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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have hired subs into teaching resident jobs for next year who have failed the praxis.  Maybe our teachers who mentor them can help them pass it.  Desperate times at our HS.[/quote]

At the HS level this can make sense.[b] I know career switchers and former military more than qualified to teach high level math and science but don’t want to deal with getting a license. [/b]Some go to catholic school because Va license isn’t required. [/quote]

How are they more than qualified to teach high level math and science if they can't pass the praxis?  [/quote]

Because they have phds or masters in chemistry and physics or engineering. You think they can have those high degrees and the only the praxis can determine if they are qualified to teach it?[/quote]

But if so then they should have 0 problem passing a relatively easy test.  [/quote]

I can see them not wanting to do all the teacher licensing requirements which can be a pain, but the praxis seems like a reasonable bar to go over.  It's not like the schools are being flooded with people with STEM graduate degrees.  Maybe there can be an exception if you have a grad degree in the field you want to teach--but that's not really an argument for making there be no test for everyone.[/quote]

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