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BrooklynSteve



Joined: 21 Oct 2007

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:36 pm    Post subject: Getting a Teachers Certificate Reply with quote

I�m interested in getting a �proper� teachers certificate in the United States. I�m looking for an online program in Elementary Education. Does anybody have any recommendations? Thanks
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Okibum



Joined: 28 Jul 2006

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Drexel does it. It also does some add-on endorsements.

http://www.drexel.com/online-degrees/education-degrees/index.aspx
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esetters21



Joined: 30 Apr 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:49 am    Post subject: Re: Getting a Teachers Certificate Reply with quote

BrooklynSteve wrote:
I�m interested in getting a �proper� teachers certificate in the United States. I�m looking for an online program in Elementary Education. Does anybody have any recommendations? Thanks


You better check into the states that actually accept an "online education" degree as being credible and acceptible. I can't imagine that those degrees hold any merit. What do I know though? Good luck!
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lastat06513



Joined: 18 Mar 2003
Location: Sensus amo Caesar , etiamnunc victus amo uni plebian

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Drexel University is far from being a diploma mill....
And if you go to www.CHEA.org you will find that they are regionally acredited.
But yeah, check out if this online teaching cert. would be accepted anywhere outside PA...
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oxfordstu



Joined: 28 Aug 2004
Location: Bangkok

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I can't imagine any online teaching certificate would be worth anything in the US. You might be able to do the coursework that way, but to get a credential you have to do a semester of student teaching. No way around it.
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dutchy pink



Joined: 06 Feb 2007
Location: Incheon

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Many states have fast track programs which make getting a certificate fairly easy. For straight Elementary level it is a bit more difficult since there are more people holding this certificate. Math and science are the highest need and are the easiest to get.
Usually, you do a summer semester in the evening, get a provisional license and are able to teach full time come September. You continue to take classes in the evening, maybe once a week, and after 2 years the provisional license becomes a full time license.
I did this in New Jersey for middle school science, but my provisional license will expire, due to being in Korea. The school cost about $2,000.
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mikekim



Joined: 11 Aug 2006

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have a real teachers degree, but I want a fake one from Harvard to show my students. Where can I get one of the fake ones.
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lastat06513



Joined: 18 Mar 2003
Location: Sensus amo Caesar , etiamnunc victus amo uni plebian

PostPosted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I have a real teachers degree, but I want a fake one from Harvard to show my students. Where can I get one of the fake ones.


That's fairly easy also, if you got your degree from a Korean university, it is almost as good as a fake one from the US or Canada Wink
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michi gnome



Joined: 15 Feb 2006
Location: Dokdo

PostPosted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i've been getting emails a lot from these guys

http://www.wgu.edu/index.asp

most of the program is online, I believe

you might also want to do a web search for Passport to Teaching

or check out a 1 year alternative cert. program

there are many in Texas, & in cities that recruit heavily for teachers

such as Miami, Oakland etc...
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