“The educational technology in this program is impressive.  The program is practical and real world.  I am definitely on the right track to a career in education.”

Josh Cochrac

Olmsted Falls

The school bell is ringing.  Are you ready for class?  Few professions are more rewarding than teaching.  The best teachers make learning exciting, fun, and relevant.  Teachers are special people with special talents.  They are mentors, role models, nurturers, and friends.

The Teaching Professions program gives you an opportunity to develop skills in classroom management, lesson planning, and instruction.  Throughout the program, you will learn about various personality types, learning styles and ability levels.  In addition to classroom instruction at your associate high school, you will participate in distance learning via video classroom, online coursework, shadowing experiences (junior year) and work-based instruction (senior year).

As a Teaching Professions student, you will receive a laptop computer on loan for the duration of the time spent in the program.  The coursework and work-based experience will provide you a solid foundation for a successful teaching career as a “cyber-savvy” teacher.  You will develop a professional portfolio that can be utilized to complete a secondary program for college credits.

Polaris Career Center and Baldwin-Wallace College have a partnership that allows you to elect to earn college credit at a reduced fee.  With this collaboration, the Polaris Teaching Professions program becomes a career-focused college-level high school program.

Skills

Demonstrate novice mastery in:

Understanding how students develop and learn

Organizing content for student learning

Designing lessons for student success

Creating a positive classroom environment

Classroom management

Presenting effective lessons

Planning and designing effective learning experiences supported by technology

Using technology to enhance productivity and professional practice

Valuable techniques for communicating with parents and other professionals

Understanding and using educational research to enhance student learning and professional practice

Equipment

Laptop computer and software

IVDL (distance learning) equipment

LCD projector

ActivBoard

Webcam

Scanner

Printer
Video equipment

Career Options

Instructional aide

Day care center assistant/teacher

Nursery school assistant

Child care worker in a hospital/local YMCA/local YWCA

Summer camp counselor

Technology curriculum aide

Future Opportunities with Further Education

Pre-school instructor/director

Elementary/middle school/high school teacher

Special education teacher

Career-technical teacher

Guidance counselor

Coach/sports instructor

High School Credit Junior Year

Credit may differ by associate school district

Potential College Semester Hour Credit

Baldwin-Wallace College 6.0*

*earned at completion of two-year program