Oh where, oh where has my work ethic gone?
Oh where, oh where can it be?
With my paycheck too short and my hours too long?
Oh where oh where can it be?
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Is it in the place of a state test, or in addition?
Also, I hear that a lot of schools don't hire until fairly late in the summer anyway. Which sounds seriously nervewracking, but fortunate if you're being screwed over like that.
Emily, AFAIK, most states use the Praxis, but Mass. might be different. And I'm hoping that the late summer hires are what'll get me in the door; I'm pretty sure I can find a job in the KCMO school district, but they are a pretty crappy district, so I'd like to keep my net cast. But I'm hopeful.
giggles sleepily at Aimée's song
So, wait, did you have to take a Missouri-specific test as well, or not? Also, do you say Missour-ee or Missour-ah?
And was that part of the test?
sleepy too. Had lunch with vw and didn't want to go back to work. But I did like a good little camper.
It's not hurting Annabel that I let her watch lots and lots of Sesame Street and Between the Lions (as in, it's usually on in the background when she plays in the living room, since due to the wonders of Tivo and three PBS channels on our cable system, it's on all the time), is it? She loves it, and it keeps her from spending as much time getting into things she shouldn't. Which in turn allows me to spend more time resting my back and less time chasing her and having to stoop down and pick her up while she screams and goes limp in indignation that I dare prevent her from destroying our books. I still spend time interacting with her myself, but this makes those times when she's playing and I'm working or netsurfing a lot more civilized.
Sounds like a very reasonable system, Susan.
What is up people expecting me to work at work? It's crazy.
Susan, I once broke a toe trying to keep a toddler from improperly rummaging among my books.
Your method sounds a lot safer.
Nope. MO's Dept. of Education requires graduation from an accredited teacher ed. degree program, and an FBI background check in order to receive your state certification.
UMKC's program requires the PRAXIS II subjext area test to be passed before you can graduate.
Mass...hmm, lemme see.
"There are two basic requirements for obtaining an academic Preliminary teacher license in Massachusetts:
A bachelor`s degree Passing scores on the appropriate Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL)"
So, yeah, looks like Mass uses their own test. Now, Schools of Ed. in MAssachusetts might require the Praxis, but I don't know.