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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you’re going to teach K-3 I don’t see why a college degree would be needed given the teacher shortage. Any adult who clears a background check, and can read, write grammatically correct sentences, and do some basic math should be able to teach. [/quote]

UMM NO. Literally the opposite. I would rather have a crap teacher for my kids in HS vs K-3. K-3 is where the joy or hate for school starts. They are teaching kids how to read. The cornerstone of everything else. You can teach yourself almost anything now- as long as you have access to internet and books, you can read, and you have reading comprehension skills.

I would love to go into teaching and have a bachelors plus a few graduate courses but the transition is too difficult in MD. There are not simple pathways into classrooms. I even worked as a mentor for HS kids in AmeriCorps. Make teaching more desirable as an occupation and have it be respected versus this crap.

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NP here.  I agree with you.  But despite the emphasis others have placed on early childhood development education, I can tell you that there are many people who have education degrees and early childhood development training that don't have the temperament or personality to be good ES teachers.  There are others who don't have the education that do.  Personality and temperament are more important at the ES level to be an effective teacher than college education and training.

I'm not judging the veteran's placement program either way, but I think for ES teaching, the person and their teaching and personality skills are more important than the education.  [/quote]

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