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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m just getting the titles from the school website, teacher is listed as an “emotional disabilities” teacher but teaches math.  Does that mean she is as qualified to teach math as a high school “math teacher” but also has extra sped credentials? [/quote]

Probably.  Ask the principal.  Many teachers have more than one certification.  I have 4, for example, and I would have 2 more if I filed the paperwork.  In general if the teacher is teaching a core content class like math then the teacher must be certified in that content.  It is much easier to get the SPED endorsement than it is to get the math endorsement fwiw.[/quote]

OP-thanks. These are teachers at a special ed only high school who are teaching, for instance, geometry but only have a K-12 special ed certification and are listed as "emotional disabilities teachers". That sounds like it is not the norm. [/quote]

If this isn’t a public school, teaching cert is irrevelant [/quote]

Exactly. At most private shipload you only need a bachelors degree to teach. Your degree can be in anything and you can teach anything. Public school licensure is much stricter and harder to get and maintain. You have to have a bachelors degree minimum in the subject or a degree in another subject but X hours of additional coursework in your subject area to her endorsement (and it’s not a few- it’s like 36-40 hours of college level content courses). Then other trainings like first aid CPR and child abuse reporting and then you get a license in that area and have to earn at least 180 hours of continuing education and professional development to renew it which you must. Again, in a private or charter school, this won’t apply. [/quote]

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