Dr. X may not really have a doctorate?

[FCPSAlumnowMom]

According to the VADOE website database, there is a teacher at a school my kids used to attend that does not have a doctorate - although she's been calling herself Dr. X for years (6? 7?).

She just renewed her license this past June - it shows a Bachelor's and Master's and endorsement PreK-6.

https://vadoe.mylicense.com/verification/Search.aspx?facility=N

On the one hand, I know schools are so desperate for teachers, and since her job doesn't require a doctorate, it may be a case where, heck, she can call herself whatever she wants!

On the other hand, I feel like it is completely dishonest and disrespectful to those who have actually worked for it and she shouldn't be representing herself this way to students, parents, fellow teachers, etc.

Maybe it's an error with VADOE? I called them a few months ago and they were pretty adamant that the information they showed is accurate -- especially since the license was just renewed.
Maybe she has a doctorate and just doesn't want to get paid for it so hasn't bothered to tell FCPS/VADOE?

Social Media - on Facebook she lists two different schools, what she studied, the years, and then says Studied Education studies at PhD but lists no school or year. On LinkedIn, she lists two totally different schools where she received two different Bachelor's degrees, and lists a school where she got a Master's of Education but lists no PhD.

I've struggled to just drop it - but it really bothers me that someone would do this. I feel like I should share this info -- school? FCPS? School Board?

[Anonymous]

Maybe she's been ABD somewhere for a long time and decided to just go for it and call herself Dr.

[Anonymous]

You've struggled to drop it? That's crazy. Giving two sh*ts about this is giving two sh*ts too many.

[Anonymous]

You have a lot of time on your hands huh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You've struggled to drop it? That's crazy. Giving two sh*ts about this is giving two sh*ts too many.

1000%.
The posts on the forum are getting pretty desperate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe she's been ABD somewhere for a long time and decided to just go for it and call herself Dr.

My first thought as well.

[Anonymous]

FCPSAlumnowMom wrote:According to the VADOE website database, there is a teacher at a school my kids used to attend that does not have a doctorate - although she's been calling herself Dr. X for years (6? 7?).

She just renewed her license this past June - it shows a Bachelor's and Master's and endorsement PreK-6.

https://vadoe.mylicense.com/verification/Search.aspx?facility=N

On the one hand, I know schools are so desperate for teachers, and since her job doesn't require a doctorate, it may be a case where, heck, she can call herself whatever she wants!

On the other hand, I feel like it is completely dishonest and disrespectful to those who have actually worked for it and she shouldn't be representing herself this way to students, parents, fellow teachers, etc.

Maybe it's an error with VADOE? I called them a few months ago and they were pretty adamant that the information they showed is accurate -- especially since the license was just renewed.
Maybe she has a doctorate and just doesn't want to get paid for it so hasn't bothered to tell FCPS/VADOE?

Social Media - on Facebook she lists two different schools, what she studied, the years, and then says Studied Education studies at PhD but lists no school or year. On LinkedIn, she lists two totally different schools where she received two different Bachelor's degrees, and lists a school where she got a Master's of Education but lists no PhD.

I've struggled to just drop it - but it really bothers me that someone would do this. I feel like I should share this info -- school? FCPS? School Board?

Bahahahahahaha! You are losing it.

[FCPSAlumnowMom]

I guess because I am in a licensed and heavily regulated business, the thought of falsifying my credentials or just calling myself something that I am not is repugnant. So yeah, it really bothers me that she is calling herself Dr but has nothing that I can see to back it up.

[FCPSAlumnowMom]

FCPSAlumnowMom wrote:I guess because I am in a licensed and heavily regulated business, the thought of falsifying my credentials or just calling myself something that I am not is repugnant. So yeah, it really bothers me that she is calling herself Dr but has nothing that I can see to back it up.

Like, I literally just got an email from my compliance and risk manager that an award /recognition I've received for years and year wasn't updated on my website to show I also received it the last two years. And recognition I received from a national publication in 1999 wasn't submitted properly and I now need documentation to show I did receive it.

So yeah, I need to constantly review and provide documentation that I am who I am and I've done what I've done. I expect the same of the people teaching my kids...

[Anonymous]

Is she a good teacher? Sounds like she’s not or you wouldn’t even have thought to look this up. Focus on any real issues you have with her performance.

There are no “extra” teachers around right now. So, deal with what you have or create a problem where you might end up with a stream of long term subs or worse. She isnt even lying about anything that is required for her job and if she is lying, she didn’t do it where it counted, on her certification paperwork.

[Anonymous]

Did you ask her?

[Anonymous]

Our old AART had a doctorate from an online college and insisted on being called doctor. Just go along with it and laugh under your breath.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe she's been ABD somewhere for a long time and decided to just go for it and call herself Dr.

I have a Ph.D. (would not call myself Dr., but that's a different issue). In academia, it wouldn't be acceptable to call oneself Dr. without completing the degree, but I feel like it's not uncommon for ABDs outside of academia to use Dr. I would say in her defense that using a title is not the same as lying about your credentials on your employment paperwork.

[FCPSAlumnowMom]

Anonymous wrote:Is she a good teacher? Sounds like she’s not or you wouldn’t even have thought to look this up. Focus on any real issues you have with her performance.

There are no “extra” teachers around right now. So, deal with what you have or create a problem where you might end up with a stream of long term subs or worse. She isnt even lying about anything that is required for her job and if she is lying, she didn’t do it where it counted, on her certification paperwork.

NO -- she was horrible. You are totally right -- if she was great, I'd probably not think about it, well at least not as much!?

My kids aren't even in that school anymore -- thank goodness - b/c when we did say something to the Principal last December about things our child was coming home telling us about this teacher, the Principal said -- well, we have a saying here, we'll only believe half of what your child tells us is happening at home, and you should only believe half of what your child is telling you happens at school...

The assistant Principal saw an ongoing "lesson" she was doing with the kids soon after (it was NOT something we ever brought up -- just discovered it as she was doing extra due diligence on the teacher) and shut that down -- but then the assistant Principal left for another school and so the teacher remained unchecked the rest of the year really.

[Anonymous]

didn't you post about this before?