Too big to certify: The Paul Vallas and Stefan Pryor Story
by jonpelto
In Connecticut, your child’s school teacher must be certified by the State Department of Education. Their guidance counselor must be certified. Their school nurse must be certified. Their school principal must be certified. The coach of their school sports team must be certified.
In fact, in order to serve as a school teacher or administrator in a Connecticut public school you must hold one or more of the certifications provided by the Education Department. That is unless you are a “public” charter school. Thanks to a $100,000 a year lobbying contract, charter schools managed to convince our elected officials, a few years back, to pass legislation that allows them to only have 70% of their staff certified.
But for the rest of us, the law is clear – 100% of the teachers and administrators must be certified. You can find the all the various types of certification at the end of this blog post.
