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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does it require a passing score on the Praxis II test to teach the subject?[/quote]

No experience, no subject area Praxis passing score, and no minimum GPA required for the subject area.  They will be cheap to hire.

We have also hired more long term subs who will “teach” full classes with associates degree and barely passing grades. They were cheap to hire.

This year more full time teachers like me will take early retirement.  [/quote]

PP who mentioned other resident teacher programs. For those, I believe they did need passing Praxis 1 and 2 scores. So this is definitely a lower bar. [/quote]

+1 [/quote]

+1.

The quickest way to get into the classroom is to (1) pass the praxis, either the elementary one, or a subject specific one for high school and (2) get hired by a school district - you then get a provisional license for 3 years.  During that time you will need to complete your education classes and your subject matter classes (for instance if you have an English degree but are going for a Math license the VDOE will look at your college transcript and will let you know how many additional college math classes you will need to take in addition to the required education classes).  This is also only open to people with at minimum 5 years of work experience.  This provisional pathway is often referred to as the career-switcher path.

The new FCPS Teacher Resident program does not sound like this.

I don't think they will require the candidate to even pass the Praxis exam before working in the classroom.  When you take the test it will take a few weeks to get your official score back.  And a person off the street will generally not pass any Praxis exam without studying.

I don't think they will require the candidate to be older with work experience.  The traditional provisional license assumes that an older person with work experience can make up for some of those missing education school learning.

If your child has a first year teacher on a provisional license this year you should be vigilant.    [/quote]

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