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They've even allowed veterans to teach without credentials for up to 5 years (while working on a degree and teaching certificate): https://www.reuters.com/world
by jackson1442 4y ago
They've even allowed veterans to teach without credentials for up to 5 years (while working on a degree and teaching certificate): https://www.reuters.com/world/us/amid-us-teacher-shortage-florida-turns-military-veterans-2022-09-13/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/amid-us-teacher-shortage-fl...
- jonathankoren 4y agoIf you can fix a M2A2 Bradley, you’re qualified to teach calculus? I’m not sure I follow.
- yamtaddle 4y agoA few states have done similar things (IIRC Oklahoma was another, for instance). Insane politics (plus the general, unavoidable unpleasantness of the situation) around Covid, plus a recent return of political demonization of teachers (see: this exact law)—which efforts, incidentally, absolutely do affect the day-to-day work environment for teachers—drove lots of teachers out of the profession, and now there's a second wave thanks to salaries not coming even close to keeping up with inflation, while wages have gone up quite a bit in the rest of the economy. Most of the country's having some amount of trouble finding teachers, and some places are having a lot of trouble, so they've taken some desperate measures to at least find warm bodies to watch the kids. I'd guess the reasoning with singling out military folks is that they've been kinda-sorta vetted (ha, ha) already, and they're likely to be fairly disciplined and able to finish stuff (like getting their teaching cert[s]).
- jonathankoren 4y agoYeah, the less people serve, the more the military is seen as some sort of high brotherhood of philosopher kings, instead of a vast government bureaucracy filled with young adults of dubious responsibility, with a few responsible adults desperately trying to maintain order. M*A*S*H would be condemned as anti-veteran today.
- prettyStandard 4y agoVeterans are by definition M2A2 Bradley mechanics? I'm not sure I follow.
- jonathankoren 4y ago[flagged]
- lostlogin 4y agoThey aren’t teachers, that’s the only bit that matters.
- phpisthebest 4y agoWell in some states having a Masters in Math would not qualify you to teach math because you do not have a Teaching Degree... Government regulations rarely make any logical sense
- jackson1442 4y agoa masters in math doesn't necessarily mean you're good at teaching it, see anyone with a computer science degree.
- slowmovintarget 4y agoBut it usually means you had to actually attempt teaching math and have some experience in practice. That's part of what a Master's degree is supposed to mean, unless that, too, has diminished.
- SauciestGNU 4y agoI have a MS in computer science. I had an assistantship but I did research and curriculum development without actually ever teaching anything. Just one data point.
- red-iron-pine 4y agoI have a Masters and have never had to teach anyone anything. I wasn't aware that it was a requirement. PhDs -- yes. They're expected to teach or TA. Most of my mentoring and tutoring experience came from new hires at work.
- jonathankoren 4y agoYou can get a phd and never be a TA. You just always have paid research assistantships.
- red-iron-pine 4y agoBradleys are complicated and require some technical knowledge. The lowest scores on the ASVAB are for things like cooks or truck drivers, or things like fuel filtration specialists aka gas station attendants in cammo. None are qualified to teach Calc I but some might not be qualified to teach much of anything.