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Thanks for the tips. I guess my follow up would be, why
attempt a masters if I'm only teaching high school, and only
need a teaching credential and my BA? Don't most attempt the
masters to help them enter college teaching? If so, I assume
most spend that time teaching HS, right? Thanks for the help,
just trying to clarify all this before starting. Ill look
into LAUSD for certification/interning you mentioned. But
again, I want to eventually teach at a CC, so hopefully I can
intern and attain my masters at the same time.

On 4/23/16, mark wrote:
> TFA is ok, but they're a bit cult-like in their
> administration. LA Unified has a pretty extensive intern
> program that you might check into, and they pay you while
> you're going through the program.
>
> FYI: If teaching in Community College is your ultimate
goal,
> there is no direct pipeline from high school teaching to
> community college teaching. College teaching is usually
> academic subject oriented, requiring a Masters degree or
> higher (PhD preferred) where most K-12 teachers eventually
> complete Masters degrees in some type of Education
practice.
> Experience as a high school teacher is typically not valued
by
> higher education employers and is seen as non-related.
>
> One possible exception is teaching at a University's
Education
> Department. Few, if any, Community Colleges have Ed
classes,
> as that these are typically taken later in an undergrad
> degree. That almost always requires some K-12 experience,
> though typically those people have doctorates.
>
> On 4/22/16, tangelo wrote:
>> Hello, I'm an older, non-trad undergrad student graduating
> from UCLA
>> next spring. I want to become a high school teacher, and
> eventually
>> teach community college. What is the best path to do this?
> Do I want
>> to go to a traditional masters path in education? TFA has
> approached
>> me, offering a two year program teaching in a lower income
> community
>> which I'm totally comfortable with. In that time, they
will
> certify
>> me and I can earn my masters along the way during my two
year
>> commitment. I also get paid during those two years. Sounds
> perfect,
>> but I wanted to get some other opinions first.
>>
>> How did you become certified in California? Did you earn
your
>> masters, and if so, what kind and where? Thanks guys,
feeling a
>> little confused right now. Any links to websites that
might
> help me
>> understand how to became a teacher also appreciated.

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