Anonymous
Post 11/12/2025 07:58     Subject: Teacher certification
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is all news to me! I have a doctorate in education and have applied to multiple teaching jobs at MCPS and have not received a single interview. I've been told directly by MCPS central office staff that I will need to do another year of schooling to get a license if I want to work.

Look into the ACET program at Montgomery College. It’s an accelerated certification program in partnership with MCPS. They are taking applications for the next cohort right now. (And that’s the program that Gov. Moore sent funding to add a Feds-to-Eds cohort last summer).


yes, I have spoken with ACET. I was hoping that some of my credits from my doctoral program might count so that I could pay less for the program and move more quickly into teaching but I was told I would have to take the full ACET program - even though I have literally taught some of the courses myself at higher education institutions. It is very frustrating and doesn't seem financially smart, given how much I already paid for my doctoral degree (paid off, fortunately). I'd just really like to teach as a second career.


How do you have a doctorate in education and not be able to teach?

I would try to work at a community college instead. MCPS is likely not worth it.

Signed An MCPS employee who got her degree late in life.
Anonymous
Post 11/12/2025 07:42     Subject: Teacher certification
Anonymous wrote:MCPS will pay 100% of the cost for you to complete a 9 month Teacher Certification program through Moreland University. Or You can extend it by 3 months and get a fully paid for Masters in Education if you would like.

Again this is 100% free for MCPS employees


This would be fantastic IF one could get hired by MCPS. I've even applied for para positions - no luck.
Anonymous
Post 11/12/2025 07:39     Subject: Teacher certification
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is all news to me! I have a doctorate in education and have applied to multiple teaching jobs at MCPS and have not received a single interview. I've been told directly by MCPS central office staff that I will need to do another year of schooling to get a license if I want to work.

Look into the ACET program at Montgomery College. It’s an accelerated certification program in partnership with MCPS. They are taking applications for the next cohort right now. (And that’s the program that Gov. Moore sent funding to add a Feds-to-Eds cohort last summer).


yes, I have spoken with ACET. I was hoping that some of my credits from my doctoral program might count so that I could pay less for the program and move more quickly into teaching but I was told I would have to take the full ACET program - even though I have literally taught some of the courses myself at higher education institutions. It is very frustrating and doesn't seem financially smart, given how much I already paid for my doctoral degree (paid off, fortunately). I'd just really like to teach as a second career.
Anonymous
Post 11/11/2025 19:37     Subject: Teacher certification
MCPS will pay 100% of the cost for you to complete a 9 month Teacher Certification program through Moreland University. Or You can extend it by 3 months and get a fully paid for Masters in Education if you would like.

Again this is 100% free for MCPS employees
Anonymous
Post 11/11/2025 19:16     Subject: Teacher certification
ACET looks like it costs $17k. That’s after someone has already paid for a BA. Again, to make 65k? They’ve got to find a better way.
Anonymous
Post 11/11/2025 18:49     Subject: Teacher certification
Anonymous wrote:This is all news to me! I have a doctorate in education and have applied to multiple teaching jobs at MCPS and have not received a single interview. I've been told directly by MCPS central office staff that I will need to do another year of schooling to get a license if I want to work.

Look into the ACET program at Montgomery College. It’s an accelerated certification program in partnership with MCPS. They are taking applications for the next cohort right now. (And that’s the program that Gov. Moore sent funding to add a Feds-to-Eds cohort last summer).
Anonymous
Post 11/11/2025 17:29     Subject: Teacher certification
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I know teachers in MCPS who have had a conditional certificate for 4 years. No plans to make it official. No one seems to care. What about the Fed workers who they’re trying to get? Do they really think they’ll spend all that time and money for a certificate which will then allow them to make less money?? The hoops to jump through, the time and the money, don’t justify $60k per year.


65k a year is a lot more than the unemployment rate of 0 dollars a year.

On top of that, there are several options towards certification that are 100% paid for by MCPS. Sure time is necessary but money really isn’t a barrier for this to happen anymore.


Max is 5 years, it was extended from 2 or 3 I can't remember due to the shortage.
Anonymous
Post 11/11/2025 17:28     Subject: Teacher certification
Anonymous wrote:This is all news to me! I have a doctorate in education and have applied to multiple teaching jobs at MCPS and have not received a single interview. I've been told directly by MCPS central office staff that I will need to do another year of schooling to get a license if I want to work.


I doubt you've been told that.
Anonymous
Post 11/11/2025 17:14     Subject: Teacher certification
This is all news to me! I have a doctorate in education and have applied to multiple teaching jobs at MCPS and have not received a single interview. I've been told directly by MCPS central office staff that I will need to do another year of schooling to get a license if I want to work.
Anonymous
Post 11/11/2025 17:10     Subject: Teacher certification
65k a year is just scraping by for someone with a college degree living in Montgomery County.
Anonymous
Post 11/11/2025 17:08     Subject: Teacher certification
Anonymous wrote:I know teachers in MCPS who have had a conditional certificate for 4 years. No plans to make it official. No one seems to care. What about the Fed workers who they’re trying to get? Do they really think they’ll spend all that time and money for a certificate which will then allow them to make less money?? The hoops to jump through, the time and the money, don’t justify $60k per year.


65k a year is a lot more than the unemployment rate of 0 dollars a year.

On top of that, there are several options towards certification that are 100% paid for by MCPS. Sure time is necessary but money really isn’t a barrier for this to happen anymore.
Anonymous
Post 11/11/2025 17:04     Subject: Teacher certification
I know teachers in MCPS who have had a conditional certificate for 4 years. No plans to make it official. No one seems to care. What about the Fed workers who they’re trying to get? Do they really think they’ll spend all that time and money for a certificate which will then allow them to make less money?? The hoops to jump through, the time and the money, don’t justify $60k per year.
Anonymous
Post 11/11/2025 16:44     Subject: Teacher certification
It is 100%. Where did you hear that?

You can get hired on a probationary one if you have a skill set in need (mostly science) but you must become certified with in 1-2 years. And they stay on top of it. Please don’t teach unless you know pedagogy. Please.
Anonymous
Post 11/11/2025 16:41     Subject: Teacher certification
Yes it is.
Anonymous
Post 11/11/2025 15:44     Subject: Teacher certification
I know that having a teacher certificate isn’t necessary anymore, but it also sounds like pursuing one isn’t necessary either. Does anyone know the new rules?