You gotta a job!

 You gotta a job!

New regulations went into effect this past April 2024.   Now teachers will receive a license instead of a certificate.  More importantly, people can no longer receive a license by a credit count method to make sure they have the required courses.   Instead, they must complete a Maryland State Department of Education approved program.  These programs can take 2-3 years.   Ok, there are some good reasons behind that approach.  People wanting to be teachers should complete a program that reflects the full vision of a complete program.

Turns out that’s the plan for most people but not for all. The Governor is out to get those federal employees who are no longer employees of the federal government into state jobs, including jobs as teachers.   So, he has given one million dollars to several universities to create wonder women and men teachers.

After a one-week intensive program at Towson University, participants magically become teachers.   The program participants came from a variety of affected federal offices including USAID, the Department of Education, the National Institute of Health and the Department of Housing and Urban Development according to Towson officials. All agencies not known for their teaching skills.  “The program required participants to directly and physically engage in the material.”  According to one of the program leaders.  Whatever that means.  The one-week training covered things like building relationships, how to communicate and lesson planning.  “All the important highlights of what it means to be a teacher”, said one of the team leaders.

Hmmm, so how to differentiate learning for kids who don’t get the lesson the first time, how to teach the content in multiple ways, how to deal with discipline- none of these skills are evidently not part of the necessary “highlights”.   But not to worry.  These folks are already teaching in a school near you.  The One-week Wonders are now employed.  Those other people who are in programs that take 2-3 years to complete?  Wonder what their problems are.

You gotta a job!