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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The one my child had left in the middle of the year, so there's that.[/quote]

Alternative certification programs have a high drop out rate. Most of these candidates are going to title ones, have a ton of “mentorship and coaching” that adds to the workload, they have to study for tests and taking classes online after school and complete regular teacher duties. [/quote]

They also didn’t waste as much time & money on it as education majors who paid for their degree in education along with doing unpaid student teaching. It’s easier to walk away from something when you haven’t wasted much time or money on it.

Also, the trainees are being put in rough schools or forced to teach terrible classes that no one else wanted to teach. They are set up for failure.

Teaching is very much dependent on the environment. The people who quit may eventually be good teachers, but they never had a chance to get into a better school or a grade level that may be more appropriate for their personality and interest.

People need to have a teaching license to be pickier about what grade level or school they want to apply for. I recommend anyone thinking about teaching to sub and observe a lot of teachers to see what your preferences are. Talk to people and do your own research. If you are still interested in teaching, then apply for the cheapest online program to get a license.

This way you can choose where you apply and what you’re applying for. The trainee program saves money because you get paid while you’re getting a license, but it is not worth it. This is a shortcut that I think very few people can withstand because they put you in classes where they cannot get licensed teachers. That means you’re getting a job that no other teachers wanted - it’s that bad.

If you truly want to be a teacher, it is not a good starting point. [/quote]

It’s been said many times on this forum, but I’ll just repeat it one more time. The majority of teachers are not education majors. That is a common misbelief. [/quote]

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