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Vent...stupidly long...sorry
Clearly I am channeling my energy elsewhere to keep my mind off my stupid body...
So, the plan for next year is that I am going to be teaching Language Arts (as usual) and Social Studies (which is new to me). I am licensed to teach both, but under the stupid No Child Left Behind law, I am only "highly qualified" to teach Language Arts. The annoying part about this is that when I graduated undergrad I had to propose all my classes for my concentrations...and they approved mine without ever telling me that I needed a geography course to be highly qualified (you know, when I could have just added it to my course when I was already a full time student...ugh). So then I graduated assuming I was HQT, only to find out I was not. It hasn't been a big deal until now though since I have only been teaching Lang. Arts.
Anyway, I found an online course through our state university that is perfect to take this summer...which would mean I would be all set in the fall. I went through the state to get pre-approval for the course. The only problem is, I live over the border in the next state, so now the university is going to charge me out of state tuition (even though I work in state, pay state income tax, etc...)...which means it will cost $2000 more than in-state tuition, which means that I won't get that money reimbursed through my school...even though it is because they have changed my schedule that I need to take the course in the first place. Ugh.
I have an email in to our assistant superintendent hoping that she might be able to work something out, but I am super frustrated about the whole process. Somehow having to pay $2000 out of my pocket so I can teach one 45 minute period a day without the school having a mark against it (they have to report any teachers who are not HQT and are teaching that subject to the state) seems stupid to me.
/vent
BFP 5/2/11, missed m/c, D&C 6/13/11
BFP 12/8/11--Little Girl E Born 8/22/12
Re: Vent...stupidly long...sorry
Baby #2: Surprise BFP 9.19.12, EDD 5.24.13, natural m/c 10.19.13 at 9w
BFP 5/2/11, missed m/c, D&C 6/13/11
BFP 12/8/11--Little Girl E Born 8/22/12
Woo - that went from an extreme boo to an extreme yay very quickly! I'm glad.
What does the whole "highly qualified" designation get you in comparison?
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Yay. Good news - I hope this works out for you.
By the way, I'm going to say here that I really admire all you ladies who teach. Thank you for all of your work - I know it isn't easy.
BFP 5/2/11, missed m/c, D&C 6/13/11
BFP 12/8/11--Little Girl E Born 8/22/12
That's strikes me as hugely undermining to a teacher's integrity, knowledge and skill base to have to inform parents that, while they're qualified to teach a subject, they aren't highly qualified to teach it. Wow.
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Dates & Quinces Blog
Yup...and this is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of what is wrong with the NCLB laws...
Oh, and the geography class I am taking has NOTHING to do with what I will actually be teaching in 6th grade Social Studies...
BFP 5/2/11, missed m/c, D&C 6/13/11
BFP 12/8/11--Little Girl E Born 8/22/12