This was literally SO encouraging. I’ll be 27 this year and still have 2 years left of my bachelors for my Early Childhood Education degree and i often feel like I’m wasting my time because “no one wants to hire an “old” first year teacher. I have had A LOT of the same emotions you had in regards to teaching (i got my associates in child development after high school but thought that was all i wanted and then worked in a daycare for a couple years before i realized that i really just want to be in a school making a difference) I seriously feel like you and i could really be friends! Thank you thank you thank you for your transparency!
I would love to hear about your interview experience! Just like the questions they asked, what you brought to the interview and how in depth your answers were! I’m in an El Ed program right now and I’m scared to death of the interview process! Haha.
You are such an inspiration! Thank you so much for sharing this! I will be a freshman in college this year majoring in Liberal Studies (Elementary Education), and have been faced with so much negativity regarding my choice to pursue teaching from peers, friends, and even family. Hearing stories like this reassure me that what I am doing is what I want!
That's so funny that you made worksheets for imaginary worksheets because I literally did that for years as a kid and had no idea that I wanted to be a teacher. Once I got to college apps and started thinking about majors, everyone that I told that I was considering teaching was like "Well, duh." Apparently it was obvious to everyone but me! I'm not in my third year in an El Ed program and loving it.
Ugh! This is so nice to hear - same thing here with teaching my imaginary students! Ha! I've finished my A.G.S. but don't know where to go from here - considering going back for teaching. I can't stop flip flopping! But I always return. The struggle. I hope I get my ass in gear soon too!
Thanks for this video! Just stumbled across your videos today and I love them. It's so comforting to hear your story. I have always found myself gravitating toward teaching and I've had a ton of people tell me I'm "too smart" and have "done too well in school" to be a teacher. I listened to their voices more than I should have -- but now, after graduating from undergrad this past May, I have applied to two teaching programs! I'm finally on my way!
You are great! I'm a high school senior struggling to find where my life callings is. This truly inspired me to considered one my my greatest passion of working with kids. Thank you for this!
Yay! Hope your first year is going well! I taught fifth for five years and this is my first year in second. I do believe I’m made for the intermediate grade levels, too. I prefer sassiness over immaturity lol hope you do an update video soon! Keep riding the wave ;)
Just found your channel from THe KInderhearted Classrooms channel. Your video together was adorable. I had to check yours out too! My daughter begins her teaching journey this year and will be teaching Grade 4- I'll be sharing your channel with her- I'm sure she'll find your videos helpful. :) It is scary to be a first year teacher! Been there 27 years ago. Good luck as you begin your 2nd year! Enjoy the rest of your summer :)
I found your channel this weekend and I have to say we are practically the same! I started at SDSU too and then transferred back home to the University of Arizona and I got my degree in psychology which is something I LOVED. I always knew I wanted to teach (I did the same thing you did with making worksheets for pretend students as a kid...) but I also didn't see it as a "successful" career path. Senior year I applied for PhD programs in autism research and I wasn't accepted to any of the programs I applied to and I was at a loss as what I would do. A couple of weeks later, the Red for Ed movement started in AZ and I decided it was finally time for me to accept my fate and become a teacher! I immediately applied to masters programs at ASU in elementary ed and am finishing up my second semester. Next semester I am student teaching full time and I am so excited because it is also the district I grew up in! I have been subbing as well and my program ends in December so I will have a lot of time to get more experience and prepare. Thank you for being so relatable. I love your channel!
Thanks for this video and sharing your path toward teaching. I currently work in a completely different field and trying to lay out my plan toward teaching and you have given me a lot of encouragement. Thanks!
This is my life!! Currently graduated college in Health and Human Performance and I was going to take the physical therapy route. Just came to terms that I want to teach even though I put it on the back burner for so long!! So glad I found this video! Congrats to you🤗
OMG I really relate to your story. I am doing an alternative teaching program as well. I already had my bachelors degree and I was kinda of stuck in a sales job that I really hated and had to start from scratch. I started subbing as a way to make money, but I really fell in love with the elementary level. I started my program in January and it's all online. Thankfully I am almost done and I have to take my content test and plan on taking a special education test too. Hopefully, this fall I will start as my first teaching job. I am finding your videos really helpful, I started watching last night.
