Michelle in MO
05-03-2008, 06:46 AM
Our governor here in Missouri just signed legislation authorizing a new alternative teacher certification process which would allow people who lack a college degree in teaching to be able to qualify as teachers. They must complete a program by the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence.
Here's an article:
http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=145392
Other states have similar laws: Florida, Idaho, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Utah.
I personally am very excited about this and think it's a great idea! I want to go back to school to become a teacher. I'm not convinced that getting a degree in teaching automatically makes someone a better teacher. Now, I do think there certainly is value in some of those courses, and some on these boards do have teaching degrees and are also great homeschooling moms!
I just think this is a great pathway for those who have, perhaps, a degree in math or English or Spanish, who already possess excellent teaching skills, to be allowed to become teachers without having to jump through all the hoops that are perhaps unnecessary!
While I was listening to the ACCS Conference mp3's I loaded on my iPod last summer, Douglas Wilson was saying that at Logos School in Moscow, Idaho, they also consider hiring homeschooling parents who have done an excellent job teaching and training their own children. I can think of many on these boards who would be so well-qualified to teach in a classical school, whether or not they have a degree in teaching (and, in my opinion, whether or not they had a college degree at all!)
Anyway, I just thought this was both interesting and also very good news.
Thoughts, anyone???
Any additional thoughts from my friends here on the high school boards?
Here's an article:
http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=145392
Other states have similar laws: Florida, Idaho, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Utah.
I personally am very excited about this and think it's a great idea! I want to go back to school to become a teacher. I'm not convinced that getting a degree in teaching automatically makes someone a better teacher. Now, I do think there certainly is value in some of those courses, and some on these boards do have teaching degrees and are also great homeschooling moms!
I just think this is a great pathway for those who have, perhaps, a degree in math or English or Spanish, who already possess excellent teaching skills, to be allowed to become teachers without having to jump through all the hoops that are perhaps unnecessary!
While I was listening to the ACCS Conference mp3's I loaded on my iPod last summer, Douglas Wilson was saying that at Logos School in Moscow, Idaho, they also consider hiring homeschooling parents who have done an excellent job teaching and training their own children. I can think of many on these boards who would be so well-qualified to teach in a classical school, whether or not they have a degree in teaching (and, in my opinion, whether or not they had a college degree at all!)
Anyway, I just thought this was both interesting and also very good news.
Thoughts, anyone???
Any additional thoughts from my friends here on the high school boards?