Comments on: Certified Teachers, Certifiable Credentialling Rules http://pushback.com/2008/03/certified-teachers-certifiable-credentialling-rules/ Countering Bad Policy Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:02:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Bill http://pushback.com/2008/03/certified-teachers-certifiable-credentialling-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Bill Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:09:00 +0000 http://www.pushback.com/WordPress/?p=77#comment-19 Bill, I am a Democrat who has been converted some 8 years ago to embracing Nuclear Power. I want to help. I have sent more than a few e-mails to Congress members State and National as well as the White House. I forwarded my support of yours and Bob Brinkers comments about natural gas to the White House. I would like to donate financially to your efforts as to another ad placed in the Washington Post. I cannot access your billwattenburg2@yahhoo site on my computer. Can you set up a direct link on your KGO site so that all anyone has to do is click on it and it gets you to your site automatically? Bill, I am a Democrat who has been converted some 8 years ago to embracing Nuclear Power. I want to help. I have sent more than a few e-mails to Congress members State and National as well as the White House. I forwarded my support of yours and Bob Brinkers comments about natural gas to the White House. I would like to donate financially to your efforts as to another ad placed in the Washington Post. I cannot access your billwattenburg2@yahhoo site on my computer. Can you set up a direct link on your KGO site so that all anyone has to do is click on it and it gets you to your site automatically?

]]> By: LKJHP;JHI;L http://pushback.com/2008/03/certified-teachers-certifiable-credentialling-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-14 LKJHP;JHI;L Thu, 29 May 2008 18:55:00 +0000 http://www.pushback.com/WordPress/?p=77#comment-14 I had very similar experiences with the public school system. I obtained my Teacher Credential in California and my Masters in Special Education. After all the grief, I chose to never enter the public school system. <br/><br/>I am much happier now. I had very similar experiences with the public school system. I obtained my Teacher Credential in California and my Masters in Special Education. After all the grief, I chose to never enter the public school system.

I am much happier now.

]]> By: ExCCRaider http://pushback.com/2008/03/certified-teachers-certifiable-credentialling-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-13 ExCCRaider Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:03:00 +0000 http://www.pushback.com/WordPress/?p=77#comment-13 This article is fact. I am the teacher mentioned as the letter writer. Here are some other facts:<br/><br/>1. Although I had taught mathematics and science for 16 (back in 2002), the state of Michigan denied me a teaching certificate because my major was not mathematics (I have a BS in geology);<br/><br/>2. Although possessing Professional Certificates in mathematics and physical science, I am NOT qualified to teach AP Calculus in my current district for the same reason (even though I taught it for 16 years while residing in Modesto, CA)<br/><br/>3. Despite the shortage of qualified mathematics and science teachers, the district in which I work only credited me with 10 years of service when, in fact, I had been a full-time math and science teacher for 16 years prior to my relocation.<br/><br/>School districts complain about not having teachers (and so do state departments of education) qualified to be in the classroom, but those who are experienced keep finding roadblocks when wishing to relocate and continue working in their chosen profession. This article is fact. I am the teacher mentioned as the letter writer. Here are some other facts:

1. Although I had taught mathematics and science for 16 (back in 2002), the state of Michigan denied me a teaching certificate because my major was not mathematics (I have a BS in geology);

2. Although possessing Professional Certificates in mathematics and physical science, I am NOT qualified to teach AP Calculus in my current district for the same reason (even though I taught it for 16 years while residing in Modesto, CA)

3. Despite the shortage of qualified mathematics and science teachers, the district in which I work only credited me with 10 years of service when, in fact, I had been a full-time math and science teacher for 16 years prior to my relocation.

School districts complain about not having teachers (and so do state departments of education) qualified to be in the classroom, but those who are experienced keep finding roadblocks when wishing to relocate and continue working in their chosen profession.

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