| Kindergarten and Elementary School teachers perform | | | | Praxis I, Praxis, II, and Praxis III. |
| a substantial role in the development and growth of | | | | All states in the US require that public school teachers |
| young kids. The things they learn about, discover, and | | | | possess a bachelor's degree and be certified or |
| encounter during this period is sure to have a huge | | | | licensed by the state they will be teaching in. |
| effect on his or her potential future accomplishments in | | | | The education degree program you choose will |
| both education as well as their day to day lifestyles. If | | | | prepare you to receive a license or certification to |
| you consider yourself to be a person who enjoys | | | | teach in your current state of residence. If you |
| young children and has a love for educating and | | | | currently possess a bachelor's degree, some states |
| teaching, a Kindergarten teaching career might be | | | | offer alternative procedures to help in obtaining a |
| perfect for you. Over the next few paragraphs we will | | | | license and in many cases, private schools do not |
| take a look at the requirements and steps you can | | | | require teachers to be certified or licensed at all. If you |
| follow if you someday want to have your own | | | | have a bachelor's degree but still need to acquire |
| Kindergarten classroom. | | | | college level education courses, states may make |
| Generally speaking, most current Kindergarten | | | | available an alternative route to certification that can |
| teachers follow the conventional path to a career in | | | | allow you to be hired with pay while you obtain a valid |
| education. First, you need to research local or online | | | | license. In cases like this, the teacher will usually be |
| schools and find an education program that suits your | | | | hired under a temporary or provisional license and will |
| needs. There are many schools that offer terrific | | | | have to obtain the required education related credits in |
| education degree programs. The key is to collect | | | | an agreed upon period of time. During this provisional |
| information from a variety of schools - do some | | | | period, the new teacher is supervised by an |
| research - and choose the degree program that best | | | | experienced education or administrator. |
| fits your current schedule and lifestyle. These | | | | Kindergarten teachers wear many different hats. You |
| education and teaching degree programs prepare you | | | | will be required to not only coordinate hand-on play and |
| for your first teaching job. As well as the core college | | | | activities, but to also introduce and teach subjects like |
| classes like mathematics, science, literature, and | | | | math, language, science, social studies, art, and more |
| economics you will also take classes like teaching | | | | as you get your kids ready for first grade and beyond. |
| methodologies, philosophy of education, psychology of | | | | You will be responsible for planning and implementing |
| learning and other courses related to education and | | | | appropriate curriculum, management of the learning |
| teaching. In addition, you will also be required to spend | | | | environment, classroom and behavior management |
| a semester of student or supervised teaching and | | | | issues, assessment of development, and legal and |
| pass a series of teacher certification exams like the | | | | professional issues of the Kindergarten teacher. |