The New California Math Framework: Another Step Backwards?

[WWGD]

Yes, I know its called an internship. But I chose to write work for free, to emphasize that you are doing the job of an actual teacher as soon as you first step into the classroom and continue to do so, and running around getting doughnuts and snacks for the workers.

Erm, they're called " Caffeine Supply Engineers". I was one myself at one point.

 

[symbolipoint]

Yes, I know its called an internship. But I chose to write work for free, to emphasize that you are doing the job of an actual teacher as soon as you first step into the classroom and continue to do so, and running around getting doughnuts and snacks for the workers.

The intent of the internship is training. The other parts, running around getting doughnuts for workers needs to be somebody else's task; not that of the intern -- oh wait, the person who is working for free. If that part of the free worker is interfering enough with the teaching and tutorial component, then this school risks loosing this free teacher.

 

[symbolipoint]

The intent of the internship is training. The other parts, running around getting doughnuts for workers needs to be somebody else's task; not that of the intern -- oh wait, the person who is working for free. If that part of the free worker is interfering enough with the teaching and tutorial component, then this school risks loosing this free teacher.

I need to think about that response a little more carefully.
If a teacher candidate or teacher in training, is in an official internship, this person is not a chore-runner for things like running around to get coffee or doughnuts for any group of people. The intern is in a much more serious position than to do little convenience chores.

 

[MidgetDwarf]

I need to think about that response a little more carefully.
If a teacher candidate or teacher in training, is in an official internship, this person is not a chore-runner for things like running around to get coffee or doughnuts for any group of people. The intern is in a much more serious position than to do little convenience chores.

my response had a typo. There should be a not... My point still stands.

 

[MidgetDwarf]

The educationalists will tell you "a good teacher can teach any subject". It is possible to be certified a high school science teacher in 48 states without taking any STEM courses beyond what you needed for a degree.

A quick check of course catalogs show that one can teach high school calculus math with high school geometry and a single college class, "Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers". No advanced algebra. No trig. No calculus. Because "a good teacher can teach any subject".

(Note: I don't know that anyone has actually done this, or been hired to do this, just that it's not precluded by any rules)

We had a shortage of teachers due to covid, or at least California did. I do not watch the news.

Anyhow, the lady who taught arithmetic and pre-algebra at the Catholic high school I would sub for (down the street from the middle school I worked at), was forced to teach calculus due to no teacher availability. She did exactly as you described earning the minimum to teach math. In terms of teaching arithmetic and algebra, she was decent. But the calculus class was a wreck.

The school payed me half salary of what they typically pay a teacher. To act as a consultant. Ie., explain the concepts to the teacher, and help with lesson plans. It worked, not an ideal situation for the children, but they were able to get something out of it. The majority of the students got AP credit ( I hate the AP system). But I did recommend those majoring in STEM to retake Calculus the first semester of college.