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How do I Choose the Best Teaching Certification Program?

By Kasey James
Updated: May 17, 2024
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The best teaching certification program is one that will work with your current schedule and learning style. There are many types of teaching programs that will certify you in the grades and subject areas you would like to teach. Some programs are offered at traditional colleges and universities while some are solely online. You will want to choose a program that you will be able to complete.

Traditional colleges and universities that offer a teaching certification program often have classes during the day. These classes are usually two or three days per week. The program classes are usually full of students of different ages. This type of program may be best for someone who works an evening or night job.

If you already have a full-time job where you work during the day, you may want to consider a college that offers night or weekend classes. A teaching certification program that is mostly evenings and weekends is usually designed for the working adult. You may find that many of the other students have similar life situations.

You may have a difficult time working with a traditional class schedule and may want to look into an online teaching certification program. There are programs provided by an accredited university where all the classes are taught through the Internet. There are two types of online classes: synchronous and asynchronous.

A synchronized online program is where you will log in to your online college portal at a certain time and listen to live lectures presented by the professor. Communication is often done through live chat with the teacher and students. Asynchronous classes do not have a specific time and date. The work is given by the professor and does have a due date, but it is up to the student to decide when to log in to the virtual classroom.

A hybrid teaching certification program contains both online and on-site classes. Some of the program classes will be held in a classroom on the college campus. The other classes will be taught through the college's online portal. Some students like hybrid programs because it helps them to explore both learning experiences.

Teaching certification programs allow you to finish with a teaching license that is valid in your state. If you already have a bachelor's degree, you may want to consider completing a master's degree in education and becoming certified at the same time. The advanced degree will help you in the hiring process, and many states pay higher salaries to teachers with multiple degrees.

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