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Hello, I just found out that I need to take courses and seminars in order to obtain a preliminary elementary license on top of a passing score in MTEL tests. My question is: Where do I take those courses and seminars? I called MDESE call center and the call taker was not able to help me. I looked up information everywhere on the website and I couldn't get any info about those courses. I can't believe that nothing was mentioned about those courses: who offers them? How long they last? How much they cost? The schoolin which I applied for a job is probably not going to hire me unless I have an elementary license. And without those courses I won't be able to obtain it. Please if you know anything about those courses, drop me a line on this forum board. Thanks in advance.
Jaron HM While I am no expert on elementary ed (I am secondary French and ESL), it seems to me that the elementary preliminary license is designed for people who are in a certification program but want to teach before the fulfill all of the requirements. My best advice is to see if any of the local community colleges still allowing enrollment for the curren...See More
Mar 17, 2011
Onthepath Thank you so much for the response!I will try Boston College and see if the courses match the ones that are required to get a preliminary elementary license. All I know is that each course is a 10hour course, which means that the four courses last 40 hours. The only place that offers these courses is in Oxford, ma, and they offer it in September, O...See More
Mar 23, 2011


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