Now how would one, without the proper credentials, do this without help from his "buddies"?

this campaign is ridiculous. Some reform is needed. Why should our mailboxes be stuffed with anonymous trashy ads? I think the names of the treasurers and Board of directors of these PACs should be on the literature.

Look them up in the Secretary of State's website and see who is trying to influence our local elections.

looks like it is not just the flyer she got either, the piece he left at the forum he says he is a "respected teacher and coach"

I think I have also seen that in a Brd Dispatch ad.

I've been asking about this for weeks and wasn't sure how
to check on his assertion that he is a teacher I have also wondered how he could be a sub without a teachers degree.

What do teachers who are trying to get into this district by substituting and he would get the job, not them?

I have seen that also in his flyers.

requirements for teacher licensure:

http://www.fairmontsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/516847/Teaching-l...

Sounds like some of you agree with Education MN teacher union members that these changes were ill-advised?

Requirements for substitute teaching are different than for teacher licensure. Substitute teaching is good training ground for the rough-'n-tumble world of politics, from my recollection of subbing in the last century. And, it was definitely "teaching", in my experience, with the added difficulty of being short-term.

Does the letter-writer also take issue with the increasingly large number of parents who undertake "home schooling", without first gaining the proper teaching credentials? If so, as a former teacher, I'd tend to agree.

I'm thinking this letter is less about how we choose to license teachers in MN, and more about saying she'd prefer someone else to be State Senator? That's certainly Ms. Armato's right, but just cut through this licensure canard and tell us why you think Stevenson's opponent would be preferable in St. Paul.

This one is pretty good. Here we have a person who has degrees in multiple fields of expertise, according to the complainant. But no official teaching license.

Now step back a bit and think of what those on the right often claim--that people with knowledge and experience but no teaching degree should be allowed to be teachers in the state of MN, right? That's been a big point of emphasis for republicans!

And--one that I happen to agree with, to a point. I don't think Stevenson is a strong candidate at all, either.

But the laugher here is that they are saying someone should not be allowed to teach here unless they have a teaching license.

Arguments are twisted to fit the outcome, again. You shouldn't need a license if you are "our" type of teacher. But god help you if you aren't one of us and don't have your license.

It ain't about the supposed malfeasance here, it's about who wins the election.

I don't know what the requirements are to sub teach.
I do think that degrees in science and math, engineering would be ok to transition with additional training to teach those subjects. I don't know how long, maybe 8-10 weeks.
Just a guess.
The degrees he has government, philosophy and german are, to be honest, nothing that schools need at this time.
So, I would start with the degrees in science and math
and see how that works.
I just think that retired teachers and teachers trying to break into the district should have first dibs. Some of us are suspious how he was accepted into this "job" like maybe
his dad and Coach stolski got him in. And it is just something to put on his resume. To be honest, people just don't like or respect him.
Back to teaching, I do think that the teacher training in colleges needs to updated. It has been the same for too long.

A much better way to explain Lye...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk...
Snippet...
Lutefisk (Norwegian) or Lutfisk (Swedish) or Ludfisk (Danish) (pronounced [lʉːtfesk] in Northern Norway, [lʉːtəfɪsk] in Central and Southern Norway, [lʉːtfɪsk] in Sweden and in Finland (Finnish: lipeäkala)) is a traditional dish of the Nordic countries. It is made from aged stockfish (air-dried whitefish) or dried/salted whitefish (klippfisk) and lye (lut). It is gelatinous in texture, and has an extremely strong, pungent odor. Its name literally means "lye fish."...

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As a parent of a student currently in their Masters Program at the University of Minnesota...
Education Masters Program...
Already has a Bachelor's Degree in English...
In addition to their Associate of Arts Degree...
Soon to Student Teach High School Language Arts (in the old days, pre-2000, English)...
January 2013...
Teaching to the Students of the Future...
And has SHOWN the Metal to guide the future students of Tomorrow...
Education is the strongest indicator of a Nation's Strength...
The United States is Strong, and will continue, providing support and enhancement of the education of our Citizens...
I DO NOT, advocate ill will for those Citizens not afforded or given an educational chance...
However, with that said, giving our Citizens the chance to an education will enable this Country to Prosper and evolve...
STOP the chatter...
And support Education...

I see you may agree with me on the science and math majors moving into teaching. I also think moving retired military into teaching would be good. Now, as for my knowledge of teaching, -- my father, brother, sis-in-law, sister, brother-in -law, nephew and his wife. My husbands brother and his wife,
nephew and his wife. I count eleven people that I talk with
about teaching. To a person, they tell me that the college courses for a degree need to be upgraded. Some of these
people are in MN and most are out of state. My sis has 2 Masters so, yes I do know about the workshops they go to.
One topic my sis and I discuss is that I also have a Master
Degree and needed to take continuing ed classes that I paid for and she expected the school district to pay for hers even
though she got more money for the degree. So, I hear all
about the hours and all the work. I had volunteered for years in schools and quit 3 years ago to pursue other volunteer work. I never did want to be a teacher and do appreciate the patience.
I suppose that I could apply to be a sub. Maybe not.
Dutch - I agree and wish that the children in inner cities could at least have charter schools or decent schools and parents that cared about their education. That is the backbone to it all-parents....

Taylor Stevenson seems like a nice guy, but to say he is a respected teacher on any campaign literature is not correct. He should be saying that he is a respected substitute teacher, if that is the case. Granted, a substitute teacher is still teaching, but saying he is a respected teacher is purposefully misleading.

even say he is a "respected" substitute....that's like Male Michele saying he is a "respected" poster.....

admitting you're Male Michele??? "You spend more time insulting me than than real people do living." You think Obama stutters??? Slap Slap Slap

You can be proud of your kid - English is needed more
than ever. When I talk about improving education, I
look at the competition in the world, not within the state.

It all begins in the home --- parents are the first teachers and role models.

Stevenson taught us how to publicly throw temper tantrums, threaten people's lives and not get prosecuted.

Think Taylor will have to "call some people" in this election?