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Originally posted by pink&pearls
Hello Sorors & SFs,
Also I have a problem with the alternative certification teachers in my school. Now I believe that a good teacher is born and an ed major does not make one a great teacher, but just because someone is intelligent in other fields does not make them a great teacher either. So why should my kids receive inferior teachers because of the system when I can provide them with the best money can buy. Now that doesn't mean that I should deprive my students with the best teacher that they deserve (ME).
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I am a product of alternate certification, I agree there are some sheisty teachers certified or not out there. But because of the major shortage of teachers in the critical areas schools (public or private) have to market to those who orginally did not plan to teach. Are they gambling with kids education? It depends on what side of the fence you straddle. A person who did not go into education in college may bring field experience to those kids who are not college bound for example. IMO, what makes an inferior teacher is a person who is basically there for the check. He/She checks out when the bell rings and has no sincere interest in TEACHING the kids even if it is outside the curriculum. So many teachers associate certified with quality and to me that is simply not true! Even if you pay top dollar at a school you never really know that type of quality teacher and education your child receives until he/she is able to successfully apply it in the "real world".
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