How do I become a teacher?

In order to become a teacher, I need to get a teaching license! But also, I need to have a degree in the field I wish to teach. And in Maine, after a certain number of years, you need to obtain your masters, which most schools will pay for you to do. In order to teach in Vermont, which is my main goal I need to pass both my Praxis tests as well as make sure my license will transfer from Maine to Vermont, which it should with no problem. After my initial license expires I need to accumulate 3 credits in my field of study that further my knowledge as a teacher of English. Mostly, to become a teacher, go to UMF, get a respected teaching degree, go to the job fair, find a good job in hopefully Vermont, do all of the required tests and license stuff and ta-da I'm in my first year of teaching! The assigmnet that helped me with this was definatly the one where we had to look up the state we wanted to teach in, I learned a lot and found out how to apply, what scores I need, what I need to do to keep teaching, how much applying costs, all of that. One thing I don't know is how long an inital license usually lasts, which I am very curious to know!