Each of the 50 states has specific qualifications for becoming a teacher and enforces a system of certification and licensure for public school teaching. While these qualifications vary state to state, all require at least a bachelor's degree and some specialized training. Many states also require teachers to train as substitutes or in an apprentice role for a prescribed period. Still, there is a growing sense that teachers are not qualified, or not as qualified as they could or should be.
Over 53% of teachers did not feel they were qualified to teach their subjects.
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Teacher Training/Competency Information on Healthline
Viewpoint: Teacher Certification Doesn't Guarantee Competency - The Buckeye Institute
Thoughts and finding for your community? I would consider this a pretty major issue when on top of all the other issues (ie: abuse, sexual misconduct, etc) from so many teachers, this would be the top of my list.
How do you feel about the teachings/schooling in your area for your children
Over 53% of teachers did not feel they were qualified to teach their subjects.
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<LI>- “<SIZE size="100">One national survey of 4,000 public school teachers, cited by The New York Times, found only one in five believe they are well qualified to teach in a modern classroom.”</SIZE></LI>
<LI> - “<SIZE size="100">The Washington Post cited another study which found at least one of every five public school teachers has neither a major nor a minor in the subject they are teaching, another NCLB requirement.. Another comment was that at least 25% of teachers are not qualified to be in the classroom.”</SIZE></LI>
<LI> - A 1991 survey of college graduates who had taken the Armed Forces Qualifying Test showed that graduates with the lowest IQs were more than twice as likely to go into education than those with the highest IQs.</LI>
Teacher Training/Competency Information on Healthline
Viewpoint: Teacher Certification Doesn't Guarantee Competency - The Buckeye Institute
Thoughts and finding for your community? I would consider this a pretty major issue when on top of all the other issues (ie: abuse, sexual misconduct, etc) from so many teachers, this would be the top of my list.
How do you feel about the teachings/schooling in your area for your children