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Are student teachers required to have their certification?

by Jessica

Apr 16, 2010

Hi there! I work with a teacher certification study guide company and was wondering if student teachers must have their certification prior to serving as a student teacher or teaching assistant. Looking forward to hearing your feedback. Thank you for your help!

Oldteach On 4/16/10, Jessica wrote: > Hi there! I work with a teacher certification study guide > company and was wondering if student teachers must have > their certification prior to serving as a student teacher > or teaching assistant. Looking forward to hearing your > feedback. Thank you for your help!

Student teachers are not re...See More

Apr 16, 2010

Thank you! Thank you! I appreciate the information!

On 4/16/10, Oldteach wrote: > Student teachers are not required to have certification before > student teaching. Actually, in most states, you can't be > certified until you have completed student teaching. Most > student teachers are working on their initial certification as > they ...See More

Apr 16, 2010

Summer School Theme Help

by Sue

Apr 17, 2010

I decided to go with the ocean theme for summer school. If anyone has any ideas, suggestion, or resources to develop this theme I would GREATY appreciate it since it's my first time putting a program like this together!

I am looking for a cute name for the program. I came up with SPLASH - but I am having trouble figuring out what each lett...See More

End Of The Year Gift

by Teach

Apr 17, 2010

I need help with an end of the year gift for my student teacher. His last day is Friday. Unfortunately, my students will be happy to see him go and I will too. Jobs are scarce and chances are he won't get one, so I don't think I should purchase teacher supplies b/c they might be a waste- in addition to the fact that he has said he doesn't really wa...See More

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Leah I'm sorry you and your class had to put up with him. I'd make him a best wishes card and have the children sign it.

Do not recommend him ever.

Apr 19, 2010

East End Long Islander Goodness -- just have a party. If he was THAT disliked by you and your students, and is incompetent, why do more than a going-away party with a card and cake and beverages? If he was going into teaching, a gift card for a teacher store would be useful ... or even an office supply store like Staples ... if you LIKE him, then do the latter -- he can ...See More

May 2, 2010

Why so judgemental?

by Denise

Apr 18, 2010

Thank you. Student teaching definitely was a challenge on all fronts, but it was worth it. I do enjoy my time in the classroom each day, and I think I am good with my students. I have noticed that so many people have a terrible experience student teaching, it makes me think that there must be a better way to do it, but I'm not sure what it is. Univ...See More

Denise And I'm sorry, I meant to say that I hope things do work out for your sister. Sometimes when it rains, it pours, and it seems like she could use a break! I was extremely lucky to have a supportive husband at home to help with my girls, I don't think I would have made it without him, so I really take my hat off to your sister and her tenacity!
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Apr 18, 2010

by Mark

Apr 20, 2010

The Have Fun Teaching website is offering Teacher Shirts and Teacher Bags that say, "TESTING IS NOT TEACHING". Make a statement with these shirts for teachers.

I don't think that testing should have such a huge emphasis, do you?

Jobs for new teachers

by Christie

Apr 22, 2010

hello-I am new to this chatboard. I am about to graduate from college in May. I am planning on attending graduate school as soon as I graduate. However, I am also looking for jobs. I would like to look for a job out of state. Does anyone have any suggestions for websites or ways I can find out what kinds of jobs are available? I have looked at a fe...See More

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Teresa On 4/23/10, oldteach wrote: > Sometimes you have to look on the county level. In Tennessee they are always looking for teachers, but it's posted at the county board of education websites. Good Luck.

I would absolutely stay away from sites that ask your SS # > !!!. Instead, try state education dept. websites. They > usually have a ...See More

Apr 28, 2010

Fall 2011 I've found most openings are not posted online in PA. They are however, communicated to Dean's of honorable schools within their local looking for Graduates etc... Others are word of mouth by staying in communication to the districts you are looking for. I've also found websites that list salaries and years experience for of local teachers. I've ke...See More

May 2, 2010

EC-6 Texes Exam

by Lana

Apr 27, 2010

I'm not sure if I am asking this question in the appropriate place, but here it goes... Has anyone taken the new TExEs (191 generalists) Ec-6 Exam? How was it? Any advice? Also, they give you 5 hours, does it take that long? I have a public relations degree and have NO experience teaching expect with being a substitute a few times...do you need to ...See More

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Teacher I have taken several ExCET/TExES exams in my teaching career. I have never spent more than 90 minutes on any one tests and have passed all on the first try for my certifications. You will absolutely have to pass English Language Arts and Reading because that is about 47 percent of the test. You do not have to pass every single part of the rest of t...See MoreI have taken several ExCET/TExES exams in my teaching career. I have never spent more than 90 minutes on any one tests and have passed all on the first try for my certifications. You will absolutely have to pass English Language Arts and Reading because that is about 47 percent of the test. You do not have to pass every single part of the rest of the test. I would suggest you have a passing score for math. The other areas are important but if you barely miss passing one or two of them, you can probably still pass.