This was so helpful! I live in California just 45 minutes away from Sacramento and I am going back to school now to become a teacher and it has been so hard with college counselors not knowing anything about the pathway I am supposed to be taking so this offered so much insight! I thought I was the only one who had gone back and forth about teaching when I was younger but I am so excited about this process! I thought I was the only one who was unsure at first, and I'm so glad I found your channel!
Ugh! I absolutely LOVE you! I am in my first year of college at the old age of 24 (😂) because I knew I didn't want to work at my desk job for the rest of my life. I just didn't show up to work one day, started college a few weeks later, and I've been in LOVE with college ever since. Teaching is the only thing I have interest in, and watching your videos makes me even more excited to get my degree. ♥️
omg, i literally bought books for my parents to do their work in! am now doing a childcare course and your videos are really inspiring the way i want to set my own classroom one day.
This video spoke to me! I am a major stressed and I despise it! I'm in my Junior year of college, and am going for Elementary Education. The whole process is so stressful, but I know it'll be worth it!
I’m in my education program right now and I really enjoy your videos and find them very helpful. I just found your channel and have watched only like 3 videos so far, but I’m loving all the insight and positivity toward teaching. I feel like you don’t see that often and it can get discouraging. Thank you for making these videos !
Yaaay! I’m from CA too! I love your videos! It’s really helping me figure our what I want to do in life. It’s good to hear the experience of someone who didn’t major in education, which is also the boat i’m in right now! Thank you for making these videos, it’s helped a lot❤️
this is the most amazing this and SO helpful for someone who is wrapping up their undergrad and didn't realize that they.... should have gone into education. Honestly this is so much of a reassurance
Hey girl! I have been watching your more recent videos, but watching this one fills me with so much excitement! In each video, I can totally feel your passion for teaching and you remind me of the teachers I ended up loving during my elementary education! I, too, used to make fake worksheets haha. My grandmother and great-aunt (her sister) both were teachers, but my mom discouraged me from the profession at a rather young age because she only thought of the money involved and felt I wouldn't have any security had I pursued that route. I am currently in a 2 year/5 semester program for something I have a great amount of for, but I still feel like teaching has an even bigger place in my heart. I love your channel so much and I truly hope you continue this for as long as possible.
Hi! I’m in my junior year of college studying elementary education in Maryland. I just stumbled upon your teachings videos. I really enjoyed your story. It reminded me how excited I am to be a elementary school teacher fall 2019. Wooo!!
I loved listening to your teaching story because it resonates so much with me! I studied psychology in undergrad because it is such a huge passion of mine. I was following the natural trajectory of my program and intended to get my PhD in clinical psychology when it hit me that, although I love psychology, I want to teach. That is where my heart is! Similar to you, I would always try to recruit the neighborhood kids to play school with me. In general, I have been loving your videos! It makes me so excited to start my teaching program this summer :)
I love your teaching story. I graduated in 2017 undergrad with a degree in sociology and no idea what I wanted to do. The more I thought about it the more I realized I wanted to be a teacher. Right now I work at a daycare and am going to go back to school hopefully this year or next. It's not my ideal route, but it's my plan.
I have no idea how I ran into your channel but I'm so glad I did. It's crazy how similar this video is to what I am going through, and I hope you keep making videos, they're really helpful!
Just came across your channel and I appreciate you sharing your story! I am a sophomore at PSU right now and I have had a few struggles along my journey but I know it will all be worth it in a couple years! Keep doing what you're doing!
I definitely did that when I was younger pretending to play teacher!! I am a senior in high school and am currently in my second year doing a class through school where I get to essentially student teach in a first grade classroom and I LOVE it! I am currently about to start an Elementary Education program in college next year and I cannot wait until I finally can become a teacher because it's something I am so passionate about!
i remember being in elementary school and learning concepts in class and being soooo excited to go home and teach my “students” the same things i learnt that day. i would make worksheets and mark them. lolll I am graduating high school in june and i have no idea what i want to do next year and your channel is bringing back how much i loved elementary school, and pretending to teach it at home. lolll i love your channel thank you so much for the inspiration
I'm a professional ballet dancer with a BFA in ballet and I'm looking into teacher certification to be an elementary school teacher in a couple years. Loved hearing your story
I made worksheets for imaginary kids so I am totally with you!! I really loved this video because I am thinking of becoming a teacher and actually get my teaching credential from Sac State! I feel like I am stressing out about how getting a credential works and the whole process of becoming a teacher.
