Becoming a Secondary School Teacher

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Becoming a Secondary School Teacher

• Who makes good teachers?
• Why become a teacher?
• How do I become a teacher?

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Teacher Qualities

• Inquisitive
• Social
• Helpful
• Professional

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Job Outlook

• Very Strong
• Job Stability
• Location

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Benefits

• Paid to Learn
• Lengthy Vacations
• Good Retirement / Health benefits
• Mobility
• Flexibility

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Challenges

• Information Explosion
• Changing Population
• Technologyical Revolution

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How has life changed in 100years

• The average life expectancy in America was 47.
• Only 14 of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub.
• Only 8 of the homes had a telephone.
• There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S. and only
  144 miles of paved roads.
• The average wage in the U.S. was 0.22/hour.
• 90 of all U.S. physicians had no college
  education. Inste
• One in ten American adults couldn't read or
  write.
• Only 6 of all Americans had graduated from high
  school.

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Diversity
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1904 - 2004
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1904 - 2004
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How will life be different 100 years from now?
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Preparation

• Academic Preparation
• Professional Preparation
• Emotional / Mental Preparation

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What teachers need to know

• Content Knowledge
• BA or BS degree
• undergraduate
• Pedagogy
• Credential
• Graduate

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Subject Specializations

• Art Art
• Business Accounting, Finance, Information
  Systems, Management, Marketing
• English Communication, Comparative Literature,
  Drama, English, Journalism, Linguistics
• Foreign Languages Classics (Latin), French,
  German, Russian, Spanish
• Science Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geosciences
  
• Mathematics Mathematics
• Music Music
• Physical Education Physical Education
• Social Science Social Science

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Early Field Experience

• Work with adolescents
• After school tutoring
• Church youth group
• Youth programs
• Volunteer as teachers aid

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Teacher Preparation at CSUN

• Graduate Program
• Internship Program
• Integrated 5-year Program