I've read thru a lot of posts here.
Please include easy to understand additional information.
Please note... I do not understand a lot of abbreviations you use in many posts, so Psyguy if possible, break it down nice and easy for me. :) I was just going to go with Teacher ready, but I need to clarify.
1. Teacher Now certification is not accredited. Is it true?
2. Teacher Now has cohorts.
3. Teacher Now has exams which I can take internationally.
1. Teacher Ready is accredited.
2. Exams must be taken in the USA!
Now IT seems neither are an option. I won't go to the USA to take exams! Sorry for typos, I'm on the phone.
or has Teach now become properly accredited? It says it's distance AND CHEA, ACCREDITED.
HELP.
Teacher Ready and Teacher Now (Psyguy please)
Re: Teacher Ready and Teacher Now (Psyguy please)
I got this in the mail but I still don't understand all this accredited stuff. Please tell me what's wrong with TEACH NOW for a teacher's license.
I am writing to you with terrific news: effective April 24, 2017, TEACH-NOW is accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). As most of you know, CAEP is the only U.S. Department of Education accrediting body authorized to accredit teacher preparation programs. TEACH-NOW has received full and unconditional seven-year accreditation from CAEP, signaling that all TEACH-NOW programs (including the master’s degrees) meet all five of CAEP’s rigorous standards. TEACH-NOW is the first online teacher preparation institution to receive this accreditation.
This milestone -- as well as DEAC accreditation in January -- could not have been reached without Phil Schmidt, our President and Donna Gollnick, our Chief Academic Officer, both of whom have years of experience in these minefields, so a huge shout-out to them!
As TEACH-NOW continues to grow, we will continue our primary focus on candidates' development as effective teachers and their preparation for working with young people in twenty-first century schools.
See the press releases about both the CAEP and DEAC national accreditations on our website at https://teach-now.com/about-us/news/.
All the best to you -- and, as always, we are here to serve you, so let us know what we can do so you succeed in making your dreams come true!
Emily
Emily Feistritzer
CEO and Founder
TEACH-NOW and Educatore School of Education
I am writing to you with terrific news: effective April 24, 2017, TEACH-NOW is accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). As most of you know, CAEP is the only U.S. Department of Education accrediting body authorized to accredit teacher preparation programs. TEACH-NOW has received full and unconditional seven-year accreditation from CAEP, signaling that all TEACH-NOW programs (including the master’s degrees) meet all five of CAEP’s rigorous standards. TEACH-NOW is the first online teacher preparation institution to receive this accreditation.
This milestone -- as well as DEAC accreditation in January -- could not have been reached without Phil Schmidt, our President and Donna Gollnick, our Chief Academic Officer, both of whom have years of experience in these minefields, so a huge shout-out to them!
As TEACH-NOW continues to grow, we will continue our primary focus on candidates' development as effective teachers and their preparation for working with young people in twenty-first century schools.
See the press releases about both the CAEP and DEAC national accreditations on our website at https://teach-now.com/about-us/news/.
All the best to you -- and, as always, we are here to serve you, so let us know what we can do so you succeed in making your dreams come true!
Emily
Emily Feistritzer
CEO and Founder
TEACH-NOW and Educatore School of Education
Response
First, accreditation isnt relevant when referring to certification. Both Teach Now and Teach Ready are approved EPP/ITT programs for their respective regulatory agencies. Both will provide you the same legal credential that any other DT/IT obtains regardless of which pathway or route they take to get it.
Second, Yes Teach Now uses a cohort model. Teach Ready has a self paced model. With Teach Now you have to start at certain intake times and you will move through the program with your cohort. There will be fixed time frames for completing the course content. Teach Ready uses a self paced model. You can start whenever you want, and while your instructor will set times for deliverables they are a lot more flexible, and your not pacing with the same group of students. Both programs are required however to report their success to their regulatory authority as grouped cohorts. For Teach Ready all that means is they report their performance with candidates who were completing X unit at Y time. It has no relevance to you as a candidate.
Third, Teach Now uses the PRAXIS series of exams offered by ETS (Educational Testing Services), they have global test centers. There is probably one in the capital city of wherever you are or will be working. The PRAXIS is a generic test that has been adapted by a majority of state regulatory authorities.
Teach Ready uses the FTCE (Florida Teacher Certification Exam), which was created for the state of Florida by Pearson. The exam is not available outside the US (to the general public) and the administrations available outside of Florida in the US are limited. You would have to travel too the US to complete the FTCE and complete the Teach Ready program.
Fourth, The issue of accreditation only matters in regards to the graduate credits and potential degree programs and transfer options. THEY HAVE ZERO RELEVANCE TO THE ACTUAL TEACHER CERTIFICATION. Teach Now has its own "Educator School of Education" because they are an entirely independent organization, which at double the fee extends the program an extra summer (3 months) and then awards you a Masters in Education.
