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Fastest not cheapest way to a bachelors degree?
#11
I found a zillion coaching classes/certifications that are worth college credit. They are expensive and annoying to use in a degree, but if you ALREADY have any type of certificate, it might already be worth credit - so it's worth asking if you do Wink
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#12
Good advice above, Jennifer. If OP is in Texas, it would be pretty easy to get a degree in almost anything, then do alternate teacher certification at one of the hundreds of post-bac programs here. However, a hiring school district might want to see a particular major, since most coaches teach a subject beyond PE.

I just looked and CTE is one of the emergency shortage teaching fields in Texas, so maybe business would be a good option after all!

(CTE is Career and Technical Education)
BA, MA, EdS, MMT, etc.
83 hours of ACE-worthy credits
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#13
KayV Wrote:Good advice above, Jennifer. If OP is in Texas, it would be pretty easy to get a degree in almost anything, then do alternate teacher certification at one of the hundreds of post-bac programs here. However, a hiring school district might want to see a particular major, since most coaches teach a subject beyond PE.

I just looked and CTE is one of the emergency shortage teaching fields in Texas, so maybe business would be a good option after all!

(CTE is Career and Technical Education)

It didn't sound as if the OP wanted to get a teacher cert to teach PE, but just a BA so he/she could become a coach (like for a school's football/soccer/baseball teams, etc.). Totally different thing (at least here in CA). So the OP just needs to make sure that all he/she needs is the piece of paper (degree) in order to coach, rather than additional certifications/education.
TESU BSBA/HR 2018 - WVNCC BOG AAS 2017 - GGU Cert in Mgmt 2000
EXAMS: TECEP Tech Wrtg, Comp II, LA Math, PR, Computers  DSST Computers, Pers Fin  CLEP Mgmt, Mktg
COURSES: TESU Capstone  Study.com Pers Fin, Microecon, Stats  Ed4Credit Acct 2  PF Fin Mgmt  ALEKS Int & Coll Alg  Sophia Proj Mgmt The Institutes - Ins Ethics  Kaplan PLA
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#14
dfrecore Wrote:It didn't sound as if the OP wanted to get a teacher cert to teach PE, but just a BA so he/she could become a coach (like for a school's football/soccer/baseball teams, etc.). Totally different thing (at least here in CA). So the OP just needs to make sure that all he/she needs is the piece of paper (degree) in order to coach, rather than additional certifications/education.

Yes, it's a different thing, but based on what the Dept of Labor reports, it appears as if that may not be enough to make him competitive.
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#15
I might suggest a degree in something to make them more competitive, perhaps Kinesiology/Sports Management/Health Sciences/Sports Nutrition or the like.

Grand Canyon University - BA Sports Management, Health Sciences, and a couple others
Ashford University - BA Health Education
Kaplan - Health and Wellness, Health Science, Nutrition Science
TESU - Health Sciences,
COSC - Child & Youth Development

Just a quick search, I am sure there are folks here that could tell you far more
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#16
Again, this is dependent upon whether or not he just needs a piece of paper. My daughter's coach has been approached by various schools in the area asking him to coach their teams, and he also doesn't have a degree, but also isn't interested. If the OP is already a good coach and has been approached by teams in the area, and just needs a quick degree so he can move into that area, doing more than that won't matter much.

Obviously, if he/she wants to move further up than a local high school coach (nationally ranked teams, college), then a different degree is a must. At which point he/she should go on to get a second degree, or a masters in some sort of "sports" area of study.
TESU BSBA/HR 2018 - WVNCC BOG AAS 2017 - GGU Cert in Mgmt 2000
EXAMS: TECEP Tech Wrtg, Comp II, LA Math, PR, Computers  DSST Computers, Pers Fin  CLEP Mgmt, Mktg
COURSES: TESU Capstone  Study.com Pers Fin, Microecon, Stats  Ed4Credit Acct 2  PF Fin Mgmt  ALEKS Int & Coll Alg  Sophia Proj Mgmt The Institutes - Ins Ethics  Kaplan PLA
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#17
Yes, this is my situation. I am already a very successful coach and have been asked about coaching at a public school. My understanding from an asst superintendent in my area school district is that you only need to be an employee of the district but you do need a ba degree to coach. So if I have any ba degree and the school is interested in hiring a coach that is not a teacher they can do so as long as you are an employee of the district.
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