I did 4 semesters in the school of Education, handed a project and was supervised. I can teach at K12. What I refuse to do is to sit an entrance exam and follow the four years of graduate school (two of which I have already covered and the other two I was exempted from) just to enroll for the Masters or do a PhD. This is what I call bureaucracy and refuse to comply with.
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Recognition of skills and experience
Posted: September 30th, 2008, 3:29pm GMT by bdieu
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Recognition of skills and experience
Posted: September 28th, 2008, 10:45pm GMT by Elizabeth H-S
Violeta and Bee--
This seems to be a very tough kind of problem. In California, I would not be allowed to teach in K-12, although I taught the teacher training courses in university because I do not have a teaching credential. The Schools of Education have spent years making sure only they have control of who teaches. As a result, it takes 3 semesters beyond the Bachelor's degree (4 years of college) to obtain a Credential. Thus, many potentially good teachers don't want to jump through the hoops, and they go into other fields of work instead.
I could submit a petition to the Dept of Education, with accompanying documentation, and (after paying a fee, of course) hope that it would be accepted, but I would still probably be required to submit to several courses of supervised teaching. Funny, isn't it!
Somewhere there must be a serious politician who would undertake to pass legislation to change these situations, but let's face it, there isn't enough "pork" in the barrel to make education a worthwhile enterprise for most. And the teachers unions are really against any changes that would make their Credential less valuable.
The only quick solution I can see is online education. There are a number of accredited schools that can accelerate the process--this includes Bachelor's degrees, higher degrees, and even teaching Credentials. Usually, they are quite costly. But if the American economy dissolves (as it looks like right now!), maybe the dollar will have so little value that these online degrees would become cheap for you.
I don't know whether to hope or despair
--Elizabeth
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Recognition of skills and experience
Posted: September 5th, 2008, 3:48pm GMT by bdieu
How are you going about your portfolio, Vio? Have you managed to collect what you needed?
Which brings me to the question. Are any of you here collecting and archiving your artifacts in some sort of professional portfolio? What kind of social/cognitive/professional presence do you have online?
Would your institution accept an online portfolios or professional narrative or are we still in the era of the printed CV and personal reference/indication?