I don't know about the exact wording for your resume, but I
think your advisor is right. We hired a preschool special
needs teacher who wasn't highly qualified (preschool cert,
but not sped cert. She taught for almost 5 years before
attaining her "highly qualified" status. (She had yearly
temporary certificates, which are good only in the district
of employment. They don't follow you like your actual
license.) We are looking at possibly hiring another preschool
special needs teacher, and I know my supervisor told a
student teacher to make sure her application is in for that
position. She will have k-12 sped certification, but not
preschool certification. She'll have to continue taking
classes until she's licensed as as preschool special
education teacher.
I think the key things are:
-area of certification (sped is a hard area to fill; reg ed
is an easy position to fill), and
-location. In our rural district, this was our only option.
If you are in an urban or even suburban area, the school will
still have plenty of applicants from which to choose who
already have the required licensure.

On 5/10/09, alchemy wrote:
> I've just begun taking classes to be certified as a
> mild/moderate intervention specialist. My adviser
> mentioned that since I am a seasoned teacher already and
> will have several classes under my belt by the time the
> next school year begins that I might be able to be hired
> with special licensing. Is this true? If so, how do I
> put this on my resume?

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