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Re: To Misinformed
Posted by Amy on 6/30/08
I'm so glad to hear that schools like this actually exist. Just out of
curiousity, is this school rural, urban or suburban? What part of the
country?
On 6/29/08, Misinformed- Here private school teachers are MORE qualified
wrote:
> Actually, it depends on the private school so to assume that all
> private school teachers are unqualified is mis-informed. Where I
> teach, ALL of our teachers have at least a Masters degree. They
> either have a bachelors in their subject and Masters in Ed or a
> bachelors in Ed and a masters in their subject. We must take
> extensive training year round and in the summer. They don't even
> look at applicants that don't come from competitive Universities and
> you are required to have a minimium of two years teaching experience
> in the exact age level and subject they teach,but usually no one
> with less than 10 years experience is hired. I have coworkers with
> Phds, EdDs and that are published experts in their field. Most of us
> have higher quailifications than the local Universities. Yes, there
> are a few " fly by night" private schools in the area where the
> teachers don't have much to offer,but around here the bulk of the
> private schools have the best teachers. Also, private schools that
> have accredidations( SACS,etc) have specific rules on who they can
> hire. They are often more specific than that at our state level.
> Additionally, we make more than the local public school, have less "
> admin" to do and easier kids to work with and involved, educated,
> caring parents. So please be better informed before making such
> general statements.
> On 6/26/08, qualified teachers in private school LOL wrote:
>> What a joke. Who wrote that is obviously not someone who knows
>> much.
>>
>> Private schools do not have to have a qualified teacher. They
>> can hire anybody at all. So who they hire will vary widely
>> according to the school. The math teachers especially at a
>> private school will have no math background so you had better
>> check up on your child's teacher's credentials.
>>
>> A private school can legally hire anyone with a pulse and they
>> often do. The pastor's wife, the director's best friend's
>> brother...the person who will teach for half the salary of a
>> public school.
>>
>> Yes, private schools pay less no more to the teachers. How do
>> you get math and science people to work for $18,000 a year?
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Home Schooling?, 6/25/08, by AppleFellFar.
- Re: Home Schooling?, 6/26/08, by first.
- Re: Home Schooling?, 6/26/08, by DSC.
- Re: Home Schooling?, 6/26/08, by DSC.
- Re: Home Schooling?, 6/26/08, by qualified teachers in private school LOL.
- Re: Home Schooling?, 6/26/08, by IrishGram.
- Re: if the school is accredited, the teachers have to be, 6/27/08, by licensed. At least that has been my experience. nfm.
- Re: Qualified Teachers, 6/27/08, by wig.
- Re: Home Schooling?/ what's a qualified teacher?, 6/27/08, by Sara.
- Re: Qualified Teachers and private schools/ Wig, 6/27/08, by Sara.
- Re: We're accredited thru North Cenral and all teachers must be , 6/27/08, by certified! If not we lose accreditation. msteach.
- Re: Qualified Teachers and private schools, 6/27/08, by wig.
- Re: there's a difference between independent schools and parochi, 6/27/08, by Nancy in MD.
- Re: there's a difference between independent schools and par, 6/27/08, by wig.
- Re: if the school is accredited, the teachers have to be, 6/29/08, by pigeon.
- Re: Home Schooling?, 6/29/08, by Misinformed- Here private school teachers are MORE qualified.
- Re: To Misinformed, 6/30/08, by Amy.
- Re: To Misinformed, 6/30/08, by Houston, TX- from Misinformed..
- Re: To Misinformed, 6/30/08, by New teacher, awesome school.
- Re: What is a qualified teacher?, 7/03/08, by bernoulli.
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