| Teachers with noneducation backgrounds |
6/10/04 2:06 PM |
| Author:
Aaron North
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It seems there are a lot of people in the private sector who would make excellent teachers and express a desire to teach if the path to the classroom is clear and the initial training is relatively brief. Leaving a comfortable position for two more years of undergraduate schooling to obtain a teaching certificate is not a temptation many people give into. Mentoring and continued professional development could follow a teacher throughout his/her career and augment the practical training that can only take place in front of a real classroom, whether a person went to school to be a teacher or not.
I am interested to know what charter schools and support organizations are doing to tap potential teachers who may be working in other fields and what obstacles a school faces when hiring part of its staff on an "alternative" basis.
Posted as a reply to:
Teacher Quality by Bob Montgomery 
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