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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was an administrator and teacher at a private school for a period of time. [b]I have multiple state certifications, 2 graduate degrees, and at the time,  approximately 20 years of experience[/b]. The majority of teachers employed there had no background in teaching and were not  certified. There was a staff of around 30-35 teachers, and I would say only about 10 or 12 were talented teachers quite on their own, but still flying by the seat of their pants. There was no real sense of curriculum understanding, learning theory,  or best practices. It was posh daycare with some books. I left for public school. I don't understand why people pay to send their kids to private schools. I think there are some private schools with bone fide standards,  certified teachers and staff (largely underpaid,however) and oversight, but people would be very surprised at how many are not,  particularly the religious schools. Some well regarded schools that are private are really  just a business model.  
In the end, this is a whole  career that requires an overhaul, public and private. Time to do it. An entire paradigm shift. 
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I have certifications (state and national), Masters Degree and over 30 years of experience. The certifications are pretty meaningless in my opinion. [/quote]

Until you engage with educators with none. Yes, teachers do need education, training,  and experience.

Maybe you just aren't in the right field. If these goal posts are meaningless,  why did  you spend all that time obtaining them? It's a lot of work and money and time. [/quote]

I think you missed PP’s point. They are saying that the certifications are pretty meaningless. They aren’t discounting the training and education they received while completing master’s degrees and their teaching experience.  There are those on this board who seem to think that unless a teacher is certified, they aren’t qualified. I’ll take a teachers with a masters and experience any day over a teacher with a state certification and little to no experience. Not to say that the latter won’t become a great teacher but the point is that a state certification is not the great qualifier that some thing it is.  Education and experience are the more important factors. [/quote]

Certifications aren’t just pieces of paper. There's a lot of work involved. [/quote]

They aren’t just pieces of paper but they also aren’t the only way a person can show they are qualified to teach. Why would a private school teacher with a masters in computer science and a bachelors in education decide that they need to go and certify as a teacher before accepting a position with a school that doesn’t require or hire based on certifications? What’s the point? 
Public school educators get certifications because the school system itself has made them necessary and valued. The education behind them is always of value but whether someone has sat for the certification and can check that box isn’t a concrete measure of qualification.  
I would rather have someone who has a degree in the field they are teaching, a basis in teaching and a willing, non-jaded attitude than a new teacher with no experience and a certification who has been glued to Bored Teachers all summer long. [/quote]

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