Teaching in America with a PGCE.

I am interested in teaching to America, as I plan on moving there. I'm in my first year of getting a philosophy and psychology degree, but was wanting to get a PGCE in primary or secondary education, or maybe even Psychology if I did a Master's after.

Would I have to requalify if I took the Master's then PGCE in Psychology route, or the PGCE in primary/secondary education? Which one is more necessary there?

The state I'm looking at is TN, to be specific. I have certain commitments there.

Thanks in advance.

I think the toughest thing for you is not going to be your qualifications, but rather the immigration process. To teach in TN you need to have a social security number. But here is a link that should be helpful to you:

http://www.tn.gov/education/lic/foreign.shtml

Something to consider is doing a graduate degree at Vanderbilt and get your immigration stuff all sorted out.

Are you looking at teaching at a public school or private school? I could make a few recommendations for your target schools for each, as I have an aunt that worked as a social worker in Nashville...plus I know quite a few kids who go to high school in Tenn.

To be honest, I haven't actually considered that. I'm very inclined to say state school, but I'm aware it's harder to teach in a state school than private schools due to certain bureaucratic procedure (If my research proved correct )

I tried looking at that, but it's incredibly expensive. Plus not very sure on which one to pick for what I want to do, quite frankly. And it's already expensive, what with the evaluation and the test fees and all that.

Nashville would be fantastic, I was hoping to essentially end up there. =]
I have long term commitments and have been wanting to move to America for a long time, so was just wondering on the difficulty of teaching with a teaching postgraduate degree from outside the USA.

Cheers. =]

What's wrong with an MA in education from an American uni? Any reason you are fixated on obtaining a teaching degree from the UK?

Oh no, didn't mean it like that >.<

More that I was looking at them, but there are so many MA's in Education, and branches and sub branches and whatnot. Just got a little bit confused as to which one I should pick when the time comes. Of course, getting an MA in education there will be more specific to the curriculum there.

And the cost is quite daunting too. But I definitely am looking into that, just need to know which one to look for, if that makes sense.

Well Vandy has a teaching degree, but I'd imagine that would be quite pricey.

Tenn State which is in Nashville also has teaching degrees, would cost around 10k a year with no scholarships/aid.

I am interested in teaching to America, as I plan on moving there. I'm in my first year of getting a philosophy and psychology degree, but was wanting to get a PGCE in primary or secondary education, or maybe even Psychology if I did a Master's after.

Would I have to requalify if I took the Master's then PGCE in Psychology route, or the PGCE in primary/secondary education? Which one is more necessary there?

The state I'm looking at is TN, to be specific. I have certain commitments there.

Thanks in advance.