Ok I've recently decided to make the big decision on going to college for teaching. This school I have chose offers a career diploma for teaching assistant. Could u take this career diploma and go search for a job and get hired with this. I know crazy questions. But something like a career diploma sounds like it would just give someone extra help in the chosen field. Please help. Really want to get my career going.I don't want to chose something and won't beable to get what I'm looking for. Thanks in advance.

Are you in the U.S. If so, what classes will you need to take to earn the certificate?

There's a list online for it. Don't know the exact ones what they call it. But some has learning new ways on teaching. How to... maybe u could look this up. Cause I not helping give u information for u to help me. The school is Ashworth college

I looked. Most preschools will need a certain number of Early Childhood Education Units. It doesn't say how many there are in the certificate program, if any. For elementary, you'd still need to have a high school diploma and then those ECE units, along with testing before hiring. Have you called local schools and preschools to check hiring criteria? Here in CA, you'd make around $8 an hour to start, no benefits, and only part time work. You'd be an aide, not a teaching assistant in a public school.

I mean I'm not giving u the information that u need in order to help me. I'm sorry

Ooo OK.. thank u so much. I will for sure look more into this.

I looked and I am saying that I wouldn't waste my money unless it had Early Childhood Education units or you call schools you might want to work at before you pay for it. Most want 12 ECE units to work in a preschool. The website doesn't give coursework details.

I too looked and was not impressed. You could probably get a similar job without the "diploma" from Ashworth. Some schools may not even accept it, especially in states other than Georgia. And yes, the pay would be insignificant (not a living wage) and it would probably be part time. You would be spending a lot of money and doing a lot of work for not much, from what I can tell.

Call Ashworth and ask what the classes are and let us know.

I wouldn't waste my money on this school either. With the certifications that they give you will end up maybe making a little more than minimum wage.

I do believe the school offers early childhood education also. Would that be better?

Yes, but that would be an associate degree and you can probably do that at a community college for a lot cheaper. Again, call a local public school tomorrow and a few preschools. See what they require and post that. I hope you realize that unless you have a minimum of a bachelor degree and a teaching credential, you will not be a teacher. As we've said, a part-time preschool position aide is about all you can probably get.

Thanks for your help. My husband also works and on his pay we do OK, I mean I'm alive lol. I've always wanted to do something in the teaching field since I was wee little. So its just pursuing what I've always wanted to do

Ok. Thank you. I will check into all this. I would have been lost on what I was suppose to do to get where I want to be.

Thanks for helping me everyone. I have more understanding what I need to do. Have a blessed day.

You're welcome.

Many community colleges now offer online courses (if that's what you are aiming for), and even four-year colleges have teaching programs that ask students to take certain classes on campus, but then allow online learning too. And you want to find a program that requires an internship at a real school. Just like you wouldn't want to have a brain surgeon operate on you after taking only online classes, so also parents want their children to have teachers who have actually been in the same room teaching children before starting a teaching job.

So true! I fail student teachers every so often. Books, grades, etc. don't equal good teachers! It's a gift.