Johnath+Weber


 * Endorsement ** **components **:

Please consider the following and include them in your endorsement. To understand how endorsements are indicated in rule currently, you may want to reference these at: [] 

For your reference, the current endorsement is found at: [] 

1) # Semester hours only or may it include professional development or documented work experiences? - See sample from Colorado: []  18 hours; I think that some professional development or documented work experience would be acceptable for some of the hours. I am thinking of 3 hours brought in through acceptablbe pd or work experience. The question is, what is acceptable. I think the pd needs to have credit attached. Otherwise, you have no control over whether or not the person even attended a whole pd experience. Documented work experience would need to come from a qualified source, such as an admistrator or manager. 

2) Years of experience or internship necessary prior to obtaining endorsement? Because students often want to get endorsements while they are at school getting their undergraduate degree, I think there should be an internship, but no prior years of experience required. Administers hiring these people will know that they are first year teachers. Administrators should take some responsibility in the positions they place a new teacher in. I think if we limit the endorsement to teachers with experience, we may not have enough students to keep courses open.

 3)  Strands (see suggested strands and you may want to add or delete) and further clarify each with indicators (reference ISTE standards and links as referenced in each endorsement) Truthfully, I don't think I can improve on Roseanne and Don here. I think their comments were very complete and relevant.   4) Other 