Extractions: According to a 1999 survey of state education agencies(SEAS), 39 states and the District of Columbia offer English as a second language (ESL) teacher certification or endorsement, while 24 states and the District of Columbia offer bilingual/dual language teacher certification or endorsement. In addition to offering teacher certification in ESL, 23 states have legislative requirements that teachers placed in ESL classrooms must be certified in ESL. In addition to offering bilingual/dual language certification, 17 states have legislative requirements that teachers placed in bilingual/dual language classrooms must have bilingual/dual language certification. The table below provides a summary of ESL and bilingual/dual language offerings, and legislative requirements by state.
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Extractions: The Office of Teacher Certification is seeking input from South Carolina educators. You have the opportunity to express your opinion on the new Middle School Guidelines for Teacher Certification. If you are interested in reviewing the guidelines, check the Office of Teacher Certification website www.scteachers.org . Go to the certification requirements for Middle Grades and you can e-mail your comments directly to the Office of Teacher Certification. You may also wish to view certification regulations and e-mail your comments. Comments are needed prior to the November public hearing. T 1. Teachers are committed to students and their learning;
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Extractions: Funding the NBTC National Board Certification packets are here. Please contact Rebecca Crabtree @ 241-3217 to receive a packet The State of South Carolina will fund the entire cost of your application and assessment fee of $2,300, but you must follow these instructions in order to be eligible for this funding . If you choose to pay any portion of your assessment fees in any way other than through the loan application mentioned below, neither you nor other third-party payers will be eligible for any reimbursement from the State of South Carolina. The NBPTS application and the South Carolina NBC Loan Application are two separate documents. (Briefly, the South Carolina NBC Loan Application is a binding legal document that stipulates that you have three (3) years to attain National Board Certification or you must repay this financial obligation to the State.) Contact the National Board Certification liaison, Sharon Shirley , to receive a copy.
Extractions: This article is taken from The Job Search Handbook for Educators. Each year, more than 135,000 teacher candidates use this book to help organize their job searches. This is just one of many featured articles which are researched and written by AAEE members. If you would like more information on ordering this handbook, c lick here The Job Search Handbook for Educators A teaching certification is valid only in the state for which it is issued, and certification and testing requirements are never static. If you are planning to move to another state, you should contact that state's certification office, as listed below. The number code following each entry indicates the types of testing which the state required at the time this information was published in the 1999 Job Search Hanbook. The key to the codes follows the state listing. When you write or call the state certification office, indicate the type of certificate you are receiving from your current state, which national tests you have taken, and ask for application materials and procedures for obtaining certification in the new state. Another source of information about certification requirements will be the actual districts to which you apply.
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Extractions: Charleston, SC 29401 CERTIFICATION INFORMATION South Carolina law requires that teachers in South Carolina public schools have a certificate issued by the South Carolina State Department of Education. A teacher must have a certificate on file in the Charleston County School District Division of Personnel Services no later than ninety working days following the effective date of employment. Initially, the salary will be established at the Bachelor's Base Level (BA-Beginning Teacher) for teachers who do not have South Carolina Certification. In the event a South Carolina Teaching Certificate is not filed in the Personnel Action Office within ninety days, salary checks will be withheld and/or substitute pay may be assigned until the appropriate credential is on file. Out-of-state teaching experience must be verified on the form included in the application packet for South Carolina Certification supplied by the South Carolina State Department of Education. Once experience has been verified with the State Department of Education, out-of-state teaching experience equivalent or comparable to teaching experience in South Carolina is recognized and endorsed as in-state teaching experience. If you currently hold a valid teaching credential from a state that has a reciprocity agreement with South Carolina and requires nationally recognized exams, you may be eligible for a South Carolina Professional Certificate. If you come from a state that does not have a reciprocity agreement with South Carolina and/or does not require a nationally recognized exam, you may be issued a one-year Temporary South Carolina Teaching Certificate. All South Carolina requirements must be met for continued employment before the one-year temporary expires. Please contact The Teacher Center and/or South Carolina State Department of Education for further information.
