Teacher Articles

Becoming a Teacher: Join the "Teacher World"

• How to Become a Special Education Teacher
• An Education Degree: Your First Step to a Teaching Career
• Teaching as a Second Career
• The Benefits of Being a Teacher
• Your Teacher Salary: More than Just a Paycheck
• Teaching Scholarships: Funding Your Education
• Teaching Careers Are a Great Option
• Movies About Teachers

Career Spotlights:

• Reading Specialist Career Information
• How to Become a Reading Specialist
• Reading Specialist Salary Guide

• Guidance Counselor Career Information
• Guidance Counselor Requirements
• School Guidance Counselor Salary

• How to Become a School Nurse

Articles by Teachers for Teachers

Here are some more articles and blogs about becoming a teacher, with tips on strengthening your skills and resources to help you along the way:

• Teacher World Education Blog
• Teachers Network
• Teacher Mentor
• First Year Trials

Click on the links above for more informative articles for prospective teachers

Becoming a teacher means entering a unique world where days break down into class periods or subject blocks, years are divided into semesters or quarters, and summers mean time off—or curriculum planning for next year. Becoming a teacher means spending your days helping your students achieve their potential and finding new ways to engage each one, while remaining accountable to administrators and parents. Becoming a teacher also means joining an educated subculture, 3.5 million teachers strong.*

Becoming a Teacher Is an Important Step

As a teacher, you'll challenge and empower your students every day. Now we at Teacher World want to empower you by offering you teacher resources and tips, along with a healthy dose of camaraderie. We want Teacher World to be a place for sharing teacher stories to make you smile, laugh, or nod your head knowingly.

For Beginners: How to Become a Teacher

If you are a teaching student or a potential teaching student, you have come to the right place to learn what experienced teachers are saying about life in the classroom. Helping you learn how to become a teacher and putting your education to work is what Teacher World is all about.

Learn how to become a teacher in your state with our detailed, step-by-step guides. Then discover the secrets to a long and satisfying career, with tips from experienced teachers.

Becoming a teacher takes commitment, energy and persistence, but thousands of people like you go into teaching every year. Now Teacher World is here to help you get the teacher education you need.

Join the Teaching Community

If you have a story you wish to tell—helpful, encouraging, touching or just plain fun—this is the place for you. Teacher World will help you spread a sense of community among educators and teacher-education students alike, and share the knowledge you've gained since the days when you were first learning how to become a teacher yourself. Your stories, successes and secrets will show the world how to make a difference in students' lives.

Send us an email with your story attached: Contact Us

From all of us here at Teacher World, thank you for participating in the dialogue with students thinking about becoming a teacher and with fellow teachers.

*Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2009