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Where can I find a list of colleges that prepare you for a career in teaching?

I want to eventually teach in the english department, high school level. Where can I find a list of colleges that will prepare me for this? I live in, plan to go to school in, and plan to teach in New York.

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1. Virtually any good solid state school will prepare you to teach high school. You don't need an Ivy League education, but you do need a solid background in both education and the language arts. It would help to know what state you live in. Edit: U.S. News & World Report publishes rankings of education programs every year. Here are their 2007 rankings for secondary education: 1. Michigan State 2. UW-Madison 3. Stanford 4. Ohio State 5. UGA 6. Columbia 7. UVA 8. UI-Urbana-Champaign 9. IU-Bloomington 10. UMich-Ann Arbor There ought to be new rankings out for 2008, though. And don't worry if the school you like isn't on this list--it's not vital to go to a top 10 school! Second edit: If you live in New York, NYU, Cornell, and Syracuse are also very good
2. Your guidance counselor or your local library would be a good place to start. Most universities have majors in English. You can even start out @ your community college and take the basic core classes ( math, English, history) and transfer if your funds are low. But please ask your guidance counselor for help.
3. Being a teacher is really the noblest profession that could be found. The task and responsibility of a teacher is to enrich the knowledge of the young, preparing the students for their future endeavors. In the midst of doing all these, the teacher is actually shaping the future of the whole nation Below is a list of possible teaching courses available for people who are interested to join the noble profession of teaching. 1. Academic Subjects. The major academic subjects include English, Literature, History, and Sciences. Students pursuing the English course will learn punctuation and for Literature, Shakespeare and Mark Twain are some modules that will be taught. The different points of olden times will be covered under History. As for Sciences, an example would be Botany, weather, and the oceans basics, among others. 2. Art History. For students taking the art history module, they will be able to learn the life story as well as the works of some of the greatest minds in the arts. Examples of them are Rembrandt, Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, and Frida Kahlo. A special session is allocated for each of these people who made a significant contribution to the history of arts. For the complete list of teaching courses, you can read abt it here: http://teaching.mygeneralknowledge.com/Articles/Teaching_Courses.php
4. The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education's (NCATE) website has the entire US' list of colleges with teaching programs and descriptions of each college and their program. Go to that webpage and check it out.