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How does one become a CS teacher? I used to be an active mentor in Big Brothers Big Sisters, and I really enjoy mentoring and seeing them evolve into better mo
by moomoo11 3y ago
How does one become a CS teacher?
I used to be an active mentor in Big Brothers Big Sisters, and I really enjoy mentoring and seeing them evolve into better more confident versions of themselves. And I learned patience and understanding from them.
I have no interest in getting a teaching degree over a couple years.
Do I just apply to a school? It would be cool to go teach CS in middle America.
Imagine if folks like us who are competent swe take leaves of 3-5 years (we make a ton of money, so it’s not a huge hit) and over a decade or two we are able to build tech centers that elevate and boost the quality of life in places like the Midwest and South. These kids will learn how to think outside the box and have a creative outlet.
- gshubert17 3y agoThere are interesting opportunities in some niches. Twenty-five years after I got an MS/CS degree and had worked as a software engineer at various places, I was looking for something different. A public charter school in Colorado had just started; they taught students K-12 and sought teachers with subject matter expertise and teaching skills. They explicitly didn't require ed school certification. I worked there for 13 years before I retired. At this school, 2 one-semester "tech" classes were part of high school graduation requirements. One was on operating systems and office software. At times these were Windows and Office; at others Linux and OpenOffice. The other was much like the material in Brian Kernighan's "D is for Digital", on basic concepts, history, and brief experience programming. We covered a little shell scripting, a little SQL, web pages with HTML and JavaScript. We had an elective programming class, but its enrollments were quite small. The ones I just mentioned were taken by just about everybody.