Mustache friends,
I have been teaching for a while abroad doing ESL in China and thought more about getting my teacher's certificate/license. After searching through the interwebs for a while the fully online programs that pop up seem a bit untrustoworthy - I'm judging them based on their tacky websites.
I would also hope to find a program that is something like a dual program: work towards teacher's license and work towards a MA in education/teaching since almost all schools deem this very important for hiring and pay structures. I already have a BA.
http://www.wgu.edu/education/teacher_certification# I found this Western Governor's Program that seems legit and the price is very reasonable. Its based on time, not courses, so a person could probably finish in one semester if that's all they did. I would probably work full time and finish it in a semester or two.
https://csuglobal.edu/graduate/programs/licensure/teacher-ready Here is Colorado State University - Global Campus program. This is a Master's degree that works towards a teaching license, which takes a year, then another semester to get the teaching license through TeacherReady which is associated with Florida Public Schools. Longer, more expensive, at least 17k USD, probably closer to 20k with things Im not seeing added on.
http://www.utpb.edu/ced/teacher-certification/fast-track-to-teaching University of Texas of the Permian Basin - yowerz - has a program that could be done very quickly, maybe 6 months, but it might also cost 15k since the student teaching needs to be done in Texas for 14 weeks, so for a few months Id have to go to Texas, rent a room somewhere, probably just some elderly couples home renting a room if possible, do the stuff and get it done, take tests.
As you can see: Im looking for speed, MA degree to go along with the teaching license, mostly online if possible.
Do you have info on this? Do you know a better program or know some more info about a program that might be good? Thanks for the help fellow Mustaches.