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No State Allows Someone Without a Bachelor’s Degree to Teach
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | May 29, 2015
From WisPolitics:
Rep. Sondy Pope, D-Cross Plains, released a memo from Leg Council that found no state currently allows someone without a bachelor’s degree to teach.
The Republican education motion would allow those without a degree to obtain a teaching permit in Wisconsin if a specific school determines they are qualified. The permit would cover grades six through 12 in areas other than English, social studies, math or science.
The motion also wouldn’t require those permitted under the new process to pass an assessment test for competency in the subject they would teach. An applicant now has to pass a standardized assessment to obtain a teaching license.
The Leg Council memo also notes federal law requires educators to have a bachelor’s degree and demonstrate competency in the subject area when they’re teaching special education or a core academic subject, which includes English, reading or language arts, math, science, foreign language, civics and government, economics, art, history, and geography.
Read the memo here.
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