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MA Teachers Chatboard TOP POSTS ALL POSTS SUBMIT POST Search Teachers.Net Advanced You're on the... MA Teachers Chatboard top posts | all posts | submit post Make MA Teachers a Favorite! We also recommend... State Teachers Mailring Lesson Plans • Math • Language Arts • Science • Social Studies • Music • Art & Crafts • Phys Ed • Other Teacher Chatboards • latest posts • by subject • by grade level • by state • all chatboards • language arts center • technology center • foreign language center • hot topics • interest groups Teaching Jobs Classroom Projects Teacher Mailrings Teachers.Net Gazette • Current Issue • Harry Wong Column • Teacher Classified Ads • classroom printables Site Map next post skip topic Print | Share | Report Post Re: RE:Walden Posted by Patsy on 7/14/08 Wow what a discussion! I am currently enrolled in a PhD program at Walden- Early Childhood Education. I got my Master's in Education and Bachelor's (psychology) from a traditional brick and mortar school. The reality for me is I live in a rural area- over an hour from West Virginia and quitting work to go to school (again) was not an option for my family. I spent weeks researching schools. I found many traditional and online schools unable to meet my needs or standards. Eventually I talked with Walden and explained my research interests and career goals. I talked with friends who are professors at traditional schools and showed them the course work I would be doing. After much discussion I enrolled in Walden and couldn't be happier. Walden is not a dimploma mill, however, just as in any school, some classes and professors/instructors are better than others. As an example of just that I joke that Frostburg (traditional school I got my other degrees from) should refund money for a few classes that I considered "money" classes and worthless. Every school has money classes. As far as Walden credentials being worthless, I recently interviewed for a director position with Head Start and the search committee was very impressed with my qualifications and course work at Walden. I'm most concerned about excellerated programs that give students 6 weeks worth of a course and then move on and in less than 18 months students can have a Master's degree that took me 2 full years to complete. Walden works on sememster or quarters. My PhD program will take just as long to complete through Walden as it will at a traditional school and I'm able to explore topics of interest to me and not be bound by an advisor's research agenda like most traditional grad students are. I would suggest that you talk with someone at your department of education to find out if Walden's education programs are accepted, I believe they are. If you want to learn more about Walden I would suggest you contact an enrollment advisor. I drove my enrollment advisor crazy with questions. You're going to spend a great deal of money on an advanced degree no matter where you choose to go, you should have all of the facts then make the best choice for yourself. Just a note to everyone: At this level we are supposed to be professionals and show respect to each other. I was shocked and saddned by the level of nastiness pertaining to this topic. Patsy RESPOND TO THIS POST START A NEW THREAD RETURN TO CHATBOARD Posts on this thread, including this one Walden University, 1/14/08, by ...beginning my masters. Re: Walden University, 1/15/08, by diploma mill. Re: Walden University, 1/15/08, by Original Poster . Re: Walden University, 1/16/08, by diploma mill. Re: Walden University, 1/16/08, by Original Poster. Re: Walden University, 1/16/08, by MasterTeacher. Re: Walden University, 1/17/08, by diploma mill. Re: MasterTeacher, 1/20/08, by techr329@yahoo.com. Re: Walden University, 1/20/08, by MasterTeacher. Re: MasterTeacher, 1/22/08, by flooters. 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