Day In the Life
This teacher's day includes related arts, visual art, library, P.E., and more while he/she meets with his/her grade level for team planning; and lunch and recess.
Elementary Teacher
Number of K-12 teachers in 2017-2018
3.5 million
In this pathway toward teacher certification, participants enter a 4-year degree program knowing that they want to become a teacher upon graduation
Undergraduate degree program
Residency Program that places candidates in high needs areas while offering free master's degrees while they complete two years of teaching in the program
Teach For America (TFA)
Term referring to teachers in areas like music, visual arts, drama, etc
Related Arts
This teacher serves a lot of students across multiple grade levels. He/She transitions between co-teaching in general education classes and pulling small groups of students to his/her own classroom for intensive intervention in literacy, math or social skills.
Special Education Teacher
% of female teachers in 2017-2018
76%
This pathway is designed for people who want to become teachers, but who have already completed their undergraduate coursework in a field other than education
Graduate degree program
Non-traditional pathway toward teacher licensure for teaching provisional certification or residency programs like Teach For America
Alternative Preparation
How to teach the structures of different disciplines like literacy, math, science, or social studies
methods
Classes are 75 minutes long and these teachers might teach three of four blocks each day.
Middle / High School Teachers
$57,900
Average salary of a full-time teacher
Programs offered through colleges or universities to earn teaching credentials
Education Preparation Programs (EPP)
Alternative pathway toward teacher certification in which future teachers work simultaneously on a master’s degree in education while being placed in a school full-time
Residency Program
Part-time field placements that are often tied to specific courses to give preservice teachers experience in classrooms
Practicum
These teachers are simultaneously teaching the content areas and social skills as students navigate groupwork and friendships.
Elementary Teacher
$44,200
Average salary of a first-year teacher
One way to earn a teaching license through completing coursework at an Educator Preparation Program (EPP).
Traditional Preparation Program
What CAEP stands for
Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation
The art and science of teaching
They create Individualized Education Plans for their students and reflect on student data to incorporate into the plan.
Special Education Teachers
Percentage of teachers who hold a standard teaching degree
90%
Series of teacher certification tests offered by ETS
Praxis
Teaching license that is temporary, usually with certain stipulations or provisions attached. Sometimes called an emergency teaching license
Provisional Teaching License
Agreements among different states to honor teaching licenses earned in other states, sometimes with additional requirements added (like testing).
Reciprocity