Education

Teaching is a profession with different career options:

• Creating nurturing environments to meet the developmental needs of very young children
• Providing dynamic classroom instruction for students from kindergarten through high school

Regardless of the path you choose, Wake Tech has programs to prepare you for an incredibly rewarding career.

If you're interested in working in child care, a variety of early childhood education options are available. You can pursue short-term training and certification for employment or work toward a diploma or associate degree.

If you want to become a licensed teacher, the following degree programs offer students opportunities to transfer to a four-year institution to earn a bachelor's degree with teacher licensure:

• Associate of Applied Science in Early Childhood Education Birth-K Licensure
• Associate in Arts in Teacher Preparation
• Associate in Science in Teacher Preparation

Wake Tech also offers an Educator Preparation Program (EPP) for people who have a bachelor's degree and are teaching in a public school classroom in North Carolina but still need to obtain a teaching license from the state. The EPP can be completed online or in person in at little as 18 months.