-: I think pedagogy is the most important.
I've taken curriculum and lesson planning,
and all that stuff, it's amazing, you need it.
I think if you feel like it is your passion,
pedagogy will solidify that,
or you'll know, oh, it's not for me.
Because there's a lot of things
that you have to know about how people work,
about the bureaucracy of the educational system,
that you need to kind of, focus.
You know, like where you are, I guess.
So, I would say pedagogy is the best way,
so you know if it's for you or not.
What I was a part of, was the TLC program.
That was what I found to be most helpful.
It was for like teachers who wanted to go into the city,
and there's all sorts of incentives
to go back into the city,
that was something a student wanted to do,
and that really helped kind of narrow it down for me,
so like, all right, this is what I'm learning in class,
but this is also the struggles
I'll be dealing with in the city,
and these are strategies I can use to sort of help that,
and not make it such a difficult transition.
So, if you're a science or math major,
it is easier to get a job as a first year teacher.
And if you're English like me, or social studies,
there's a bit more, so you might have a tougher time,
but keep going on interviews.
Send out mass resumes, that's what I did.
Send out mass resumes, go on all these interviews,
and hopefully you'll get multiple calls,
and go to a school that you feel
shares your educational philosophy.
So I think seeing a teacher that has an undergrad
in education makes it stand out.
A teacher who went to school,
a student who went to school,
knew that they wanted to be a teacher in undergrad,
and went for it makes a teacher stand out.