An Undecided Teacher

By Will Mercep (freshman)

So you want to be a teacher. Well, as you can see from this page, Teaching Fellows is a great way to reach that goal while getting a top notch education. Now, you’ve reached the stage where you know you want to teach, and you know that you want to be a Teaching Fellow. What’s your major? In the College of Education there are many different majors and concentrations. What to do, what to do?

Luckily, you don’t have to decide right this second. Your first year in college contains mostly general classes that everyone has to take. While you’re here you will have many chances to learn more about each department. Freshman Teaching Fellows at ECU have an event in which they get to meet the advisers. The advisers represent the different majors offered in education. They are more than egger to get extra people to join their field. However, you should make the decision on your major as soon as you can. Different majors have different classes you have to take in order to be admitted. By the end of your freshman year you should have a pretty good idea of what you want to do. If you don’t have a major declared in time, you risk not being able to have the classes needed to enter the major you choose, and you could possibly end up taking summer classes just to catch up. The biggest point is that coming into Teaching Fellows with an undecided major is okay. Find something that you have a passion to teach and have fun doing it.