I’m looking for a job in teaching. It’ll be my first job and I’m not sure whether to go for a private or a state school. Can somebody with experience help me with this, please?

• Be able to correspond effectually in a verbal or written form
• Be able to garner the motivation and interest of pupils
• Be self motivated, diligent and energetic
• Be able to maintain a calm demeanour and handle stress
• Be able to relate to people from diverse cultures or backgrounds
• Be patient, compassionate, disciplined and flexible
• Be organized and strategic
• Be able to work with teams
• Have great interpersonal abilities
• Have knowledge and execution of various instructional methods, strategies, learning modalities
• Be able to prepare lesson guidelines, content, student assessments, and reports
• Be able tounderstand personalities and behaviours

Teachers must have proper qualifications or mastery of their field. Graduates should have at least a bachelor’s degree in the area they will be teaching. Teachers must have a qualification that is at a higher level than the group they are instructing. In Universities, teachers usually have a doctorate or masters, in secondary institutions a first degree upwards.
Being formally trained as an educator or having a degree in education is valuable. There are schools that require teachers to have teacher training certification or status. Some institutions require physical, mental, or psychological evaluation of their teachers, due to the nature of the job. There are programs that allow graduates to work in public schools gaining teaching experience.