German Teacher Certification 803777-5809 Fax 803-777-0454. The south carolina State Dept. of Educationhas additional information about teacher certification. http://www.cla.sc.edu/GERM/content/german/teacher_cert.html
Extractions: One professional opportunity available to German majors is teaching. Secondary-school teaching is attractive to many people because the education of young people offers considerable satisfaction. Substantial freedom to plan and implement instruction within one's classes, and a 40-week calendar that frees time to engage in activities other than teaching. Annual pay has improved substantially in recent years, and many school districts offer generous fringe benefits. General Qualifications In addition to the undergraduate German major requirement, 21 graduate credits in German are required for the MAT. Certification requirements, which may be taken at both the undergraduate and graduate level, involve 34 credits in Education. Twelve of these are student teaching which is done during the last semester of the program.
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Extractions: Teacher Loan Program The South Carolina Teacher Loan Program was established by the State of South Carolina through the Education Improvement Act of 1984 to entice talented and qualified students into the teaching profession. This loan is cancelled by teaching in South Carolina public schools in an area of critical need. Eligibility Criteria: Must be a United States Citizen; Must be a resident of South Carolina; Must be enrolled in good standing at an accredited institution on at least half-time basis; Must be enrolled in a program of teacher education, or have expressed and intent to enroll in such a program; Entering freshmen must have been ranked in the top 40% of their high school graduating class and have a SAT or ACT score equal to or greater than the S.C. average for the year of graduation from high school or the most recent year for which such figures are available; Enrolled undergraduate students, including enrolled freshmen, must have taken and passed the S.C. Education Entrance Exam (EEE) and have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.75 on a 4.0 scale. Entering graduate students must have at least a 2.75 grade point average on a 4.0 scale and graduate students who have completed at least one term, and must have a grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale or better; and
Extractions: The fellows will participate in a specially designed teacher education program promoting a global understanding of the Upstate community through study, reflection and action on language and literacy challenges facing the Upstate Community in the 21st century. USCS has received a high level of cooperation and support from Upstate school districts, businesses, community and governmental agencies for this program. USCS will offer an endorsement in English as a Second Language. Teaching Fellows will be able to add an ESL endorsement to any initial teaching certification program.
Extractions: Effective March 1, 1996, Rhode Island adopted "Enhance Reciprocity" as a route to certification. This route provides that certification be granted to an applicant who holds a valid and comparable certificate from another member state, provided the applicant has complied with any requirements of the receiving state regarding degrees held, citizenship, and moral, ethical, physical, and mental fitness. A copy, including any translation key, of a valid teaching support administrative , or vocational certificate from the member state is required. NOTE: This certificate must be a Level II certificate as defined in the Interstate Contract. NOTE: This certificate must be valid during the period for which reciprocity is sought and must also be valid in the teaching area for which certification is desired. NOTE: If you are eligible for certification by enhanced reciprocity, you do
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Extractions: Objective 1: Create a South Carolinas Governors School for Excellence in Teaching to develop training programs and processes that focus on curriculum standards integration, mentoring, and support for National Board candidates by: Training 500 PK-16 educators per year in standards integration; Training 75 educators per year in mentoring by disseminating ideas, research and best practices through a plan for a mentoring program; Improving accelerated (alternative) certification programs by providing one-day training for 75 mentors per year for critical needs certification participants; Providing support seminars for teachers seeking National Board certification status.
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Extractions: How Do I? Frequently Asked Questions? Become a vendor? Complete a school report? Receive official documents? Find legislative information? Find relocation information? View or seach for state laws? Information On MySCGov.com Suggestions and Comments Quick Links Statewide Calendar State Jobs State Lottery Jobs SC Phone Directory ... Downloadable Forms Education Highlights 2002 Report Cards View district and school report cards from the SDE web site. PACT 2001 Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test scores including state, district and school data. K-12 Education National History Day in South Carolina National History Day is an educational program for students in grades 4-12. Students research and develop topics related to an annual theme and present their conclusions in exhibits, performances, documentaries or historical papers.
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Extractions: e-mail: Patricia.Chandler@Citadel.edu August 1999-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Education, The Citadel, Charleston, SC August 1998-June 1999 Instructor, Science Methods, Clemson University, Clemson, SC August 1998-June 1999 Student Teacher Supervisor, Science Student Teachers, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
South Carolina Education Departments (Reference) Curriculum Frameworks Department of Education. south carolina Education Association.State Board of Education. teacher certification Information. teacher Resources. http://teachervision.com/tv/states/ref_sc.html
