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ECE and teaching
Hi I want to eventually become a teacher. I live in toronto and i knwo its hard to get into teacher college. I was planning on doing a transfer program with a college and then going to university but what if i don't get into teachers college. What kind of diploma will i have because teachers college and what kind of work can I do. Can i still work in a day care centre even though i did not complete my full ece program in order to transfer. OR can i complete a full ECE program and then after I get the diploma can i apply to a university and try and become a teacher. The reason why i am not going straight to university is because i did not take academic courses in highschool. I AM SO CONFUSED and don't know what to do. This is my dream and i want it to come true but don't know what route to take. PLEAE HELP!
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First off dear: You need to clarify your dream.
If you want to work in a public school you will need to (probably) do 2 years at college, three years at a university to pick up your degree in something... including two teachable options AND, because of how difficult it is to get into the teaching degree programs these days, you should probably volunteer in classrooms and get some teaching and mentoring experience too. Then you will need 12 to 24 more months to get your Bachelors of Education, at university. Then you can teach in a public school.
If you want to work in a day care, you don't need your teaching degree. Really, you don't. You'll need one or two years at your college and then switch into Early Childhood Education University program for two to four more years to get an BA in ECE.
Only the earliest grade teachers (Kindergarten teachers through second grade) hold ECE degrees. The teachers of the higher grades hold everything from English to History to Science Bachelors. ECE is for the years under 8. If you want to work with children from birth to 8 years, then you want your ECE.
Talk to your guidance counselor now, keep talking to career counselors when you are in college and just KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS! Of everyone you see who has a job you think you might like, of everyone in a program that looks interesting. That is the only way to figure it out.
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