A couple weeks ago I officially received my teaching
certification in World and U.S. History.
I have actually been teaching these classes for a year and a half
already but it was sort of on an interim license. I held a teaching endorsement in a related
field so the Idaho State Department of Education didn’t make me go back to
school and take any additional classes or anything like that, I basically just
needed to pass the World and U.S. History Praxis exam and get observed teaching
a few times. I studied really hard for
quite a long time, basically studying the history of the world and the entire
history of the U.S. to be prepared for this exam. The test was no joke, I had to really think
hard about the questions and rely on what I knew about certain civilizations to
help me shed light on other topics I didn’t know the answer to in order to make
sure I got a good score. Luckily, my
hard work paid off and I not only passed the exam last year, but am now –
finally! – an officially certified History teacher.
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