Had/having such a similar experience to yours. I didn't think I wanted to be a teacher until after college and traveling for a bit. I also was a year substitute and now I'm currently in my student teaching!
I’m from Sacramento and I’m currently finishing my general and then transferring to sac state to get my credentials, I’m definitely terrified for when I do my student teaching but so excited!
That's funny, I did the same thing growing up. I knew I wanted to work with kids but I wasn't sure of what I wanted to do exactly. I had/have a lot of medical issues and always remember my child life specialists and thought It would be fun to do that. But I thought that since they worked in hospitals , they had to go to medical school which I didn't really thinK i was interested/smart enough to do so. Turns out, they don't lol! In my teaching classes at my local comunity college, I just didn't feel like it was right for me. Have you done a video about what an IB school is?? If not , I would love to see that!
OMG Shelley! I went to Sac State as well and went through the Multiple Subject Credential Program in 2013-2014! I'm originally from the Sac area but am currently in Washington state. Such a small world, I'm starting my first year of teaching this coming school year (I took a few years off to pursue other dreams) but I CANNOT WAIT to get back into teaching! I'm so glad I found your channel, we have a ton in common and I can't thank you enough for starting your channel, especially coming from a first year teacher. The PACT was so intense!!! Congrats on passing and surviving the crazy intense world of the program!! I'm still best friends with some of the TC's in my cohort. Which school are you at right now? I would love to talk to you about what area you are in and how its going! Congrats again! :D
Wow your comment about doing really well in school and family having great expectations sounds just like me. Not that they ever discouraged me from teaching but I went back for certification at 26 and was like "eh, shouldn't I make more money?". Now I'm 45 and still looking for my niche in life, thinking SPED.
Same! My 4th grade teacher when she left at the end of the school year gave me all her workbooks and I took them home and played school with my teddy bears.
Your story is almost mine im going thru the same thing now. Graduating, trying to get on a path to get my license amd im stressed subbing now i signed up nervous but your videos have helped and i just followed u 30 min ago.
I'm starting college in August to start my journey on becoming a teacher in California (hopefully in northern, I'm currently in SoCal) This video helped me so much because I️ am nervous on how all the programs work in California bc I️ know it's different from other states so thankyou so much!
Oh wow. I’m from Sacramento too. I went to a IB High School too. I’m currently a Sac State student going for my BA in Child Development with a concentration in Elementary Pre-Credentials with a minor in Counseling. I’m debating if I should do my credentials at Sac State too but don’t know.
In Pennsylvania (where there are no teaching jobs unfortunately) you can't sub unless you have your bachelors degree. You also won't really get hired unless you know a principal or administrator, have your masters degree, and a few years experience after your degrees. It really sucks haha but i'm happy for you!
Love your story Shelley! I had a question about your program. Was that you getting an alternative teaching certification? Or did that 1.5 year program constitute a traditional path?
About to graduate with my bachelor's in kinesiology too hahah and now considering teaching, but just a bit scared to jump right in! And honestly not sure how to get my certification. My grandmother was an elementary school teacher and my mother was an elementary school teacher so I kind of fought it, but I think I love it..
Really excited about finding you vlog! I am applying for a teaching credential program that starts this June. I will be a 2nd career teacher so I’m really nervous about the experience background coming from an Interior Design background with a BS in Interior Design. Also applying for subbing so I hope this helps. Did you take the CSET? I’m studying and looking to take the multi subject soon. If so, any tips? Oh and I’m in Sacramento too!!!!!! Owwww!
I have always wanted to be a teacher, and I currently work as a preschool teacher, however, so many people have told me not to go into teaching, and it has discouraged me a little bit. I know that it's something I am meant to do, but the pay has really concerned me. Did you ever have to deal with people who said things like that to you?
Did you take a portfolio to your interview? What did you put in it? I only did a minor in education and I feel like I have nothing to put in a portfolio.
I HAD IMAGINARY STUDENTS TOO haha. My classroom was insane... my parents let me have like the whole back half of the basement (so maybe I am a little more insane) :)
New to your channel , please make a video about job interviews base in yours experience . I'm a substitute teacher with teacher credentials but the interview scared me .
