February 07, 2015
The proposal, aired Wednesday, would make it more difficult for new teachers and substitutes to get certified.
New rules would double the amount of student teaching required by education majors at a four-year university, NJ.com reported. The current requirement is one semester of student teaching; the proposal would require one year.
"We need to make sure the next generation, the next 150,000 teachers in New Jersey are prepared," Assistant Education Commissioner Peter Shulman said after presenting the proposed changes. "By simply thinking about preparing them in a similar manner that we have prepared them before, I don't think we are advancing the conversation."
The grade-point average for new teachers was recently raised from 2.75 to 3.0.
The proposed rules would also require substitute teachers to have a bachelor's degree. Current regulations require an associate's degree with 60 credits of college.
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