Start Here to Become a Teacher

Peppered with plenty of advice from practicing teachers, "Start Here to Become a Teacher" provides advice to people interested in teaching and allows aspiring educators to more wisely "comparison shop" among teacher prep programs by providing them with a listing of the nation's top 120 undergraduate teacher prep programs. Other highlights include: calling out common myths about teaching and what teachers who are successful love most about their jobs; the pros and cons of undergrad teacher training or delaying training until after earning a college degree; an affordability index describing the places where renting an apartment on a teacher's salary is more or less feasible; getting advice on the best courses to take--and the ones to avoid; making sure that the student teaching experience pays off, helping to land the first job.