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On 12/28/16, Chris wrote:
> It looks bad if it isn't closed. Do fingerprinting through TEA
> and get the background check cleared before enrolling in a
> program.

Eh, honestly I don't know if it would be worth wasting the time
and money enrolling in a teaching program. While "deferred
adjudication" isn't technically a conviction if the probation is
successful, most teacher job applications ask specifically about
Deferred Adjudication and they even ask if you've been arrested at
all.

If this person is looking to teach any field that is not in
shortage, then I feel confident in saying they will not ever be
hired as a teacher in public schools. Even if is was bilingual
Spanish, special ed, or math, or some combination, it would be
hard, but a really terrible district might take a chance on
someone with this kind of a record in a shortage field. If you're
looking to teach high school English or elementary, then you won't
get a job with this record, unless you maybe have huge connections
in a district. Private schools..., maybe, it just depends.

It is too much of a risk for an administrator to assume hiring
someone with a criminal record, even something like this. The
administrator would be better off leaving a teaching position
vacant than hiring someone with any sort of a criminal record. It
will be their butt on the line if they hire someone with a record
and something..., anything goes wrong. Parents and the school
board can live with a vacant teaching job. It happens. But, a
criminal being hired? Even something like this. Imagine the
headaches for a Principal. Just not worth it.

There are other fields where this won't matter as much, but
unfortunately, I don't think this person will get a job.

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