I have a little brother and sister and lots of cousins they’re like all right around the same age and I’m like 3-6 years older... but yes when I was little I use to make worksheets 😂 Also I would use desk and a chalkboard luckily we had our old school torn down and they gave everything away....we had lockers, desk, chalkboards, lots of art supplies, it was soooo much fun 😊❤️
Omg I did thag all the time when I was in elementary school!! I would even do the homework sheets and then explain why certain answers were wrong that they "wrote" please tell me I'm not the only one...
Hi! I’m supposed to finish my teaching program December 2021. How was that, having a semester off? I feel like it’s gonna be crazy. But I’m subbing next year during my program (i literally changed my major 2 months ago and I’m transferring schools next semester - it’s May of my junior year) I’m STRESSED
I’m 24 and i just had my aha moment last week... I will need a ged and a full four years of college (at least) to make it happen. By then i’ll be 28-30. Is that too late to start a teaching career?
I’m very confused how you were able to sub before you had your teaching degree. Here in Australia you must have your degree to sub or teach at all. I’m in my fourth year of my teaching degree now (yep that’s how long it takes to be a teacher here) I love it though
Hey!!! i love your videos , i was just wondering if you have any advice for how to become a substitute ?? i live in florid and i would love to do that just to make sure this is what i want . Ive been trying to research because i know i need some type of certification but everything that pops up is for teaching not subbing.
So I’m just watching your videos and I wanted to ask your advice...I’m 23 years old. I have always wanted to be a teacher and just have never done anything to go for it. Your videos have gave me a bug up my behind and I really want to go to school for this. So thank you first off. BUT...because I’m 23 years old I feel like that’s too old to start? Idk. I have done classes at college here and there but haven’t gone to college full blown because I just didn’t know exactly what I wanted to do. But now I do. But I just feel like I’m getting a late start in the game. What do You think? BTW...I am from northern Cali as well! I’m from ukiah. So high five for northern Cali!!
Taylor Phillips hey! That’s awesome! I would say it’s NEVER too late!!! My friends mom didn’t get her credentials til she was 35! It’s the best job in the world.
@@Michelle-pn9xt I’m sorry but when did I say that I felt like my life was over? I don’t know why you felt the need to comment on a reply that was literally 3 years ago lmao.
@@taylorphillips4151 You are the one who was acting like you were too old to become a teacher. You did not say your life was over, but saying that you are too old to do something in your twenties is silly. If you want to sit around thinking those things, that is up to you. Anyone is able to make a comment a anytime. You are using the word literally incorrectly.
My teaching is weird and i have natural teaching well natural talent teaching and it doesn't make sense at all i notice about my teaching and i don't like it but this is the problem and the reason why my teaching is different and doesn't make sense because my teaching is not perfect and im not perfect that's why because i notice about myself about that i try my best at teaching people
This was literally SO encouraging. I’ll be 27 this year and still have 2 years left of my bachelors for my Early Childhood Education degree and i often feel like I’m wasting my time because “no one wants to hire an “old” first year teacher. I have had A LOT of the same emotions you had in regards to teaching (i got my associates in child development after high school but thought that was all i wanted and then worked in a daycare for a couple years before i realized that i really just want to be in a school making a difference) I seriously feel like you and i could really be friends! Thank you thank you thank you for your transparency!
I would love to hear about your interview experience! Just like the questions they asked, what you brought to the interview and how in depth your answers were! I’m in an El Ed program right now and I’m scared to death of the interview process! Haha.
You are such an inspiration! Thank you so much for sharing this! I will be a freshman in college this year majoring in Liberal Studies (Elementary Education), and have been faced with so much negativity regarding my choice to pursue teaching from peers, friends, and even family. Hearing stories like this reassure me that what I am doing is what I want!
That's so funny that you made worksheets for imaginary worksheets because I literally did that for years as a kid and had no idea that I wanted to be a teacher. Once I got to college apps and started thinking about majors, everyone that I told that I was considering teaching was like "Well, duh." Apparently it was obvious to everyone but me! I'm not in my third year in an El Ed program and loving it.
Ugh! This is so nice to hear - same thing here with teaching my imaginary students! Ha! I've finished my A.G.S. but don't know where to go from here - considering going back for teaching. I can't stop flip flopping! But I always return. The struggle. I hope I get my ass in gear soon too!
