Teaching Credential Requirements by State

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Thinking about becoming a teacher?

July 10th, 2009 · No Comments · State Requirements for Teachers, Teaching Credential Requirements by State, Thinking about Teaching, Uncategorized

A good place to start is to check out your own states website on how to become a certified/credentialed/license (different states use different terminology) teacher. Since I live in California and have my California Multiple Subjects Teacher Credential much of the information I will talk about will be geared towards that but all states will [...]

Ready for RICA- Updated Book!

July 8th, 2009 · No Comments · State Requirements for Teachers, Teachers to be, Teaching Credential Requirements by State, Uncategorized

So after I wrote about the RICA and made my study guide recommendation I realized that Zarrillo has an updated version of the book, “Ready for RICA” that is yet to be realized (as of 7/8/09) but can be pre-ordered on Amazon.com.
According to Amazon.com it has been updated to include…

A comprehensive review of [...]

What is the RICA?

July 8th, 2009 · No Comments · State Requirements for Teachers, Teachers to be, Teaching Credential Requirements by State

RICA stands for Reading Instruction Competence Assessment and it is one of the tests that you need to pass if you want to become a Multiple Subject Teacher in California. The purpose of the RICA is to ensure that teachers in California, that want to become an elementary teacher, possess the knowledge and skills to [...]

What tests do you need to pass in order to become an elementary teacher in California?

June 30th, 2009 · No Comments · State Requirements for Teachers, Teachers to be, Teaching Credential Requirements by State, Thinking about Teaching

To become a Multiple Subjects Teacher (a teacher who can teach in a self-contained classroom as a classroom in most elementary schools- usually K-5) in California there are three different tests that one is required to take and pass. I will go into deeper explanation of each test in individual posts but the three tests [...]

Learning to be a teacher – the journey from school to classroom

Getting a masters, student teaching and more!