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Hi. I currently teach middle school Spanish and love it. After a conversation with a colleague, though, I noticed that I have 21 credit hours in social sciences but do not have it listed as an endorsement. The program I completed was K-12 Spanish, so when you are done, that's what it states on your certificate.

The program my colleague completed (same university) was Elementary Education with the option to choose which endorsements you want.

I saw on the university website this evening that you can apply for subsequent endorsements that are not on your certificate through the school (even though I graduated 5 years ago).

I don't think I'd ever want to teach social studies, but I would like the endorsement to be recognized if I earned it. The 21 hours include courses in psychology, sociology, history, geography, and political science.

Am I being silly for wanting it on my certificate? I think it's really just a recognition thing because I do not like...See More
Razmum On 8/20/12, Mandy wrote:

> Am I being silly for wanting it on my certificate? I think > it's really just a recognition thing because I do not like > social studies... And if it just a recongition thing, that > kind of makes me sound snobby. :/ > > Thoughts?

Depending on your district, having this could go two wa...See More
Aug 20, 2012
Paula In this political climate and a time when many schools are underfunded, I would most certainly want that social studies licensure listed on my record. Spanish would be the first to go of the two, so I would think that in the case that your school district has to cut, you might be saving yourself a job.

Then again, like the PP said, if you...See More
Aug 25, 2012
menne Every year we go for the past eight years we have made cuts. In our middle/high school almost everyone has double or triple licensures. This has made the cuts like a pin ball.

In our school the one with the correct licensure and the highest senority keeps the job.

Example 1: You've been teaching Spanish for five years, teacher B h...See More
Aug 30, 2012


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