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  • 01-01-2001 12:00 AM

    2008 House Bill 6234 (Mandate school administrator certification )

    Introduced in the House on June 10, 2008

    Click here to view bill details.
  • 06-17-2008 6:58 AM In reply to

    Voluntary program?

    So now a "voluntary requirement" becomes mandatory? Should have known it wouldn't take long. What is surprising is that Jelineks "voluntary certification program" took 3 years to become a mandatory requirement. This is just another example of the teachers unions employing our legislators to force charter schools to employ retired or current union members. It's not about "the children". I hope the rest of the legislators can see thru this facade.
  • 06-17-2008 8:51 AM In reply to

    Quality Schools Need Quality Administrators

    If this is the way to upgrade the quality of school administrators it is worth supporting.
  • 06-18-2008 1:41 PM In reply to

    This is a good idea.

    The way it has been worked out, it would actually keep more Michigan people in MI--I don't see how this is union? While I agree that the MI teacher's union is in need of reforms, I don't get how the union benefits here. I would consider being a principal for a charter school--
  • 06-25-2008 1:22 PM In reply to

    What?

    What does the teachers union have to do with administrators? You are off base if you think this is something the teachers unions are asking for.
  • 06-25-2008 1:27 PM In reply to

    When chater schools pay I may consider.

    If Chater schools actually paid a fair wage I might consider applying for an administrative or teaching position. Charter schools are union bashing at the hands of the state. If it were not for the unions in this state teachers would not make any money. As a teacher with a double masters degree I surely do not feel overpaid as a public school teacher. I actually feel sorry for chater school teachers that are way underpaid yet chater schools get nearly the same per pupil funding as public schools.
  • 06-26-2008 7:31 AM In reply to

    "If it were not for the unions in this state" If it were not for the unions in this state the kids would be able to read by high school..
  • 07-16-2008 12:27 PM In reply to

    monleon

    My son goes to a charter school, and they definately need help with their organization! There are so many holes in their doing things, I am all in favor of requiring more from the staff. I think the administration in particular is a weak link. At this charter, it is the dean and about 16 staff members, and the board tries very hard to stay uninvolved. It is really a crime that the charters get funded with so little oversight, and the only way real "accountability" is defined by this crowd, is whether parents have taken their kids out. To run a school for ten years, and to not answer to the individual child, to collect their payments, and the damage or lack of education, the resultant instability from children to just go ahead and find somewhere else to and for this to go on for ten years is simply immoral. In the end, I think this system forsters much more irresponsibility, and is very self serving for the teacher. They just make a kid unhappy, and expect that soon the family will just take the kid out. Still, the baby shouldn't be thrown out with the bathwater. The schools are there, make them work!!!!
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