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Re: Transition to Teaching - Business Ed
Posted by Currently in TTT on 9/06/08

As somcone who currently is in Business Ed Transition to Teaching,
I can tell you first hand what you need to do. (your husband,
anyways). The only transition to teaching program around where I
live (Mishawaka, IN) is at Bethel College, and that is currently
where I am attending. They have a year long program, but before
you get accepted, I totally recommend getting a transcript review
to make sure there are no more classes that need to be taken or
anything. Next, your husband will need to take two tests before he
can get admitted, which are the Praxis 1 and the Praxis 2:
Business Education. The first Praxis is given at Sylvan learning
center in Mishawaka, down the road from UP mall, I'm not sure of
other locations, but you can google praxis and they will have more
information. The second Praxis is only taken a few times a year,
and they have different locations he can take that as well, this
is a paper and pencil test, which is unlike the first one, which
is a computer test. This is about 2 or 3 hours long, I forget by
now, but it's over general basic knowledge, if you go on the
Praxis website, your husband can download a study guide to go by.

Also, to get in, you will need 2 letters of reference..actually,
if you want to check it out, it gives you all of the details at
bethelcollege.edu. That is a much better resource and you can get
phone numbers to call people. The program runs from May to May, so
the next starting program wouldn't be until next May, but I
totally advise getting started as soon as possible so he can make
sure he has everything by then. I love the program, it is set up
wonderfully and the professors are great. In the fall semester,
you have 80 hours of field work that are expected and in the
spring, you do student teach like the person above mentioned. So
there is that timeframe where you would want to either have
someone to help support you and work on the weekends or I'm not
sure what. If you have any other questions, I am going through it
right now, and I also have a friend that went through it for the
same thing a couple of years ago, that's how I found out about the
program, you can email me if you would like. I hope this has been
helpful. Sorry so long.

On 9/06/08, Almost forgot... wrote:
> Forgot to add please also tell him to look at getting his
> vocational business endorsement. He can take the classes he
> needs for it online from Indiana State or on campus at Ball
> State. He will need outside-of-education work experience to add
> it as well (not in marketing or self-employment). It will allow
> him to teach more business classes, including Work co-op, etc.
> Some Indiana schools now won't even interview without the
> endorsement, it is that important to those schools now. He can
> do it on the tail end of his coursework, or just after he is
> done. It is my understanding he has to have the business ed on
> his license before it can be added.
>
> On 9/06/08, IN Teacher wrote:
>> Depends on your definition of "twisted" Most TTT programs now
>> have programs to help people get some of their education
>> classes and classes they might be needing in their major area
>> for the Indiana certification, but at one point they all have
>> the person take time off of their full time job to student
>> teach. This is because that is required, to my knowledge from
>> what I was told, no way around that. Which makes sense. That
>> experience is needed, and not having it is a slap in the face
>> for those of us that took the "traditional" route. We are in
>> a profession, and that (to me) is like asking doctors not to
>> go through residency. I would not want to go to a doctor that
>> didn't do that!
>>
>> Tell your better half though that the business ed cert is a
>> good option though if he is serious about doing this for his
>> career. I know for a fact there was a shortage of positions
>> this year in business education, some schools even started the
>> school year with emergency subs. If he's willing to look and
>> move statewide, he will have options when he is done. If you
>> are locked into the larger areas (Indy, Fort Wayne, etc) it
>> will be more challenging.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> On 9/05/08, Jennifer wrote:
>>> Hello!
>>>
>>> I'm actually writing on behalf of my better half, who's
>>> looking into the TTT programs for Business Education. Has
>>> anyone out there gone through this process? He's finding
>>> it a more twisted route than expected, and we were
>>> wondering if anyone has ever successfully pulled this off
>>> and, if so, how.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for your help!
>>> Jennifer


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• Transition to Teaching - Business Ed, 9/05/08, by Jennifer.
• Re: Transition to Teaching - Business Ed, 9/06/08, by IN Teacher.
• Re: Transition to Teaching - Business Ed, 9/06/08, by Almost forgot....
• Re: Transition to Teaching - Business Ed, 9/06/08, by Currently in TTT.