Re: DSAP a public record?

To add insult to injury, The inner cities that cry "teacher shortage"
are the ones responsible in getting the math Praxis 2 passing scores
lowered from where they were. Before they lowered the scores, 52% would
ultimately pass the exam. Now the percentage is in the 70's. All this
was done to encourage inner city residents to apply for teaching jobs,
and to be "population representative". But do they hire people fron
the suburbs? No. It's all about them.
On 9/30/11, flutetoot wrote:
> Go to the CT Dept. of Ed website and click on Teachers/educators tab.
> 1. click on certification
> 2. click on CECS
> 3. scroll down to educator certification lookup.
>
> You need to have at least a last name in order to do this.
> YOu can usually find this out through BOE minutes.
>
> As far as applying to urban districts, I know that I have mainly
> been turned down because I am not "representative" of their
> population. Some have even asked about race on their applications,
> and you cannot bypass the question (these are online apps).
> I am getting very tired of the educational climate here in CT.
>
>
> On 9/29/11, Math Teach wrote:
>>
>> I've applied to several inner city positions, but not one
>> interview. I can't help but wonder if any DSAPs were issued.
>>
>> The Inner Cities just love to hire those from cities themselves.
>> First question asked of me when I went to the New Britain job
>> fair three years ago was "Why do you want to teach in a city?"
>>
>> As far as verifying info, do I use the portal that asks for
>> username/password? I thought that was to verify our own
>> credential?
>>
>> On 9/29/11, flutetoot wrote:
>>> I don't think so. I do know that you can go on the state
>>> dept. of ed. website to check the status of any teacher's
>>> certification, but it won't tell you if that person is highly
>>> qualified.
>>> Sometimes you might be able to find out via BOE minutes, but
>>> usually not.
>>>
>>> Were you passed over? I have had that happen to me, esp. in
>>> the urban districts where I have applied.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9/28/11, Math Teach wrote:
>>>> Is any information available to the public when a teacher
>>>> is hired on a DSAP permit?
>>>>
>>>> I would think that parents should have a right to know, in
>>>> addition to certified, as well as NCLB "Highly qualified"
>>>> teacher appicants who were passed over for a position.