Thanks for this video! Just stumbled across your videos today and I love them. It's so comforting to hear your story. I have always found myself gravitating toward teaching and I've had a ton of people tell me I'm "too smart" and have "done too well in school" to be a teacher. I listened to their voices more than I should have -- but now, after graduating from undergrad this past May, I have applied to two teaching programs! I'm finally on my way!
You are great! I'm a high school senior struggling to find where my life callings is. This truly inspired me to considered one my my greatest passion of working with kids. Thank you for this!
Having a moment where you realize what you want to do with your career is amazing. Everything truly works out in the end!
Yay! Hope your first year is going well! I taught fifth for five years and this is my first year in second. I do believe I’m made for the intermediate grade levels, too. I prefer sassiness over immaturity lol hope you do an update video soon! Keep riding the wave ;)
Just found your channel from THe KInderhearted Classrooms channel. Your video together was adorable. I had to check yours out too! My daughter begins her teaching journey this year and will be teaching Grade 4- I'll be sharing your channel with her- I'm sure she'll find your videos helpful. :) It is scary to be a first year teacher! Been there 27 years ago. Good luck as you begin your 2nd year! Enjoy the rest of your summer :)
I found your channel this weekend and I have to say we are practically the same! I started at SDSU too and then transferred back home to the University of Arizona and I got my degree in psychology which is something I LOVED. I always knew I wanted to teach (I did the same thing you did with making worksheets for pretend students as a kid...) but I also didn't see it as a "successful" career path. Senior year I applied for PhD programs in autism research and I wasn't accepted to any of the programs I applied to and I was at a loss as what I would do. A couple of weeks later, the Red for Ed movement started in AZ and I decided it was finally time for me to accept my fate and become a teacher! I immediately applied to masters programs at ASU in elementary ed and am finishing up my second semester. Next semester I am student teaching full time and I am so excited because it is also the district I grew up in! I have been subbing as well and my program ends in December so I will have a lot of time to get more experience and prepare. Thank you for being so relatable. I love your channel!
Thanks for this video and sharing your path toward teaching. I currently work in a completely different field and trying to lay out my plan toward teaching and you have given me a lot of encouragement. Thanks!
This is my life!! Currently graduated college in Health and Human Performance and I was going to take the physical therapy route. Just came to terms that I want to teach even though I put it on the back burner for so long!! So glad I found this video! Congrats to you🤗
OMG I really relate to your story. I am doing an alternative teaching program as well. I already had my bachelors degree and I was kinda of stuck in a sales job that I really hated and had to start from scratch. I started subbing as a way to make money, but I really fell in love with the elementary level. I started my program in January and it's all online. Thankfully I am almost done and I have to take my content test and plan on taking a special education test too. Hopefully, this fall I will start as my first teaching job. I am finding your videos really helpful, I started watching last night.
Hi Sarah,
What program did you do?? 😊
This was so helpful! I live in California just 45 minutes away from Sacramento and I am going back to school now to become a teacher and it has been so hard with college counselors not knowing anything about the pathway I am supposed to be taking so this offered so much insight! I thought I was the only one who had gone back and forth about teaching when I was younger but I am so excited about this process! I thought I was the only one who was unsure at first, and I'm so glad I found your channel!
Ugh! I absolutely LOVE you!
I am in my first year of college at the old age of 24 (😂) because I knew I didn't want to work at my desk job for the rest of my life. I just didn't show up to work one day, started college a few weeks later, and I've been in LOVE with college ever since. Teaching is the only thing I have interest in, and watching your videos makes me even more excited to get my degree. ♥️
Thank you so much for posting this. You helped me make the decision to be a teacher after watching this!
omg, i literally bought books for my parents to do their work in! am now doing a childcare course and your videos are really inspiring the way i want to set my own classroom one day.
This video spoke to me! I am a major stressed and I despise it! I'm in my Junior year of college, and am going for Elementary Education. The whole process is so stressful, but I know it'll be worth it!
I’m in my education program right now and I really enjoy your videos and find them very helpful. I just found your channel and have watched only like 3 videos so far, but I’m loving all the insight and positivity toward teaching. I feel like you don’t see that often and it can get discouraging. Thank you for making these videos !