On 6/14/10, Lana wrote: > Thanks for everyone's advice. I take the test in less than 2 > weeks. (aghhh) > I bought the only ec-6 study guide available at the time..which was > the "EC-6 Texes-191 Generalist Study Guide" by Nancy...somebody. > Sorry, I've forgotten her last name, but it is available at barnes > and nobles. There are SO many typos and mistakes, but I am happy > with how much I've gained from it. Sheri, there are two full-length > (140 question) tests in the back with detailed answer > clarifications which I found super helpful! I did a little studying > for an ec-4 study guide I picked up at the library. I read the > entire book front to back to remind myself of basic math, social > studies and science. I am going to take one more practice test and > look over all the notes I took while reading the book and I think > I'll be ready by the 26th. Hope that helps for anyone who hasn't > taken the test. Hopefully it will work for me *fingers crossed* > On 6/14/10, Sheri wrote: >> Thank you so much for your response. I am furiously looking for >> good material to study. Where did you get the 3 practice exams? >> Did you buy them online and what site? There are so many to pick >> from. On the TEXES site practice exam there are only 50 >> questions. Thank you so much I hope you read this. >> >> >> >> On 6/06/10, cj wrote: >>> I have a BBA (20+ yrs) ago & have subbed this past year. I >>> studied EC-6 flash cards (from online site) & an EC-4 Exam >>> for Dummies manual. Studied info for a few weeks & took 3 >>> practice exams (several times) until I got them all right. >>> EC-6 Test not too hard if you study materials. Make sure you >>> know basic science concepts & have good Texas History >>> background (many questions in this section were not on the >>> practice exams or flash cards). Passed the first time! Good >>> luck ...you CAN do it! >>> >>> >>> >>> On 4/27/10, Lana wrote: >>>> I'm not sure if I am asking this question in the >>>> appropriate place, but here it goes... >>>> Has anyone taken the new TExEs (191 generalists) Ec-6 >>>> Exam? How was it? Any advice? Also, they give you 5 >>>> hours, does it take that long? >>>> I have a public relations degree and have NO experience >>>> teaching expect with being a substitute a few times...do >>>> you need to have an education degree to pass this test the >>>> first time around? >>>> THANKS!

Jun 18, 2010

Mary Kay I found the NATH book EC-4 very helpful, even though it doesn't go to 6th. It was good review. I have been out of teaching for a few years, and wanted to add Kindergarten, so I took this test. Passed it on the first try. Helpful hints: Definitely study Texas history, Constitutional Amendments, branches of gov. Know in PE, Art and Music what is an a...See More

Jul 30, 2010

by In favor of national standards

May 4, 2010

Here there is an article on the case for "consistency in education" but also an anti-satandards article. So which is it? Do we need consistency in eduction or not?

I DO think we need to think about if the standards we impose will be realistic for scholls with 100 reduced lunch or ESL classes, but that can easily be fixed by just leveling t...See More

If you're a teacher what would you want?

by StudentK

May 8, 2010

My last day is in less than a week. I really enjoyed being in this kindergarten classroom but am having trouble picking out a good gift for my coop.

At first, I thought i'd get a teacher store gift certificate, but she has a lot leftover from fundraising. Then I thought about Starbucks, but she got $20 as a recent gift.

She has ...See More

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Not a martyr I am very sorry you all had such negative experiences. You were robbed of a tremendous learning opportunity and those cooperating teachers did you and your students a huge disservice.

On 6/10/10, Agree With Joe wrote: > On 5/17/10, joe wrote: >> I got them nothing...I got them out of doing a fair amount of >> work and that ...See More

Jun 10, 2010

Leah On 5/15/10, GA Girls wrote: > Nothing means more to mean than a sincere written appreciation.

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Jun 22, 2010

How many people were hired where they student taught?

by Former Student Teacher

May 13, 2010

How many people were actually hired where you student taught? I got all good evaluations from my cooperating teacher. But in the 2 years since I graduated,I have not even been able to get an interview at the school where I student taught. I worked in a daycare for a year and now I am a part-time teacher at another school in the district where I stu...See More

Don't take it personally, especially this year NONE of the student teachers anywhere in our district will have jobs there next year. We're closing some small schools and consolidating staff, which means they're laying off existing teachers, not hiring new ones.

I'd imagine the same is true in a lot of places. With rampant teacher layoffs across the country, there are too many teachers ...See More

May 16, 2010

in our state.. They are cutting teachers: A) the only openings that exist are simply because at xx school 3 math teachers all left.. there are very few and it's just random luck to find one

B) The openings HAVE TO -- legally-- go to a teacher who was cut/displaced from their current job

So it doesn't matter if you have the best evaluations a p...See More

May 17, 2010

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