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The absolute importance of this vocation is what inspired the American Federation of Teachers to call for a nationwide standardized test for incoming teachers. This test, according to the teachers union, will ensure that young teachers are really qualified to educate the next generations of leaders.
Dubbed as a “bar exam for teachers,” the test will try to raise the competency of educators, in response to the air of unpreparedness exuded by many young public school teachers.
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According to Randi Weingarten, the said union’s president, this unpreparedness is both unfair to the students and to the teachers, who should be creating an environment dedicated to learning within the classroom.
The proposed test was prepared by a union task force and must be approved by its board of directors before the states will be asked to adopt the suggestion.
To pass the exam, teachers must meet a minimum grade point average and at least one year of successful student teaching experience.
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As for old teachers with insufficient skills, that, as stated by the union, is a different matter.
“What we’re focusing on is preparing new teachers,” said Weingarten, who also emphasized that it is time to let go of the common rite of passage into the teaching profession—newly minted teachers should not be neglected, left to learn everything by themselves.
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