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Re: What is a qualified teacher?
Posted by bernoulli on 7/03/08
On 6/27/08, wig wrote:
> To be highly qualified a teacher must meet three requirements:
>
> — Holds at least a bachelor’s degree,
> — Has full state teacher certification*, and
> — Has demonstrated competence in each core academic subject in which the
> teacher instructs.
>
While private schools may not be "forced" in most states to meet all three
requirements, as a board member for a regionally and faith-based accredited
private school I can say that if teachers do not meet and/or exceed these
standards many prospective families will look elsewhere after checking out
the school. Most of our teachers have their credential from a religious
certification body and a Masters degree in addition to state certification.
They work for less pay because they like the environment.
Most K-8 public schools in my state are not accredited. Most private
elementary schools are regionally accredited because that is one of the
first things parents ask (although most do not know what regional or faith
based accreditation is).
My biggest teacher qualification concern is teaching in areas where the
teacher has no real depth of knowledge in the subject and in strategies for
teaching it. An example I saw in a recent Annenberg film mentioned Physics
being a subject area with the greatest amount of unqualified teachers. They
mentioned that in some states most teachers are qualified in their teaching
areas, while in some states as high as 50% of teachers are teaching out of
their field.
At my university I would like to see us offer free credential coursework to
majors in science and engineering with the hope that a small percentage
decide to go into teaching. At the very least they would have an effect on
the other future teachers in their classes.
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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