[quote=bearishgurl]Thanks for the interesting link, Djshakes. A “single-subject” credential is not the same as being able to teach all subjects at a grade level (such as K-6). Also, several of the current teaching staff you are seeking to replace are certified to teach more than one subject at the HS level. I take from your post that you never actually taught in CA?
Just curious, Djshakes. What subject did you teach in HS? And why didn’t you go thru with the credentialing process in CA?[/quote]
I was dually certified to teach business and marketing. I taught at public school outside of Milwaukee. Courses I taught were: Accounting, Intermediate accounting, Advanced accounting, keyboarding, Computer applications 1&2, personal finance, Marketing.
In order to be certified you had to pass a standardized test before you enrolled in the program. Once enrolled you had to graduate with a bachelors degree from a certified program. UW-Whitewater was one of two colleges in the state that offered my certification at the time. I believe there were on-going professional development course that state required to maintain your license.
I didn’t pursue a teaching career in CA because I wanted to go private. The compensation was better compared to what I was used to in WI. I think I started at $28K a year. I didn’t realized teachers were paid so much out here. At the time I was coaching, working as a server part-time AND teaching full time. I moved out here and became an accountant and made as much as I did with all three jobs before. I was also a little burnt out on teaching or maybe I would have looked into it out here as compensation is higher.
