Laid-off teachers resent Teach for America recruits. According to the Charlotte Observer, “While career educators are pushed out by budget cuts, enthusiastic newbies who see the classroom as a short-term crusade keep arriving. CMS has about 250 Teach for America cadets assigned for 2010-11.”
A comment from “unctchr” explained the resentment.
As a teacher, and former cms [sic] teacher, I understand the resentment. Teach for America teachers have NO teaching certificate! They take classes and “learn as they go,” but what other profession allows you to do so? and [sic] at the sake of children’s futures?? I certainly don’t want my accountant or money manager “learning as they go…” Bottom line is that while some are great with kids, anyone without a teaching certificate does not know how to truly teach as effectively as possible.
In North Carolina, approximately 94 percent of our teachers have a teaching certificate (i.e., fully licensed). According to unctchr’s logic, 94 percent of our teachers know how to truly teach as effectively as possible.
