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Hello everyone!! 1st post, new member and all. I'm currently teaching middle school in Texas, moving to high school next year, will be complete with my Masters in C&I Science next year.

Everyone talks about needing multiple certs, guessing the same applies for science teachers?
haha Science is a good area to have. And yes, principals are generally going to value teachers who could teach a number of different science subjects. If you have the science degree then you would generally need 12 hours in each specific science area (e.g. biology, chemistry, etc.) to be considered qualified in the addition area. If you have a specific ...See More
May 2, 2019
dfwscience So general science courses would not qualify me at the secondary level? I'm composite certified in Texas to teach 4-8 and 7-12 science, but it's all testing based here. For my undergrad I have low level Chem, Bio, Geo, and physics hours(8-12 from each), but my 21 hours of 3000-4000 level science courses are just general science. Class prefix of SCI...See More
May 3, 2019
haha Well, I'm not a science teacher or an admin so I only know what I have heard, read, seen, etc.

That being said, when they had the transfer round in past years you would see positions listed which required several different science certs, so I think that they greatly prefer for teachers to have the specific qualification for the specific cl...See More
May 3, 2019
Joe Wachs Have you submitted your transcripts for review. See what HR says, can't hurt to try. I got hired for science with only 1 year teaching experience. My degree was in Physics so I had enough math to add a math cert. My principal was specifically looking to fill a position for both science and math.
May 6, 2019
BubbleHead711 DoDea certified me in Physics, but God help any child that takes Physics from me. My last physics class was in 1994.
May 6, 2019


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