The schools of education have had to upgrade their programs to provide a sound basis for content, while providing quality experiences in how to teach. These programs now include many courses on how to teach computers, school art, school music, school health, children s literature, teaching of reading, math, social studies, and science. Laced through all of this course-work must be field experiences in the public school classrooms and experiences in how to teach children of other cultures and diverse learners of every kind. These programs often take five years. Testing and GPA requirements for pre-teachers are higher that most other professions now expect.
Many states now require an internship during the first years, before a true certificate is issued.
The demands on teachers are many, but a dedicated and caring elementary teacher reaps the rewards when she sees the voila in the child s eyes, when a concept is finally grasped. What a validation when the other students clap spontaneously as a child is able to work out a difficult problem or reads aloud a story he has written. Please check yes or no.