Teaching Latin in high school

[ClemSnide]

I came here to post a thread on this topic and saw the one about teaching Greek in high school. Anyway, as a Canadian I'm wondering what sort of degree one needs to teach Latin in private schools in the States and the UK. I imagine the stipulations differ from those in Canada. Would a Masters in Teaching Latin be enough for the very elite private schools? I went to a few masters programme websites but they don't have much information on placement unfortunately, so I'm not sure where their graduates end up.

[Soul Invictus]

In the U.S. sometimes all you need is a B.A., and you can even get emergency certification in certain circumstances.

Onto the U.K. As a brief aside, OH! how I envy your commonwealth citizenship... getting on, depending on which level you want to teach at, the certification and degrees you will need will likely change, but there is a lot of good info at: http://www.tda.gov.uk.

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[monsoonmaiden]

Speaking for the US: for private schools and many charter schools, the minimum is a B.A. Many schools say that a master's is preferred, but you can certainly get a job at a good private school without one, and usually without certification. American public schools require certification, and as someone else mentioned, you can sometimes get "emergency" certification if you need to. I have a friend who has a BA and is teaching at an elite boarding school in Massachusetts. Check http://www.aclclassics.org/tr_jobs.html. One thing to keep in mind is work visa stuff. I don't know how it works with Canada, but I know it's a big hassle to get a work visa from other places.

I came here to post a thread on this topic and saw the one about teaching Greek in high school. Anyway, as a Canadian I'm wondering what sort of degree one needs to teach Latin in private schools in the States and the UK. I imagine the stipulations differ from those in Canada. Would a Masters in Teaching Latin be enough for the very elite private schools? I went to a few masters programme websites but they don't have much information on placement unfortunately, so I'm not sure where their graduates end up.