alright yall..i heard a little something at the ball park the other day and i was wondering what all there really was to it. i hear that there is a "teacher" at us jones that is getting to teach ,third grade i think it was, without a degree..is that possible?? i know i was wanting to go back to school to finish my elementary education degree, but if i dont have to..then that would be great. can anybody fill me in on what to do, or if thats true, or what!! i know i overheard some parents talking about it and it didnt sound like they were very happy with what was going on..but hey- if you dont have to go get your degree to teach, then why not do it without it..right??!! let me know whats going on with that! im curios!
I think you would be better served going back to school to get your degree in elementary education than trying to delve into a rumor.
Even if US Jones had someone teaching without a degree, you can bet they aren't getting paid nearly as much as a teacher WITH a degree. If such a teacher exists, I bet he/she has been there for eons, long before a degree was required. Admittedly, I do not know if such teacher exists in the Demopolis City School System, but I would tend to think not.
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Re: us jones teacher!?
I don't recall all of the details, but when my Mother started substituting at Westside, she had no degree. She did that for a year or two, then was made to get her elementary teaching degree to become a full-time teacher. That is all I know of it, I think you HAVE to have a degree to teach full-time, but I am not 100% sure.
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Every teacher at Demopolis City Schools has a degree; at least a bachelors. I believe what they were trying to say is that she is not highly qualified. All teachers, working in the state of Alabama, by law, must be "highly qualified". The school gives some teachers the chance to be highly qualified after they get hired. A teacher must take a certain amount of classes every year to remain highly qualified. That teacher must still be in the process of becoming highly qualified. Alabama education laws are alittle fuzzy and I don't know a lot about them, but I believe this is what those people may have been talking about.
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I don't recall all of the details, but when my Mother started substituting at Westside, she had no degree. She did that for a year or two, then was made to get her elementary teaching degree to become a full-time teacher. That is all I know of it, I think you HAVE to have a degree to teach full-time, but I am not 100% sure.
You don't have to have a degree to be a substitute.
there is a teacher at jones that has a bachelors degree in something other than elementary ed.. i can't remember what it was in.. however.. when she was hired she was in the process of getting her masters in elem. education and i think she has already received the degree now... there was also a teacher at westside in the same boat...
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there is a teacher at jones that has a bachelors degree in something other than elementary ed.. i can't remember what it was in.. however.. when she was hired she was in the process of getting her masters in elem. education and i think she has already received the degree now... there was also a teacher at westside in the same boat...
If this is the case, then she will not be considered highly qualified until her degree is complete. It happens all the time! There is a teacher shortage!
ms. alabama knows the teacher that HAD no degree. She has a degree now. Yes you have to have a teaching degree to teach as a matter of fact you have to be "highly qualified". Teaching degree is needed.
