Sherry Darling
New Yorker
Feel free, Martha and Dread, to join in the answers. In fact, yer drafted.
Go ahead. Fire away!
Go ahead. Fire away!
tiny dancer said:How long have you been a teacher? And what grades do you teach?
Macfistowannabe said:Do any of your fellow teachers enjoy U2?
U2democrat said:As a teacher, what advice would you give to a public high school senior whose math teacher isn't the sharpest tool in the shed? (she often gets confused about what she's teaching...it's insane).
u2bonogirl said:How long did it take you to get certified and working?
And have you ever wanted to just strangle a student?
deep said:Did you leave a child behind?
deep said:Did you leave a child behind?
u2bonogirl said:How long did it take you to get certified and working?
And have you ever wanted to just strangle a student?
kimby said:What are your *real* feelings toward "unfunded mandates"?
Macfistowannabe said:Do any of your fellow teachers enjoy U2?
joyfulgirl said:Have you ever had to get involved when you knew, or sensed, that a student had serious problems at home that required some kind of intervention?
Dreadsox said:
it varies from state to state....
You must first pass the communications and literacy portion of the MA Teachers test before most colleges will let you into their program.
In MA for elementary certification you need a double major in a content area and in education.
Then you take the content specific portion of the teachers test.
Then you are granted a provisional license.
After you have completeted this process....
You must get your master's degree within five years of your date of hire or your teaching credentials are gone and you can no longer teach.
Then you are granted the professional license.
After that.....you must fulfill the certification process every five years. This means basically you must demonstrate that you have taken steps to maintain yourself as being current with the issues facing education. It is about the equivalent of taking four courses in five years, every five years for your career.
Currently I am sitting here with the equivalent of almost two master's degrees because I am in the process of getting my prinicpal's certificate.
Dreadsox said:
The system is broken in my opinion. Your question makes it seem so simple. It has to be so incredibly bad for the intervention to actually happen.
joyfulgirl said:Have you ever had to get involved when you knew, or sensed, that a student had serious problems at home that required some kind of intervention?
Tania said:
Do you think doing all the additional work has helped you as a teacher or do you feel that teachers are born and the education is just an opportunity to develop resources for use in the classroom?
u2bonogirl said:Do you ever have students that make you feel good about your job when you go home? Ones that are so rewarding that you get excited about your job?