What is college teaching degree ?

    

‘Teaching’ is becoming an increasingly popular profession these days. Formerly, becoming a teacher was not that much of a demanding job but as the era of extreme competition has prevailed, teaching at college level has become challenging.

College teaching degree has eventually gained both trend and a wider acceptance. Children at the age of college life are very frail & frenzied and can easily be manipulated for their own and nation’s good. Tackling them is not a cup of tea! A college teaching degree serves the purpose of teacher training to cater all requirements.
Type of college where you aspire to apply for the teaching job, determines the criteria you need to meet to teach college-level courses. Generally, colleges entail Master’s degree whereas universities prefer Doctorate degrees. Teaching experience is another aspect considered apart from a specific college teaching degree, either as a teacher’s assistant (T.A) or researcher under some prominent supervisor. Nowadays, however, there exist multiple applicants against one seat offered in a college teaching program. This naturally calls for gaining teaching- oriented exclusive Education degrees called a ‘College teaching degree’ to stand out in the competitive industry.

Candidates who fulfill the criteria are still not guaranteed a teaching vocation. Aspiring college professors not only require the basic college teaching degree and experience. Being well- published is also an important pre- requisite. Research papers, articles, thesis or term papers as well as foothold networking in academic base are the necessities. Basically college teaching degree renders an individual a certified or registered teacher. Earning credentials from recognized government, HEC (Higher education commission) or private source makes the applicant eligible to teach college- level studies. A few examples of such college teaching degrees include B. Ed (Bachelor of Education), PGCE (Postgraduate Certificate in Education) and PGDE (Professional Graduate Diploma in Education). College teaching degrees however, vary from country to country.

A College teaching degree aims at laying out the policies and proceedings required to endow the potential college teachers with the right kind of skills, attitude, awareness and expertise that they will be expected to deliver in college teaching endeavors. Such a college teaching degree is divided into 3 junctures: preliminary teacher training, orientation, professional development. Graduates who intend to become college teachers tend to pursue long 5- year programs or short 6- month diplomas e.g. Master of Arts in Teaching Program (M.A.T), Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Outdoor Education (OE) etc. for individuals seeking leadership positions like that of College Principle have a college teaching degree that imparts firm pedagogical handiness and competence in learning theories.
Post Bachelor’s Teaching Licensure, Career & Technical Educators’ Authorization program, masters of Education etc are some of the prominent college teaching degrees taught in various universities with slight differences in designations. If you aim at teaching a special area in college, you are required to have your college teaching degree specialization e.g. Level 3 vocational qualification in a certain subject of interest e.g. NVQ, BTEC National Diploma etc. The criterion is subject to change with respect to country, culture, policy & law and institution of Education.

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