MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Gov. Scott Walker wants to create a new pathway for people with “real-life experience” to get licensed to teach in Wisconsin, but his proposal raised concerns Thursday among those in the education community because it requires no training in how to be an effective teacher.
Walker’s plan was one sentence in a news release that detailed other initiatives designed to help create jobs in high-demand fields. His plan would allow someone to forego collegiate-level education courses and instead permit anyone with a bachelor’s degree who can demonstrate proficiency in the areas they want to teach to be licensed.
It would only apply to subjects in grades 6 to 12. The license would be valid for three years.
The statewide teachers union and the lobbyist for a group representing school principals, superintendents and other administrators criticized the proposal.
“We’ve got some significant concerns about its philosophical underpinning,” said John Forester, lobbyist for the School Administrators Alliance.
He said the evidence shows that high-quality preparation for teachers is what really matters for schoolchildren. Forester said Walker’s proposal “bypasses the skill of being able to teach in an understandable way to children.”..........................
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/22/walker-proposes-new-teacher-licensure-plan/
That is rich! Based on real-world results of the last 50 years, the education establishment clearly fails miserably in this regard.