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He has a Community College Teacher Certification (Law, History) from Arizona; and has been a part-time Community College Teacher, and Substitute Teacher, K-12. In 2014, after working 17 years, he retired, as an Administrative Law Judge, from the Arizona Dept. of Economic Security, Unemployment Insurance Office of Appeals.
In some regions, the qualifications for substitute teaching may not be as strict as those for a regular teacher. Most areas require a college degree, and some the successful completion of competency tests; others require only that the applicant possess a high school diploma or its equivalent; full teaching qualifications are required for long-term assignments. [3]
To be a teacher in about half of the states in the US, the Praxis test is required. It usually consists of two separate tests, Praxis 1 and 2. In some states, alternative teacher certification programs allow prospective educators to obtain licensure without taking Praxis tests.
Arizona teachers have also experienced a decrease in salary with inflation included. Many have called for an increase in funding, which led to a week long teacher strike that took place in 2018, following the Red for Ed movement. Arizona also ranks below the national average in per student expenditure, with an average of $11,787. [9]
Her husband was a long-term substitute teacher at the school. McClatchy News reached out to Lake Havasu Unified School District and Thunderbolt Middle School for comment and is waiting for a response.
Alternative certification programs first appeared in the 1980s. A decline in the number of students seeking a degree in education was creating a shortage of teachers in American elementary and high schools. States began to search for a way to recruit and train people who had already earned a four-year degree and wanted to become teachers. [2]
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This is a list of school districts in Arizona. It is divided by county. Arizona school districts are independent governmental entities as classified by the U.S. Census Bureau. There are some places that are not in boundaries of school districts and/or are on military bases.