Yaaay! I’m from CA too! I love your videos! It’s really helping me figure our what I want to do in life. It’s good to hear the experience of someone who didn’t major in education, which is also the boat i’m in right now! Thank you for making these videos, it’s helped a lot❤️
this is the most amazing this and SO helpful for someone who is wrapping up their undergrad and didn't realize that they.... should have gone into education. Honestly this is so much of a reassurance
Hey girl! I have been watching your more recent videos, but watching this one fills me with so much excitement! In each video, I can totally feel your passion for teaching and you remind me of the teachers I ended up loving during my elementary education! I, too, used to make fake worksheets haha. My grandmother and great-aunt (her sister) both were teachers, but my mom discouraged me from the profession at a rather young age because she only thought of the money involved and felt I wouldn't have any security had I pursued that route. I am currently in a 2 year/5 semester program for something I have a great amount of for, but I still feel like teaching has an even bigger place in my heart. I love your channel so much and I truly hope you continue this for as long as possible.
Two minutes in and I'm already like "omg that's me!!!" Love this video so far..back to watching
Hi! I’m in my junior year of college studying elementary education in Maryland. I just stumbled upon your teachings videos. I really enjoyed your story. It reminded me how excited I am to be a elementary school teacher fall 2019. Wooo!!
I loved listening to your teaching story because it resonates so much with me! I studied psychology in undergrad because it is such a huge passion of mine. I was following the natural trajectory of my program and intended to get my PhD in clinical psychology when it hit me that, although I love psychology, I want to teach. That is where my heart is! Similar to you, I would always try to recruit the neighborhood kids to play school with me.
In general, I have been loving your videos! It makes me so excited to start my teaching program this summer :)
I love your teaching story. I graduated in 2017 undergrad with a degree in sociology and no idea what I wanted to do. The more I thought about it the more I realized I wanted to be a teacher. Right now I work at a daycare and am going to go back to school hopefully this year or next. It's not my ideal route, but it's my plan.
I have no idea how I ran into your channel but I'm so glad I did. It's crazy how similar this video is to what I am going through, and I hope you keep making videos, they're really helpful!
Just came across your channel and I appreciate you sharing your story! I am a sophomore at PSU right now and I have had a few struggles along my journey but I know it will all be worth it in a couple years! Keep doing what you're doing!
keep doing this. You inspire me thank you for sharing your story.
I definitely did that when I was younger pretending to play teacher!! I am a senior in high school and am currently in my second year doing a class through school where I get to essentially student teach in a first grade classroom and I LOVE it! I am currently about to start an Elementary Education program in college next year and I cannot wait until I finally can become a teacher because it's something I am so passionate about!
i remember being in elementary school and learning concepts in class and being soooo excited to go home and teach my “students” the same things i learnt that day. i would make worksheets and mark them. lolll I am graduating high school in june and i have no idea what i want to do next year and your channel is bringing back how much i loved elementary school, and pretending to teach it at home. lolll i love your channel thank you so much for the inspiration
I'm a professional ballet dancer with a BFA in ballet and I'm looking into teacher certification to be an elementary school teacher in a couple years. Loved hearing your story
I made worksheets for imaginary kids so I am totally with you!! I really loved this video because I am thinking of becoming a teacher and actually get my teaching credential from Sac State! I feel like I am stressing out about how getting a credential works and the whole process of becoming a teacher.
SHELLY! GLAD YOUR DOING WHAT YOU LOVE. KEEP IT UP :)
Had/having such a similar experience to yours. I didn't think I wanted to be a teacher until after college and traveling for a bit. I also was a year substitute and now I'm currently in my student teaching!
I’m from Sacramento and I’m currently finishing my general and then transferring to sac state to get my credentials, I’m definitely terrified for when I do my student teaching but so excited!
That's funny, I did the same thing growing up. I knew I wanted to work with kids but I wasn't sure of what I wanted to do exactly. I had/have a lot of medical issues and always remember my child life specialists and thought It would be fun to do that. But I thought that since they worked in hospitals , they had to go to medical school which I didn't really thinK i was interested/smart enough to do so. Turns out, they don't lol! In my teaching classes at my local comunity college, I just didn't feel like it was right for me.
Have you done a video about what an IB school is?? If not , I would love to see that!
