Can Someone Work as a Teacher Without a Degree?

If you are looking for a career in teaching young school children, you will need special credentials from an accredited institution. Our campus supports building careers for early childhood educators with professional networking for students. As a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (AEYC), Athena is a solid bridge to a teaching career.

Steps to Landing a Teaching Job

The professional path to becoming a teacher is unique in each state. It usually takes at least a Bachelor's Degree. In Ohio an easier route to a teaching career is for early childhood educators, who can receive training and a degree from an accredited school such as Athena. You will have to face a background check and pay upfront fees in the application process. Once you graduate you will have the proper credentials to begin teaching as an early childhood educator.

Areas of Focus for Early Childhood Degree

The following are some areas of focus you'll work in throughout your training:

• Foundations of Education
• Child Development
• Art and Music
• Personal and Social Behavior
• Oral Communication
• Basic Mathematics
• Fundamentals of Biology
• Early Childhood Literacy
• Infant Toddler Age Learning
• Special Needs and Multicultural Understanding

What to Expect from an Early Childhood Education Program

You don't have to take on a massive amount of student loan debt to gain your teaching credentials. In a short time you can become an early education teacher-as a full time student you'll earn your degree within two years. This experience will make you eligible to teach preschool and kindergarten, as well as in educational daycare centers. Since class schedules are flexible, you'll have time to work and go to school.

The total cost of the program is under $35,000, which mainly consists of tuition fees. Athena Career Academy offers a two-year Early Childhood Education (ECE) program that awards Associate Degrees in Applied Science (AAS). It further provides certifications in:

• First Aid
• Infant and Adult CPR
• Child Abuse Prevention
• Communicable Disease

The program is designed to train individuals seeking to educate children from infancy up to 5 years old. The day or evening program consists of 2 to 3 classes per week and teaches you how to educate and inspire children and give them guidance through different development levels as they grow. You will have access to computer labs and supplies. Essentially, you will be taught how to teach and be a role model for children.

Athena provides the training needed for a career path in early childhood education. Contact us today for more information about our ECE training to become a teacher with an accredited Associate Degree.