<p>(Sorry, this is a re-post from the college major forum where it has gotten no replies over the past few days it has been there.)</p>
<p>I assume it's best if a student chooses a college in their home state if they want to teach in the state they currently live in. If you find an OOS college but want to end up in your home state to teach, how big of a deal is it to get licensed in the other state? I suppose it depends on each state, but just in general, is this an easy thing or not recommended? I hate to limit college search to in-state schools but if it is best in the long run, might be smart. Wondering thoughts on this or experience others have had.</p>
<p>I don’t think its a big deal to get a teachers certificate if you’ve attended an out of state school. </p>
<p>However, if you have to pay OOS tuition, the economics of your investment become dramatically different.</p>
<p>Each state has a teachers website that tells what the requirements are for earning your teachers certification. Check that out for the states you’re interested in.</p>
<p>You most likely will be “on your own” in a different state making sure you have completed the rquirements for the state you actually want to teach in and to get that license. The colleges/unis do tend to be focused on their own state requirements and will generally ensure that their students are prepared and ready for licensing. If one of my kids were headed in this direction I would want a very compelling reason why they felt they needed to leave State X to get a teaching certificate for State Y.</p>
<p>Exactly! If you can find a good in-state choice, it doesn’t make sense to incur the high cost of going OOS or to a pricier private…especially if student loans are needed.</p>
it absolutely can be a big deal. as has been stated before, requirements for certification are very state specific.
If you attend a school bordering on the state in which you wish to teach, they will probably help you get what you need to be certified. If you attend school in Iowa and want to teach in PA you may very well be SOL.</p>
<p>note re reciprocity under this agreement – “It is not necessarily “full” reciprocity. The educator may have to complete additional requirements, such as coursework, assessments, or classroom experience, before receiving a full professional certificate in the new state.”</p>
<p>Surely, public school teachers relocate from one state to another and then resume their teaching careers. Why would it be any different if one gets their teaching credentials in state X and relocates to state Y?</p>
<p>teacher certification requirements are dictated by the states – so the requirements at any given school’s certification program will be determined by the state in which they are located. eg, re elementary education – in some states you major in elementary education and just need a liberal arts concentration or a second major; in some states you major in a liberal arts subject and take proscribed courses for certification; states generally have some requirement of a liberal arts distribution – that distribution requirement can vary by state. </p>
<p>so what you need to take to complete a teacher certification program will depend on the state in which the college is located. HOWEVER, under the interstate certification compact (see my prior post) which i believe covers over 40 states, it is possible to study in one state and qualify for certification in another. How that actually works depends on each given state.</p>
<p>as for cost to attend OSS vs instate – this seems to assume that future teachers should all attend state colleges. there are many many fields in which an in-state college education makes the most economic sense – and i think the recent huge upswing in public college applications reflects that – but so often parents and students still seek what they consider the “better” program. i always wonder why when it comes to teachers, people seem so much more willing to tell students to just attend their in-state public college. don’t we want teachers who have been exposed to the best education themselves? economic realities can’t be ignored – but that’s true for many many potential careers (even ones that used to be thought of as safer and more lucrative) not just future teachers.</p>
<p>Been living in the United States long, gadad? We have these-a-here things called “states” (or some of 'em are “commonwealths”, but really they’re states, too). And then there’s this thing called “Federalism” which is kinda like an established religion. Except there’s not a whole lot of things that states actually get to do these days – regulate the sale of alcohol, decide who gets to practice law, decide what the age of consent for sex is, build stadiums, extort campaign contributions from insurance companies . . . and license teachers.</p>
<p>It’s far from impossible for teachers to move from one state to another, but depending on the states involved it can be a lot trickier than actually makes sense.</p>
<p>It’s not essential, but it can help. As some people have pointed out already, if you attend an in-state you’ll be sure that you’re fulfilling the requirements for a certificate for that state. Also, you’ll get to do your practical student teaching in districts where you may very well end up applying for post-graduation jobs, so you can start making contacts with principals right away, and it probably won’t hurt your resume if they see that you’ve worked in schools in the state already. </p>
<p>If you choose out of state, it may mean jumping through more hoops in order to get your certification to work. However, there are a few colleges that offer a “universal” teaching certificate that is recognized in districts across the nation more or less. And obviously, a college with a very prestigious teaching program will give you an edge regardless of its location.</p>
<p>We have known kids who have done it both ways - one went out of state to a small private college (probably with good merit money and possibly need based money), graduated in 4 years and got an elementary teaching position in the area she wanted in the home state directly out of college. A couple of other kids stayed in state, went to a state university, got bad advising requiring them to take more than 5 years to get their teaching certificates and neither is employed as a teacher right now. </p>
<p>My D just returned to school to get a teaching degree and is attending a state univ. because of cost. She almost missed out on attending at all this semester because of wrong and incomplete info. given to her by the admissions dept.</p>
<p>Different States require different credentialing hoops. Yes it does happen that public school teachers relocate to different states but, depending on where they are going to and where they coming from, there may be various (and significant) state requirements that need to be met even if someone was a veteran teacher in another state previously. Everything depends on the state in which you were credentialed and the state in which you wish to teach. For example I believe CA accepts no others states credentials at face value but I know that several other states accept California’s</p>
<p>I suggest you go to the dept of ed website for the state in which you wish to teach to find the most accurate answer or pick up the phone and give them a call.</p>
<p>As far as an ug degree, aside from course requirements that may not be available in a different state, I don’t think it matters where you do your undergrad; only where you file for your credential.</p>
<p>My advice is don’t worry about it, Choose the best school for you. Peoples lives take them in all different directions that are far removed from where they thought they would be when they were 17 and applying to college. You may decide you want to do something entirely different by the time you are 22 so don’t hamstring yourself with this particular restriction. This is a time to fly and who knows where you will end up.</p>
<p>In some parts of the country there is no shortage of teachers – the opposite is true (the Chicago suburbs, for one.)
It would seem that if you know you want to teach in your home state, getting your student teaching in the area and meeting professors and principals who might know of openings in the area could be very important.</p>
<p>if you mean getting an undergrad degree and then going for teachers certification as part of a masters degree program, it doesn’t matter where you go – just make sure you take the courses that’ll be required by the masters program (there can be very specific things they look for a student to have based on state requirements).</p>
<p>but if you are going for certification as an undergrad through a teacher certification at your college – yes it does matter – the college’s program will meet the certification requirements of the state in which it is located – a state does not automatically accept the teacher certification program at a college in another state. you would have to check whether the state where you want to work has a reciprocity agreement recognizing a certification program from the state where your college is and pursuant to that agreement what additional criteria you will have to meet. how easy or difficult it is will depend on the states involved.</p>
<p>Actually…it can be a hassle. If you KNOW that you plan to teach in your home state, go to college for education in THAT state. That way you will fulfill the certification requirements for THAT state (and yes…they do vary by state). You will complete the Praxis test in THAT state. You will do your student teaching in THAT state (nice way to start making some connections). AND if you go to a public university, you will save thousands and thousands of dollars.</p>