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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She probably was an education major NOT an English major.[/quote]

Not if she's certified to teach in a public HS.  That's not how education certification works in this country,

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Actually, it is. I'm a certified math teacher but I wasn't a math major.  Some states require you to major in the subject you teach (Maryland), but many do not (virginia), and once you have a license in one state it's relatively easy to transfer to another. I could transfer my license to Maryland with reciprocity and not have a math degree.[/quote]

What did you major in?[/quote]

Business. My masters is education. I just needed so many math credits, but I somehow got credit for them through things like "logistics optimization" and "business statistics". My calculus credits for my initial licensure are literally from AP calculus when I was 17.

Of the 20ish teachers in our high school math department, only 1 was a math major. Several were engineering, but some of us were business, nutrition, agriculture, Spanish, or even physical education majors.  Once you are licensed in one subject, all it takes to add a math license in Virginia is passing a subject matter test.[/quote]

I reacted to a poster that says that she probably had an undergraduate major in Education.  I have never seen a university program that had an an undergraduate major that led to high school level certification, other than in special education, or a subject like Music Education or PE where people are certified K-12.

I agree that you can major in one subject, and get certified to teach another.  But you can't major in Education as a sole subject and teacher High School English. [/quote]

You can major in "Secondary English Education" though in many states, without being a straight up English major.[/quote]

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