I want to change my profession to teacher. How do I do this online?

I need to keep working during the day. I want to go to college under the TEACH GRANT. Are there any online schools utilizing the TEACH GRANT so I can change careers? Graduated HS. Went 4 years to trade school but they LOST my transcripts so I would be like a starting freshman. Any advice would be most helpful. Been wanting to teach for 16 years and now they have a grant that will pay for it. I want in on this. Any help, thanks.I want to change my profession to teacher. How do I do this online?
I don't know where you are located, but in California, you would have to earn a bachelor's degree before you can begin a teaching credential program. You can't substitute teach without a BA or BS either. Other states requirements are a little different, but they all require the BA degree. If you didn't get that degree from your trade school, start by trying to get that degree. If the trade school lost your transcripts, or more likely, never kept good records, then you will have to start over. While online schools don't carry the same status as brick and mortar universities, some universities offer many courses on-line. California State University East Bay (formerly Hayward) offers some degree options, though not all, online. It is a perfectly acceptable university as it is a part of the state university system. Chapman University in California and some of the State Universities offer teacher credentialing programs partially on-line. I know there is one that is exclusively online, but you will still need to do student teaching and meet with a professor. Look into the universities near you, you may be surprised that many of the courses are offered on-line and you could take the remainder as night courses. After you finish your BA or BS, you'll need to enroll in a credentialing program. These take one year in California. Financial aid, grants and loans are usually made available on a financial need basis, so you may qualify for assistance. Talk to an adviser and try to plan out your course work before you begin. It will save you time and money.



Hope this helps. Good luck on your career change!I want to change my profession to teacher. How do I do this online?
Hi, don't you have your degree with your transcript from your trade school. You could use that just make a copy of your transcript, and send it to the school of choice, just let the school know that they lost your transcript but you have copy's. Hope this help.



Beverly
Honestly, online schools are not given much credibility during the hiring process at most schools, and they may not even be acceptable institutions for the Teach Grant program. As you know, the school you enroll in also must have chosen to participate in the program. Maybe I'm biased, but I can't even imagine an online program being very good at teacher prep.



You might want to look into a teaching fellows program, since you already have work experience. Most major cities (NY, DC, Philly, Chi) have such programs in place, and you receive on-the-job training and support, plus you might be elegible for grants too. I can't vouch for their quality or success though.



Your best bet is to start college over (';lost transcripts';...really??), maybe at the community college level, which offers more night-time courses so you can still work during the day. However, going part time will take you longer. The 3rd and 4th years of college will be tough; you may have to bite the bullet and transfer to a college/university where you will attend full-time during the day. At that point, you'll want to be done with college quickly anyway.



Also, you will have to commit to teaching in an underserved community, which means working with poverty, class, substance abuse, violence and racial issues. Think very carefully about making this career change: if you don't examine it from all possible angles, good and bad, you will end up making another career change down the road. You're not 22 anymore (I'm assuming), it's a lot harder to teach now than it was 10 or 20 years ago, and you *will* be given the most difficult population to serve in the most difficult circumstances. I'm not trying to talk you out of it, but there are some very real facts you need to consider.
Grand Canyon University has a very good online program and is known for its college of education. My friend works there for their online college of education (which has been rated top 10 in the nation for several years) and he enrolled me, he can also send you all the links and everything for the TEACH grant. You can either call him at 1-877-547-2134 or e-mail him at mbanks@online.gcu.edu and he can not only e-mail you a ton of info but can also get you set up with a FA advisor to go over the TEACH stuff with you. Good luck