Brit brit_crombie asked:


Ok, I have officially decided that i love everything about interior design, and want it to be my major. However, I have sparked a new found passion within the last year of my life, and have decided that I also want to do teaching at the secondary level. My only problem is discovering how to be a high school teacher who would teach interior design.

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8 Comments so far

1. thats_tops_aussie November 9, 2009 3:05 pm

   You would need to complete a teaching degree.

2. Kimberly November 12, 2009 1:04 am

   I think you will need to be certified in family and consumer sciences.

3. Mom to the King November 14, 2009 8:31 am

   I don’t know if there is such a thing as a HS interior design teacher. I’ve never heard of one and worked at one of the biggest school systems (Fairfax County Public Schools in VA). If there is, you definitely need to get a teaching degree. Best of luck!

4. nely November 15, 2009 10:51 pm

   You’ll have to major in Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) and tack on Secondary Education. You might not actually get the opportunity to teach interior design your very first year, but hang on to it and you’ll get there. Good luck!

5. English teacher November 16, 2009 10:29 am

   Part of figuring out your class choices would be contacting your state office of education to see what requirements must be met to teach Int des at hi school. In my district, most of those teachers actually majored in home and consumer science or whatever a particular university calls those classes which were once simply known as home ec.

   Different states may have different requirements, so see the people where you want to teach to get the low down.

6. govtagent_2001 November 18, 2009 3:15 pm

   talk to your guideance coulser and they tell you what to do

7. emgeealex November 20, 2009 2:28 am

   Where do they teach that? You are pursuing a dead license area.

8. DrIG November 22, 2009 3:05 am

   First the bad news. There are not too many interior design teachers.

   Next, the good news. You can do it.

   You should take, if not already doing so, interior design courses in a college.

   You will need education classes for the high school teaching part. Very often you will be able to pursue the both types of lasses at the same college.

   Contact your state education department and find out the teaching requirements. They will inform you about the specific classes that you need as well as the total number of college credits and the other requirements.

   Good luck.

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