<p>I was just wondering if anyone knew of any decent grad schools for teaching. I don't really care about rankings, but I do want a school where I can get licensed at the same time as getting my masters. I have seen a few schools where you must complete about a semester's worth of undergrad to get licensed and then continue on to the masters, and I don't want to do that. Right now I really like Wake Forest's Master Teacher Fellows program, but I am just trying to get a list of other schools to look into/apply to. I am looking to teach high school history.</p>
<p>Do you want a particular part of the country?</p>
<p>My daughter's about to start a very intense program at UC Santa Cruz which will earn her both a credential and a masters in one year of combined coursework and student teaching.</p>
<p>Almost all MA in education programs are geared towards certification - unless it is something like leadership where you have to have taught first. I taught history/poli sci for 5 years. What was your undergrad major?</p>
<p>Then just find an MA program for certification - almost any decent sized uni with a grad program in education has them. here in Chicago there are at least 4-5 unis with it, so I doubt you'll have trouble finding one. As far as a "good" uni, in education for certification name matters not at all. I will point out though that it is extremely difficult to get a teaching position in history nowadays, as the field is completely overloaded. There are about 300 applicants for each position, and even inner city schools are competitive. If you look at the number of job openings, you'll see what I mean. If there is a way for you to get enough classes into your undergrad to be certified in another area, esp. science or math, but even English (include some reading classes), you'll be much more marketable. Often a school will have positions that are split between a shortage area and history, and you can gradually work your way into just history if you want.</p>