide |
| To be a teacher for elementary aged children the | | | | variety of physical, mental and emotional disabilities. |
| requirements vary from state to state. Generally, | | | | That can encompass children who are deaf, blind, |
| most states require that a teacher has a bachelors | | | | autistic, or simply have a learning disability. |
| degree in education along with student teaching | | | | Teachers may be focusing on additional things above |
| experience. | | | | educational curriculum such as daily living skills. There |
| Then, most states also require that you pass their | | | | are many new technologies and teaching methods |
| certification tests and meet all legal requirements like | | | | emerging for use in this area of education so, |
| background and drug testing. | | | | continued education is advisable. |
| Elementary school teachers are typically work ten | | | | Professor |
| months out of each year with their summers off. | | | | Many people love to educate, but they do not have |
| Teachers plan and execute lessons, evaluate | | | | the stamina or desire to deal with younger students. |
| students based on educational criteria and | | | | This makes the idea of becoming a college professor |
| communicate with students parents or guardians. | | | | very appealing. |
| They are also responsible for classroom discipline and | | | | College professors can teach a wide array of |
| basic classroom maintenance. | | | | subjects for both professional growth or personal |
| Special Education | | | | enhancement. They can also lead and conduct |
| Teaching special education requires an extra special | | | | research with their students. The education |
| type of person. You need to have double the | | | | requirements to become a professor vary based on |
| amount of patience, dedication and persistence as | | | | the subject and the school it is being taught at. |
| standard teachers do. | | | | Some schools may even require you to have a PhD |
| Depending on the state you live, in you may even | | | | to teach certain subjects or at all. |