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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having taught in the public schools, I was surprised when going through the admissions process with my daughter that most of the teachers, about 70%, did not have teaching certificates.  This is a double-edged sword in my opinion.  I think in the lower grades, a teaching degree is fairly important.  It teaches you how to identify issues with your kids, different teaching strategies, etc.  In the upper grades, I think it is helpful, but less important to have a teaching certificate because learning issues have pretty much been identified at that point and subject matter expertise is more important.  What I saw in public school (not in the DC area), was a shop teacher teaching biology, even though they did not a science background.  Not a frequent occurrence, but when you don't have money, you do the best with what you've got.  [/quote]

Teacher back again.  I was certified at one time, but it's lapsed because I don't need it for my current job at a private school.  That doesn't mean I don't continue to do professional development.  The teachers at my school who are not certified are either in my situation (lapsed certification) or went through an apprenticeship program, which several privates have.  Having gone through a traditional teacher education program, I will say that I found student teaching to be the most important aspect.  The classes were hit and miss.  The tests you have to take to be certified were basically pointless, although I suppose they weed out some of the worst candidates.

This is a long way of saying that with all due respect to my public school peers, I don't think certification means much. I think classroom experience and ongoing professional development means a lot more. In my experience, privates do a much better job with PD than publics.  [/quote]

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