I have three masters and I can’t teach without going to some type of 9 month long certification which costs over a thousand dollars. I can teach at a college but not in K-12.
I'm in the eastern part of the state know at least a couple of teachers who are going back to school so they can teach college instead of K-12. There's too much bureaucracy, testing, and BS to deal with for the pay. Kids aren't allowed to be taught anymore. They're instructed.
Universities have rules and standards to legitimize the three masters you mentioned, so why shouldn’t schools have rules and standards to legitimize their schools?
@@MarcYanez-t4u yes I guess you are right. I guess we will keep having a teacher shortage crisis with that mindset. You have alot of people with graduate degrees who want to teach. They just don't want to have sit through another year of some certification when they can get on the job certification.
K-12 public education is nothing but one money making scam after another. I ran a highly regarded science outreach program at a Big12 university for a decade and was a professional curriculum designer for four years. Life's circumstances forced me back into the public high school classroom. I was hired on a provisional certificate. At the end of the school year I was told that in order to get my full teaching certificate that I was going to have to take 30 on-line classes to the tune of $6000.00. I was livid. Public education is a fully involved dumpster fire and they just don't learn from their mistakes.
Life is about jumping through hoops. I am fully credentialed in four major areas in California but to transfer my teaching credentials to WA state, I had to take a bunch of tests. I did it. Now I have my credentials there and in Oregon should I choose to retire to those states. Don't let small barriers stop you. 9 months and a thousand dollars is nothing.
That's not new. My former school district in suburban Maryland( the 21st largest in the country) had a whole "Retire-Rehire" program back in th aughts. I remember us having a former D.C. principal teach 4th grade at my school. She got her retirement pay as well as a mid-career level salary teaching. She was living her best life.
Oh and to think just 11 to 12 short years ago we were told that veteran teachers were burn out cases and that only "young and enthusiastic" teachers should be hired. This meme was prevalent in urban districts, especially south Los Angeles and DC.
That's not a new concept either. In my old school district in suburbanMaryland outside of DC( I mentioned it in a different thread. ), we made a big push to recruit hundreds of teachers from the Philippines back in the aughts. They found housing near each other. They carpooled together to help initially support each. Eventually, they integrated into the fabric of their schools and were supported by the American teachers.
