Advocating Indiana Teacher Licensing Reform

Eric Berman:

Bennett says instead of assuming people will pick teaching careers and stay for life, schools could consider front-loading pay for beginning teachers to lure more people in, while also instituting closer evaluations for those rookie teachers to make sure they're qualified.

The Professional Standards Board is scheduled to discuss Bennett's call to license teachers based on non-school experience at its November 18 meeting. Bennett says he expects the board to make some changes to the details of the plan, but says he hopes for final approval before year's end.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at November 4, 2009 2:28 AM
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