Sunday, May 18, 2008

Employment

I have been searching around on the Internet and talking with some public school teachers and I have found some very disturbing things. A Charter School can operate outside the regular administrative structure of the local school district and school board, free of many state regulations. That means the operators can hire whom they want as principal or as teachers, can choose curriculums and set up a schedule for the school day and year, for example, independently of the district administration and school board

Which basically means anyone can be a Charter School teacher. It would not matter if you ever taught a class or even took one for that matter. You wouldn’t need any sort of education to work at a Charter School.

What do others know and think about that?

2 comments:

Ashley said...

Surely you have to have some basic qualifications. If a student wants to take a course, such as health, at home, parents must be able to provide proof of some qualification, either with higher education or experience in the field. Is there any chance you have a link you can post about this? I would be interested in seeing the sources you used online.

Dave said...

It's in the charter school program guide.