Re: appealing the mtel results
Posted by: cp on 6/20/09
I know how you feel. My husband has taken the writing test 7
times, each time coming closer, but still not passing it.
Last time he was 2 points away. I am getting sick and tired
of this test, it is ruining our lives. My husband works with
mental handicap people and wants to be a special ed teacher.
He would be a very good teacher, but because of this test he
can't get a license so he is struck in dead end jobs
babysitting handicap people. He feels horrible because he
can't use any of his skills or brain after doing so well in
school. My husband has a disability with his motor skills so
he has very bad handwriting so I think that is the reason why
he isn't passing the writing test. Because his handwriting
is so bad it looks like he is misspelling words when really
he is not. I don't know how this state can have a test that
can control a person's life and future. How can someone who
would have got 2 more points on a test be a better teacher
then someone else. That doesn't make sense. Where I am from
you only need to go to get into teacher's college to be a
teacher. I think MA should do the same.
On 6/13/09, kelly wrote:
> A friend of mine has taken the communication and literacy
> exam approximately 7 times, missing the required score by a
> matter of a few points...most recently by 1 point. This
> individual has been working for the past 15 years with
> significantly emotionally disturbed, psychiatrically
> impaired children with great success. He has earned
> exemplary evaluations, and even the educator of the year
> award at the school that he is currently working for. He
> has his M.Ed in special education from an accredited
> teaching college. He has been diagnosed within the past
> year with a writing disability, which gives him a
> significant disadvantage with regards to the many
> components of the MTEL's, specifically with the C & L, as
> he is a phonetic speller...he was able to earn the
> accommodation of extended testing time. He has lost his
> teaching status due to the inability to obtain a waiver,
> soley based on unsuccessful attempts to pass the mtels...in
> addition to the teaching status, he has had to take a
> significant cut in pay and has a family to support...he has
> everything he needs to be a teacher with the exception of
> this...does anyone have any advice to help him appeal his
> results...any positive advice would be appreciated...that
> one point increase may have changed his whole life for the
> better...hoping someone can help him out....thanks...
