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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BASIS doesn't have a policy that prefers professional educators OR subject matter experts in hiring.

I wonder what their commitment is to quality teaching and how they will support teachers in the quest to fulfill BASIS's promises.

Go ahead, Booster. I'm talking to you. Spell it out.[/quote]

Firstly, mere fact of having a teaching license is not necessarily the same thing as being a "professional educator".  There's a matter of definition there.

Secondly, quite a few of the BASIS teaching staff ARE subject matter experts - whereas DCPS and most other schools do NOT have subject matter experts teaching middle school.
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Firstly, pp did not mention a teacher's license as being synonymous with being a "professional educator."  The discussion has been about the level of teaching experience among BASIS faculty and the school not clarifying that about all its teachers.

Secondly, your point about teaching staff being "subject matter experts" is quite vague and again suggests a lack of teaching experience.  Does "subject matter expert" apply to a person who holds a BA or more in the subject who is starting their first year of full-time teaching?  If a member of the teaching staff had a degree in education but little or no experience teaching, would they be called "professional educators?"

If BASIS is using these terms to describe its faculty, it is legitimate to ask what the terms mean and exactly how they apply to the BASIS DC faculty.[/quote]

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