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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a PhD in my subject area and yet am not qualified to teach in a public school. So I teach at a private. [/quote]
I’ve taught in both public and private. A PhD doesn’t make you a good teacher. My public school colleagues spoke for years about the two PhDs our principal hired bc he thought the PhD was worth so much. Takes more than a PhD to manage a middle school classroom. A teacher needs three things:
-Know their content.
-Ability to teach with clarity and always be willing to take another tack if the first routes don’t work with the actual kids in front of you.
-understand and care about kids as people.

All of the above requires a combination of brains, curiosity about the world and compassion.

Also, it really helps a lot to be organized, but some great teachers just aren’t.

Summary: there’s not one path to that combination of skill and talent. Gréât teachers get there via a variety of paths. 
Sorry about all of my typos, but I’vevbeen editing all weekend and I’m not going to do it here.[/quote]

DP. I agree a PhD isn’t all it takes, but it’s a great start. Clearly somebody with a PhD knows the content! I work with two teachers with PhDs and they are always our go-to people when we have content questions. I don’t have a PhD, but I imagine getting one takes what you list above: organization, brains, and curiosity. Some of the strongest teachers I work with are career changers with advanced degrees. They learned classroom management on the job, like many of us do. [/quote]

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