Welcome 2ETeach!
I too am a teacher and it is amazing how many things are not taught in teacher training courses.
Does your state have alternative paths to getting your teaching license? If so, that maybe a better way to go than through traditional courses. The requirements differ from state to state, but often times it requires you do some essay writing about particular educational topics, which would require you doing some independent research, but which also are heavily geared toward people who have been doing something else with their lives and are changing careers. This means that you usually get to include a lot about why you are becoming a teacher and how you would bring your experiences into the classroom.
Although for this path you don't have to take standard classes, you do usually have to take professional development classes every year to keep the license current. (I know that is the case with almost all states and with most licenses now, but I am old enough that I have a lifetime certification, which doesn't require the continuous DP credits.)
