Be Elite, Become a Teacher in Less than Five Weeks!
17th July 2010
Among the many talents, skills, tricks, dazzles, and steps I possess, the strongest is probably teaching. My bachelor’s degree is in education as is my doctorate. I have a lot of undergrad and grad course work aimed specifically at the theory and practice of teaching, lots of supervised internship work, a year of substitute teaching from K-12, then over 20 years of classroom experience, combined with a well established research and publication record on teaching. I taught and trained teachers, wrote textbooks, and designed advanced curriculum for teachers. All this led to an honorable and serious collection of awards and recognition. It was my profession, I worked at it, and I was good at it.
And, it appears I wasted a lot of time.
Did you know that you can become a teacher with five weeks of training? According to Teach For America if you attend an elite university or test at a high EQ, all you need is five weeks training with TFA and you’re ready to hit the toughest teaching assignments in areas blighted with poverty, fear, and despair.
And, best of all if you are one of the few elites chosen for this elite program, you get a great vita hit.
Teach for America has become an elite brand that will help build a résumé, whether or not the person stays in teaching. And in a bad economy, it’s a two-year job guarantee with a good paycheck; members earn a beginning teacher’s salary in the districts where they’re placed.
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