Question: how old do you have to be to be a teacher in america

title: Certified teacher
text: Professeurs des écoles : Primary education teachers . They pass the CRPE competitive exam . Professeurs certifiés : high school , mainly junior high , teachers . They hold the CAPES ( certificate for teaching in secondary education ) or the CAPET ( certificate for teaching in technological education ) . Professeurs de l'enseignement privé : private schools teachers . They hold the CAFEP ( certificate for teaching in private secondary education ) . Professeurs de lycées professionnels : vocational high schools teachers . They hold the CAPLP ( certificate for teaching in vocational high schools ) . Professeurs de l'enseignement physique et sportif : sport teachers . They hold the CAPEPS ( certificate for teaching sport education ) . Professeurs agrégés : high school teachers who may also teach in post-high school programs ( e.g. university and `` classes preparatoires aux grandes ecoles '' preparatory program to prepare students to take competitive exam to enter in engineer or business school ) . They pass the Agrégation very competitive exam . A very prestigious title , often required for applying at academic positions . They represent a minority in high schools .