Teach Ready is a division (department) of the University of West Florida (UWF) they are a university and more importantly they are a fully accredited University by the regional accrediting body (in this case SACS, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools). As part of the UWF you can apply up too 12 graduate credits towards a masters degree at UWF. Teach Ready also has a mutual recognition agreement with Colorado State University (CSU) to apply 12 credits towards the Masters program at CSUs Global Campus (online/distance program). They also have another mutual recognition agreement with North Central University in California to accept 9 credits towards a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT). However, you receive a UWF transcript and can certainly ask other Universities to accept the transcript towards a graduate program anywhere. What they will accept and apply towards a degree varies based on that universities policy.
Teach Nows program is unaccredited by any regional accrediting body, and regional accreditation is the only accreditation that matters. CAEP and DEAC accreditation is vanity accreditation. The Teach Now claim made by Emily Feistritzer that "CAEP is the only U.S. Department of Education accrediting body authorized to accredit teacher preparation programs" is misleading at best. The US Department of Education doesnt authorize any body or organization to accredit anyone.
The Masters you get from Teach Now is unaccredited, I wouldnt go so far as to say they are a diploma mill, but in the academic world unaccredited degrees arent worth anything. Does that mean its worthless? Well depends what you want out of it. You can still put "M.Ed." after your name and more importantly an IS will probably give you step for it on the salary scale. Then again they could just as easily say its worth nothing. It would be one thing if that Masters was USD$1K or somewhere around that but its double the program cost and at that price point you can go to a University like the University of Portsmouths online/distance Master of Science in Education program for less, though it will take you two years and not just 3 more months.
There is NOTHING WRONG about Teach Now or Teach Ready regarding their CERTIFICATION programs. Teach Now sounds like the best fit for you based on the ability to take the certification exams globally.
Second, Yes Teach Now uses a cohort model. Teach Ready has a self paced model. With Teach Now you have to start at certain intake times and you will move through the program with your cohort. There will be fixed time frames for completing the course content. Teach Ready uses a self paced model. You can start whenever you want, and while your instructor will set times for deliverables they are a lot more flexible, and your not pacing with the same group of students. Both programs are required however to report their success to their regulatory authority as grouped cohorts. For Teach Ready all that means is they report their performance with candidates who were completing X unit at Y time. It has no relevance to you as a candidate.
Third, Teach Now uses the PRAXIS series of exams offered by ETS (Educational Testing Services), they have global test centers. There is probably one in the capital city of wherever you are or will be working. The PRAXIS is a generic test that has been adapted by a majority of state regulatory authorities.
Teach Ready uses the FTCE (Florida Teacher Certification Exam), which was created for the state of Florida by Pearson. The exam is not available outside the US (to the general public) and the administrations available outside of Florida in the US are limited. You would have to travel too the US to complete the FTCE and complete the Teach Ready program.
Fourth, The issue of accreditation only matters in regards to the graduate credits and potential degree programs and transfer options. THEY HAVE ZERO RELEVANCE TO THE ACTUAL TEACHER CERTIFICATION. Teach Now has its own "Educator School of Education" because they are an entirely independent organization, which at double the fee extends the program an extra summer (3 months) and then awards you a Masters in Education.
Teach Ready is a division (department) of the University of West Florida (UWF) they are a university and more importantly they are a fully accredited University by the regional accrediting body (in this case SACS, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools). As part of the UWF you can apply up too 12 graduate credits towards a masters degree at UWF. Teach Ready also has a mutual recognition agreement with Colorado State University (CSU) to apply 12 credits towards the Masters program at CSUs Global Campus (online/distance program). They also have another mutual recognition agreement with North Central University in California to accept 9 credits towards a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT). However, you receive a UWF transcript and can certainly ask other Universities to accept the transcript towards a graduate program anywhere. What they will accept and apply towards a degree varies based on that universities policy.
Teach Nows program is unaccredited by any regional accrediting body, and regional accreditation is the only accreditation that matters. CAEP and DEAC accreditation is vanity accreditation. The Teach Now claim made by Emily Feistritzer that "CAEP is the only U.S. Department of Education accrediting body authorized to accredit teacher preparation programs" is misleading at best. The US Department of Education doesnt authorize any body or organization to accredit anyone.
The Masters you get from Teach Now is unaccredited, I wouldnt go so far as to say they are a diploma mill, but in the academic world unaccredited degrees arent worth anything. Does that mean its worthless? Well depends what you want out of it. You can still put "M.Ed." after your name and more importantly an IS will probably give you step for it on the salary scale. Then again they could just as easily say its worth nothing. It would be one thing if that Masters was USD$1K or somewhere around that but its double the program cost and at that price point you can go to a University like the University of Portsmouths online/distance Master of Science in Education program for less, though it will take you two years and not just 3 more months.
There is NOTHING WRONG about Teach Now or Teach Ready regarding their CERTIFICATION programs. Teach Now sounds like the best fit for you based on the ability to take the certification exams globally.
Re: Teacher Ready and Teacher Now (Psyguy please)
Thanks a lot.. So Teach Now isa valid way to get a certificate to teach Internationally?
Thanks a lot for your reply.. Means a lot¡
Thanks a lot for your reply.. Means a lot¡