Do you remember your elementary school principal? How about your middle school principal or your high school principal. Often working behind the scenes, the school principal plays a tremendous role in school administration – managing staff, apply disciplinary actions, managing finances, and meeting with teachers, students, and parents. Here’s what you need to know to [...]

If you’re anything like us, you have a special place in your heart for school librarians or media tech teachers. If you’re really like us, you may even have a secret desire to become one of these gems yourself! If so, then why not act on that desire and actually do it! The library/media tech [...]

If you’ve seen these acronyms, but didn’t really know what they meant, pull up a chair – you’re about to learn something new. ESL stands for English as a Second Language. TESOL stands for Teaching English To Speakers Of Other Languages. Both the ESL and TESOL educator help students learn the English language. Becoming an [...]

When you hear the word, “teacher,” you probably conjure up an image of the elementary teacher. And there’s a good reason for that. Elementary teachers make the strongest impressions upon what and how we learn since they teach us at a very vulnerable ages. From grades K – 12, the elementary teacher prepares his or [...]

If you have a knack for offering great advice, and a genuine interest in setting kids off into the right direction, you might be a great fit for an educational counselor. Educational counselors help students from grade school through college make appropriate academic and social decisions. These are of course, decisions regarding social relationships, career [...]

All teachers in every state must be licensed before they can teach in the public school system. Known as certification and licensure, a teacher’s license comes from a state’s Department of Education. The only exception of this rule is when individuals teach at a private school or through a special educational program. Private schools and [...]

You’ll find a wide variety of teacher licensure programs available not only in brick-and-mortar institutions, but on internet-based college courses as well. In fact, the online environment makes it rather easy to obtain a teaching license, especially if you’re licensed for a completely different career. Teacher Certification Programs One of the things that makes online [...]