Hi! Thank you so much for your invaluable input. I have been leaving notes for teachers but sort of generic. Now I know! Thank you!
OMG Shelley! I went to Sac State as well and went through the Multiple Subject Credential Program in 2013-2014! I'm originally from the Sac area but am currently in Washington state. Such a small world, I'm starting my first year of teaching this coming school year (I took a few years off to pursue other dreams) but I CANNOT WAIT to get back into teaching! I'm so glad I found your channel, we have a ton in common and I can't thank you enough for starting your channel, especially coming from a first year teacher. The PACT was so intense!!! Congrats on passing and surviving the crazy intense world of the program!! I'm still best friends with some of the TC's in my cohort. Which school are you at right now? I would love to talk to you about what area you are in and how its going! Congrats again! :D
Wow your comment about doing really well in school and family having great expectations sounds just like me. Not that they ever discouraged me from teaching but I went back for certification at 26 and was like "eh, shouldn't I make more money?". Now I'm 45 and still looking for my niche in life, thinking SPED.
i would play school with my stuffed animals! i used books for their desks! and i would make worksheets for them! no you are not the only one!
Same! My 4th grade teacher when she left at the end of the school year gave me all her workbooks and I took them home and played school with my teddy bears.
Your story is almost mine im going thru the same thing now. Graduating, trying to get on a path to get my license amd im stressed subbing now i signed up nervous but your videos have helped and i just followed u 30 min ago.
I'm starting college in August to start my journey on becoming a teacher in California (hopefully in northern, I'm currently in SoCal) This video helped me so much because I️ am nervous on how all the programs work in California bc I️ know it's different from other states so thankyou so much!
YESSSSSS TEACH GIRL TEACH!
Oh wow. I’m from Sacramento too. I went to a IB High School too. I’m currently a Sac State student going for my BA in Child Development with a concentration in Elementary Pre-Credentials with a minor in Counseling. I’m debating if I should do my credentials at Sac State too but don’t know.
In Pennsylvania (where there are no teaching jobs unfortunately) you can't sub unless you have your bachelors degree. You also won't really get hired unless you know a principal or administrator, have your masters degree, and a few years experience after your degrees. It really sucks haha but i'm happy for you!
I’m in my teaching credential program at cal state Bakersfield and I haven’t heard of anything about a teacher project. Interesting!
I have no idea why, because I am not a teacher or in school to be one but this is my favorite channel right now hahaha
Love your story Shelley! I had a question about your program. Was that you getting an alternative teaching certification? Or did that 1.5 year program constitute a traditional path?
Heather Martinez it was my whole program!!
About to graduate with my bachelor's in kinesiology too hahah and now considering teaching, but just a bit scared to jump right in! And honestly not sure how to get my certification. My grandmother was an elementary school teacher and my mother was an elementary school teacher so I kind of fought it, but I think I love it..
Yea that’s me! 🙋🏽♀️ Except I made my little brother do the worksheets 😂
Really excited about finding you vlog! I am applying for a teaching credential program that starts this June. I will be a 2nd career teacher so I’m really nervous about the experience background coming from an Interior Design background with a BS in Interior Design. Also applying for subbing so I hope this helps. Did you take the CSET? I’m studying and looking to take the multi subject soon. If so, any tips? Oh and I’m in Sacramento too!!!!!! Owwww!
Yes that's me 🙋♀️
Teaching everything to my pillow 😅
I have always wanted to be a teacher, and I currently work as a preschool teacher, however, so many people have told me not to go into teaching, and it has discouraged me a little bit. I know that it's something I am meant to do, but the pay has really concerned me. Did you ever have to deal with people who said things like that to you?
You have to make the career choice that is right for you, not the one that is right for other people.
I alway made worksheets and printed out copies when I was younger! I passed them out to my friends and sisters!
omg i did the same thing as kid lol i loved playing teacher! 👩🏫
Did you take a portfolio to your interview? What did you put in it? I only did a minor in education and I feel like I have nothing to put in a portfolio.
