How to become a School teacher? Am i even eligible?
Is it possible for me to get an admission for B.ed. ?
I am 34M and a permanent resident living in Toronto since Feb 2023. I graduated High School in 2009 (India). I also completed my Bachelor of Business Administration in 2012 (India) and Master of Arts Marketing Management in 2016 (India). My CGPA was always less than 70%. I have transcripts of both the degrees vetted by WES, they gave me double bachelors. I also learnt French language from 2010 till 2013 at Alliance Francaise in India till C1 level. I have my IELTS general test report (2022) with an overall band score of 7.5. I have over 5 years of experience working with different digital marketing agencies in India as client manager.
Since 2023, after moving to Canada, I have struggled to find any meaningful job and I am now looking for a career change/fresh start and guidance from you as to what all I need to do to get an admission in a B.ed. program? I have always loved languages and want to teach English and French even if it's from Kindergarten-Grade 6 or what you call Primary/Junior.
I am considering these universities: Brock, Redeemer, Tyndale, Niagara, Ontario Tech, University of Ottawa, Wilfred Laurier and York if I can even get an admission. Not sure if OSAP covers private universities’ fees or not but tuition funding is also something I need to think about if I can get a student loan or not. My wife works in Downtown Toronto and has to go office at least twice a week so I can't look at other universities where GoTrain doesn't go or commute time is too much from Union station.
Looking for advice from people who are studying / people who have graduated / people who are working or if someone has been in a similar situation?.Your guidance will be highly appreciated.