Peppered with plenty of advice from practicing teachers, Start Here to Become a Teacher provides advice to people interested in teaching and allows aspiring educators to more wisely “comparison shop” among teacher prep programs by providing them with a listing of the nation’s top 120 undergraduate teacher prep programs. Other highlights include:
– Calling out common myths about teaching and what teachers who are successful love most about their jobs
– The pros and cons of undergrad teacher training or delaying training until after earning a college degree
– An affordability index describing the places where renting an apartment on a teacher’s salary is more or less feasible
– Getting advice on the best courses to take–and the ones to avoid
– Making sure that the student teaching experience pays off, helping to land the first job