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There may be different routes, but you need certification - whether that means that a certified teacher take the Praxis in another area or a student completes a Master's in education (having earned an undergrad in some other field).

Sadly, a Master's is the norm, which means that people entering with an undergraduate field will be overlooked.  Furthermore, what you appear to not understand is the importance of strategies.  Having a degree in chemistry means shit unless you know HOW to teach the content to students.

So while some private school educator is walking around with PhD credentials, if educational repertoire is lacking (as in no techniques or devices to help with student mastery), what good is s/he?

And no - you cannot find "lots of public schools with non-certified teachers on the faculty."  That's BS.

You're not in the field, correct?

[quote=Anonymous]Public school teachers may have to be on a path toward certification, but they don't necessarily have to be certified. Various alternative paths to certification have been developed to accommodate recent college grads who didn't take ed courses or people transitioning from other professions mid-career.  Also, in many places, public schools now include charter schools and some jurisdictions don't require the same certification in charters as in conventional public schools.  So you can find lots of public schools with uncertified teachers on the faculty.

On the other side of the coin, some privates won't hire teachers unless they have certification and to a parent who has chosen one of those schools, what other private schools do is largely irrelevant.

In the end all the lines are blurry at this point, so it's a school- or system-specific question.[/quote][/quote]

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