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What gives with the USVI noncompliance to the educational guidlines for our public schools.The children on the islands deserve no less than any other kids when it comes to having qualified instructors in their classrooms.
One in four or 25% of the staff retain valid teaching certificates?
How or who let this go for so long.Someone or some committe or leadership on the USVI needs to accept responsibilty for whats happened and provide honest answers as to why.
Kinda sounds like the local Gov't needs needs an oversight group to keep them accountable.
God bless the children.
Posted : August 30, 2005 1:32 pm
And they all go to work naked too! From where did you glean this information? Usually a statistic from whomever said this should back up such a statement. Maybe even a link to the story.
RL
Posted : August 30, 2005 2:04 pm
http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=8016077
This is the link to the artical I was referring to.
If the artical is true then shame on them.If not my bad.
Posted : August 30, 2005 2:46 pm
Actually, I believe that Holy Cow got it from the VI Daily News and the actual issue is that only 25% VI teachers meet the feds "highly qualified" criteria. I also believe however that being teacher certified and "highly qualified' might be two different things.
read it for yourself:
http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=8016077
Posted : August 30, 2005 2:50 pm
Yes, I read it. It also said state certified. What state? If there is a territory certification, is that accepted? Does not look so.
RL
Thanks Holy Cow for the clarification.
Posted : August 30, 2005 3:20 pm
Please look at the statistics on certifide teachers/noncertified teachersin most of the state school systems and around the world even. You reallly have to read between the lines also. You might be considered highly certified in one system and certifiable one another, non-certified in another, and provisional in another. Teachers ho come from other state
Posted : August 30, 2005 7:24 pm
In the 10k+++ per year cost PRIVATE SCHOOLS there is a worse ratio.
I would like to find out what percentage of certidfed teachers for those private schools that get away with hiring whoever they want is.
The teachers in the public schools need to have a bachelors degree at the minimum if I am not mistaken. Let's also talk about salary for a moment. The teachers here start at 30K +/- memory serves.
In some states, with lower cost of living, they start sometimes 50+
We have issues, yes. The public shools here really should be the top in the nation given per student expenditure.
Also, the private schools start thier teachers at under 20k per year & no benefits like gov job............ HMMMM
Posted : September 1, 2005 3:06 am
Alright alright.It does seem as though I Over reacted a bit when I read that article in the VI daily news.I did take it for face value.I think a little detail about the 25% fact would have helped me and others understand what they were attempting to convey.Sorry for being an ill informed instigator.
Posted : September 1, 2005 3:28 am
Kinda sounds like they are not slaves to thuggish unions. God bless them all.
Posted : September 19, 2005 12:32 pm
