Re: I'm no longer qualified

[Bussardre@aol.com]

Hey, Jerry, did you know that even chefs have to have certs today to get jobs 
in some places.  My latest "gig" is poducing publications for the American 
Culinary Federation, which is all about education and certification of chefs.

If there is a living to be made, someone is going to make a living crafting a 
test that "certifies" that human being as worthy of holding that job.

I think FAIR Test ought to open a not-for-profit that certifies testing 
publishers.

Billee Bussard


In a message dated 3/6/2004 1:26:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
gbracey@erols.com writes:
You'll probably be happier as a chef or tour guide anyway.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nancy Patterson" <patterna@gvsu.edu>
To: <arn-l@interversity.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 12:55 PM
Subject: [arn-l] I'm no longer qualified


> I contacted the Michigan Department of Education yesterday to ask a
> question about teacher certification.  And I learned that under the new
> NCLB teacher cert laws, I am no longer qualified to teach middle school
> language arts. I have a bachelors in English, a masters in education,
> and a PhD in English that focused on literacy.  I was a department
> chair, a member of the school improvement team, on the language arts
> curriculum team and the technology committee.  I have presented at a
> zillion conferences across the country. I have 14 and a half years of
> experience teaching high school english (which I AM qualified to teach)
> and 14 years of experience teaching middle school language arts.
> 
> If the name of the language arts courses was changed to "english" then I
> would be qualified to teach those courses. But if they are called
> "language arts", I'm not qualified.  There is no secondary language arts
> certification anymore. And, there is no elementary English
> certification. So, if the courses were renamed "english," no one with
> elementary language arts certification could teach those courses.
> 
> Nancy, the unqualified
> 
> Nancy Patterson, PhD
> Literacy Studies Program Coordinator
> Grand Valley State University 
> Editor "Tech Connect," Voices from the Middle
> Chair, Assembly on Computers in English
> patterna@gvsu.edu
> http://faculty.gvsu.edu/patterna