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Researched by Haley C.
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Research Summary
Teachers are very skilled people. Their main job is to help students learn new things like writing, reading, math, and science. Teachers also have to learn how to keep track of attendance and grades. They also correct work and give grades to the students. Teachers are classified as educators. Teachers can teach any grade or classes they are qualified for.
Teachers have to go through lots of education and training, but before a person can finish training they have to have a 4-year college degree. In college a person should take Basic English, math, and science classes plus lots of teaching classes and child psychology. All states require a degree in teaching before they can start. A person might have to show them how experienced they are by being a school Librarian or some kind of pre-teacher. Some states require an advanced certification after a few years of teaching. Schools in Canada require extra year(s) in school to become a teacher. All teachers have to go through special training. It has three main steps. Most teachers specialize in a certain subject and teach that subject.
During the job of teaching the person should keep the classroom clean and neat. They need an organized schedule and to keep the desks organized by having the students clean them once a week. Teachers need to stay organized too. A teacher uses books, movies, computers, charts, and pictures to help show the students what they are learning, but teachers have to keep those kinds of things organized. Teachers are paid about $26,764 - $55,000 a year. The real joy of teaching is being able to work with children and teach them new things.
Teaching started a very long time ago. To become a teacher, all
a teacher had to do was go through elementary school and you could become
a teacher. They classified elementary school as the grades K-8th
and if you completed all of the grades in elementary school you could become
a teacher, if you wanted to. Now they have made a decision that all
teachers have to go to college and through a special training for teachers.
Educating teachers started in 1839. By 1900 most states had schools
for training people who wanted to become a teacher. Now there are
over 500 training schools in the United States. In fact, the very
first training school was built in Concord, Vermont, in 1823. It
was a private school. The first state supported training school for
teachers was built in Lexington, Massachusetts, in 1839.
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