How to become a catholic elementary teacher?
–Is Catholic– In order to teach in Public Schools, you need state certification. This differs from state to state and you often need to be recertified if you move to a different state. What you typically need is a B.A. or a B.A.S. in Education with a specific focus (in your case elementary school K-6 education). Then you take a certification test. If you do not have an Education degree, then you take a small number of courses and then take the certification test. For a Catholic elementary school, they do not run under all of the states guidelines and thus do not need to require their teachers to have certification. This is completely dependant on how the diocese and individual school wishes to run things. It is important to check because one Catholic school might require certification while the one down the street does not. Obtaining certification is the same as obtaining certification for public schools. Non-certified teachers need just to be competent in their field which means hav
