Does an outstanding online teacher need another credential?
Maybe not.
In a short Reason.com post (Happiness is a Warm Body on the Other End of the Computer) Katherine Mangu-Ward writes that she is not convinced that additional credentials for online teachers is such a good thing.
"Nothing will slow the process" of exploring online education options "than a bunch of state rushing to adopt mandatory teacher certification for online schools," Magnu-Ward writes.
Click here to read her complete post.
Magnu-Ward is in good company in her opinion about the necessity of additional credentials for online teacher.
Karen Cator, the Department of Education's director of the Office of Educational Technology, suggested that "professional development" are often redundant for teachers who are more tech savvy than we think, according to Education's Week's Digital Education blog.
Click here to read EdWeek's complete report on Cator and her thoughts.
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