Stepping into the World of Teaching!

On my first day of college this semester, I was surprisingly informed by Dr. O’Brien that all my paperwork for student teaching would need to be complete by the middle of March. I originally, thought to myself that this paperwork would only involve me signing my name a few times and perhaps give some additional information about myself. I therefore asked Dr. O’Brien if she could bring the necessary paperwork for me, during our next class. After forgetting to bring it to me twice, I went directly to the Education Department where I learned about the unfortunately comprehensive amount of work I would need to complete to student teach next fall.

One of the key requirements for me to student teach is to take the Praxis. That very night I looked for places to take this test. However, I ran into a problem, for I did not know which Praxis I needed to take. I went online and found out that Social Studies requires the Content Knowledge Test. I confirmed this with Dr. O’Brien. After completing the paperwork, I registered to take this test in March. The price for this test is $130.

I then had to fill out paperwork for the Education Department. My transcripts from UCC and St. Peter’s had to be forwarded to that department. I had to decide where I wanted to do my student teaching, with whom and it what department. This was a very hard decision to come to. I loved my Sophomore Field Experience at Ronald E. McNair Academic High School and I wanted this new experience to be as enjoyable. After finally deciding what schools to teach at, I have to find out which school I will be at and then find out if that district needs a substitute license for student teaching. If that is the case, then I’ll have to travel that road in the future. I hope to have all this work completed before the beginning of March.