Thanks for posting this I just changed my major from chemistry to Liberal Studies
I HAD IMAGINARY STUDENTS TOO haha. My classroom was insane... my parents let me have like the whole back half of the basement (so maybe I am a little more insane) :)
New to your channel , please make a video about job interviews base in yours experience . I'm a substitute teacher with teacher credentials but the interview scared me .
that's so cool! I am a student at sac state, with the goal of becoming a teacher one day
I have a little brother and sister and lots of cousins they’re like all right around the same age and I’m like 3-6 years older... but yes when I was little I use to make worksheets 😂
Also I would use desk and a chalkboard luckily we had our old school torn down and they gave everything away....we had lockers, desk, chalkboards, lots of art supplies, it was soooo much fun 😊❤️
Omg I did thag all the time when I was in elementary school!! I would even do the homework sheets and then explain why certain answers were wrong that they "wrote" please tell me I'm not the only one...
thank you!!!!! this video keep me motivated me to keep going
Hi! I’m supposed to finish my teaching program December 2021.
How was that, having a semester off? I feel like it’s gonna be crazy.
But I’m subbing next year during my program (i literally changed my major 2 months ago and I’m transferring schools next semester - it’s May of my junior year)
I’m STRESSED
I’m 24 and i just had my aha moment last week... I will need a ged and a full four years of college (at least) to make it happen. By then i’ll be 28-30. Is that too late to start a teaching career?
I’m very confused how you were able to sub before you had your teaching degree. Here in Australia you must have your degree to sub or teach at all. I’m in my fourth year of my teaching degree now (yep that’s how long it takes to be a teacher here) I love it though
This is a really cool story. Sub teaching is pretty good start for some.
i also used to be a pretend teacher! and my mom worked in schools so i already hadthe materials necessary. i used to pretend i was a librarian too!
Hey!!! i love your videos , i was just wondering if you have any advice for how to become a substitute ?? i live in florid and i would love to do that just to make sure this is what i want . Ive been trying to research because i know i need some type of certification but everything that pops up is for teaching not subbing.
So I’m just watching your videos and I wanted to ask your advice...I’m 23 years old. I have always wanted to be a teacher and just have never done anything to go for it. Your videos have gave me a bug up my behind and I really want to go to school for this. So thank you first off. BUT...because I’m 23 years old I feel like that’s too old to start? Idk. I have done classes at college here and there but haven’t gone to college full blown because I just didn’t know exactly what I wanted to do. But now I do. But I just feel like I’m getting a late start in the game. What do You think?
BTW...I am from northern Cali as well! I’m from ukiah. So high five for northern Cali!!
Taylor Phillips hey! That’s awesome! I would say it’s NEVER too late!!! My friends mom didn’t get her credentials til she was 35! It’s the best job in the world.
Do you think your life is over at 23??? If you obtain a job doing something else, you will be the same age. Someone who is 75 is an older person.
@@Michelle-pn9xt I’m sorry but when did I say that I felt like my life was over? I don’t know why you felt the need to comment on a reply that was literally 3 years ago lmao.
@@taylorphillips4151 You are the one who was acting like you were too old to become a teacher. You did not say your life was over, but saying that you are too old to do something in your twenties is silly. If you want to sit around thinking those things, that is up to you. Anyone is able to make a comment a anytime. You are using the word literally incorrectly.
you're awesome!!!!!
Lol literally me... actually had interview end of July!
I would play teacher all the time growing up and make worksheets! Lol but I'm the oldest of 5 so I always had a little class loll
Did u build a portfolio?
You didn’t have to do TPA’s?! I’m in CA too and got my multiple subject teaching credential a year ago
nataljoy I had 5 TPAs in the PACT alone lol. And then 4 additional TPAS, one for each subject lol
Omg!!!! I always used to pretend I was a teacher and used all my stuff animals as my students. Lol!!!!
Same here!
hey miss Coates its ameliao i love your vids !! i sub
"Yeah, that's me!"
I’m from San Diego hey girl!
My teaching is weird and i have natural teaching well natural talent teaching and it doesn't make sense at all i notice about my teaching and i don't like it but this is the problem and the reason why my teaching is different and doesn't make sense because my teaching is not perfect and im not perfect that's why because i notice about myself about that i try my best at teaching people
Ya thats me! lol
I’m 13 and I really want to be a teacher!!!!!!!!!! Sorry the comments so late.
SDSU doesn’t even compare to San Marcos. U get multiple subjects, special ed & eld @ the same time
Was that one person who said yeah that’s me, I guess I am not alone
1:50 YAH THATS ME
I do that but with real people