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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Re: hiring good STEM teachers, I think aside from the pay, there needs to be a way to get STEM skilled folks trained to teach without making them get an Education degree.[/quote]

If you happen to be at last Tuesday’s MCCPTA meeting, you’ll see Dr Taylor insists on no possibility of hiring of new teachers because of budget limit, and he doesn’t believe training is needed either. He claimed that many teachers had been having multiple certificates and “they are significantly under-utilized”. [/quote]
A certificate is meaningless.  I am certified in software. It means nothing.

There are very few teachers who can teach advanced STEM, and teach it well.

Who creates the math curriculum in the advanced math classes at Blair? Is it central office, or do the magnet teachers have more autonomy?[/quote]

Blair magnet teachers used to have a great deal of freedom, and they created the curriculum based on many many years of experience dealing with the magnet kids and their own expertise. Now thinking about applying this curriculum to a very much diluted student body with a teacher lacking knowledge in that subject: it’s going to be a disaster to both side.[/quote]
From how the boundaries are drawn, it looks like there will be strong teachers in whatever program. They should put the regional program in the HS with the best teachers in that subject. So the STEM program for region 1 should be at Blair, for example.[/quote]

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