Re: Teacher and Librarians

acecrav — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:08:19 -0000

Hi, I'm with you absolutely 100%. I was a school librarian in an elementary school and loved it. But it was a private school and they waived the teacher certifcation requirement in order to hire me. I am just devastatated that I won't be able to resume my career! I have asked the HR deparment in the public school system, a Dean of a Library and Information Science graduate school and the state Department of Education, hoping to get a different answer. I have an MLS but that doesn't help me - I'd have to return to school for a BS in elementary ed and then take additional classes specializing in media and technology so that I can become a Media Center Specialist.

The hard thing is that I was GREAT at it. After nine years of raising my daughters, and keeping up with the modern-day library media center (the increasingly digital age) I will never be able to return to it, older and wiser. Honestly I was taken off-guard by the notion that I had to be a teacher. I have a BA in English and History. And I'm only four courses shy of having all the semester hours to receive a library media certification (at the graduate level)... but I didn't know that it was more like an endorsement ON a teaching certificate. I'm sorry but a part of me thinks it's unfair. However I can still work in other types of libraries. Maybe in the children's department of a regional public library.

I live in Virginia and there are really tough standards here. The No Child Left Behind Initiative generally means that teacher/specialists have to be the best with ALL the credentials. I have to wonder though, if it's the same for science, music and art teachers?

Good luck. It was hard for me to let go of something I always wanted but you know what they say... When a door closes, a window opens.

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