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Educational Videos – Great New Site, Explore.org

October 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Teachers Corner, Teachers to be, Thinking about Teaching

Sam and Zach just pointed me in the direction of a great website that has a ton of Educational Videos on it. The site is called explore.org and is worthwhile checking out. They have a ton of videos, including a section dedicated to Africa Videos, Costa Rica Videos and more!
Check it out. Here is a [...]

Book Recommendation for First Year Teachers

July 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Teachers to be, Thinking about Teaching

My First Year as a Teacher by Pearl Rock Kane (Editor)

My First Year as a Teacher is a great compilation of twenty-five teacher’s stories about different things that happened during their first-year of teaching. These stories reveal all the wonderful and difficult things that happen to teachers when dealing with a variety of different [...]

What is the CBEST?

July 24th, 2009 · No Comments · CBEST, State Requirements for Teachers, Teachers to be, Thinking about Teaching

The CBEST stand for the California Basic Educational Skills Test and is one of the tests you need to take to become a teacher in the state of California.
The CBEST consists of three sections: reading, mathematics, and writing.
The Reading Section contains 50 multiple choice questions and is assessing your ability to understand information that is [...]

Great Books for New Teachers!

July 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Teachers Corner, Teachers to be, Thinking about Teaching

As I find books that I think will be interesting or useful for new or veteran teachers I will share them here. I am always on the look out for good books that will help me along the way as I become a new teacher so if anyone else has any great books please share [...]

APLE- Assumption Program of Loans for Education (What is APLE?)

July 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Teachers to be, Thinking about Teaching

APLE is a teacher incentive program created to encourage people to become teachers in California (yes, unfortunately this program is only for people who want to teach in California). This program specifically helps teachers who work in subject areas where there is a critical teacher shortage or a school that meets certain criteria establish by [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

What is a Charter School?

June 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Thinking about Teaching

Before I began this whole process I didn’t know much about Charter schools so I figured others might not know either and would interested in learning more about them.
Charter schools are similar to public elementary or secondary schools in the United States but they do have some differences. Charter schools do receive public [...]

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

Getting a masters, student teaching and more!