<p>Teachers need a bachelors so don’t just do community college and only get your associates.</p>
<p>Look at UVa and JMU (both in Virginia) they have the five year MAT programs for teachers (teachers with masters degrees usually get paid a lot more than teachers without them).</p>
<p>You do need to make sure that the state you get your degree in will allow you to teach in the state you want to live in post graduation. Licensing requirements vary from state to state (which is why if you’re going out of state looking at MAT (masters of teaching) programs are a good choice)</p>