> ChuckO writes:
>
> "I've looked into that angle too, after several people recommended
> substitute teaching. I discovered that out here in Kansas City you need
> to have a state teaching certificate to serve as a substitute. There
> might be a poor school district around town that doesn't require a
> teaching certification, but I haven't looked too comprehensively."
>
> In California, you just need to pass the CBEST (a literacy test) to
> substitute teach. Also, here, there are 1 year teaching credential
> programs (Hawyward State) that let you do your student teaching while
> you are in the program. So, in one year, you're done. Lots of teachers
> are retiring.
The only thing I'd want to teach on the high school level is American Government or history, but a little black bird tells me that I wouldn't last long. ;-)
Chuck0