[etni] Fw: re: JPost Article
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- Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 08:25:37 +0200
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From: "Leah Urso" <morahleah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: JPost Article
Why doesn't the ministry make it easier for highly qualified teachers to get
their Israeli certification? I'm a US certified English teacher with a
Masters degree, 10 years experience in all kinds of classrooms, plus three
years teaching full time here in Israel. I love my students, my school and
my job, and I don't have the time or inclination to take all the courses
necessary to get My Israeli certification (without which my pay will never
increase). Furthermore, the courses are a far distance from my yishuv and
all in Hebrew. As a recent olah, I don't feel confident I could pass them.
I came to Israel to teach, but if I can't get certified, I'm thinking about
doing something else for a living. ----
Judy wrote:
> Is this an April Fool joke?
> FIrst of all, most of the student teachers I've been in contact over
> the past year have little intention of actually staying in the system and
> some of them (not all ) don't really have a level of English required to
> teach ... a working knowledge of vocabulary and basic grammar...
> Many new immigrants - with some previous experience abroad - can't deal
> with the Israeli students.... I'm not sure WE can but we've come to accept
> it ....
> It would be really wonderful if that money was allocated to
> creating smaller, more managable
> classes and providing schools with equipment ( books,yes, but also those
> tools that were required to get "heterogeneous" classes working - remember
> all those worthless workshops telling us that we should set up listening
> corners, workpage corners ,etc. Most schools don't even have the
> photocopying rights necessary to deal with 40-pupil classes.
> Sorry to be so negative.. I really do love the school where I work
> but I know it's not a "typical" situation and I know how much frustration
> is felt by my friends at other schools ... jesg
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