Hear hear Sandra!!!!?? I am one of those highly educated--uninsured, too!!? Robin Lovrien Schwarz


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Sandra Cook <sandyecook at hotmail.com>
To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List <professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov>
Sent: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:37 am
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2079] Re: ProfessionalDevelopment












Hi.  This is an old email as I don't get to this mailbox very often.  To address 
the point of certification in adult ed, in Texas we don't need a certificate to 
teach.  I'm Texas certified in 3 areas (Music, Special Ed, ELA), but that is 
moot.  Why would one want to get certfied in Adult Ed when most regions/adult ed 
departments never allow teachers to work the 18.75 hours required to get 
benefits (health insurance or retirement)?  

Statistics tell us that the majority of the uninsured folks in the U.S. are 
uneducated.  I'd like to know if anyone has ever done a study on the number of 
higly educated people in the education field are uninsured.  This would include 
adult ed, substitutes, college adjunct faculty, temporary teachers (I'm one) in 
homebound departments, and a multiple of "consultants".  

I have a masters degree.  I would venture to say there are many of us who are 
highly qualified and have post graduate degrees who go without benefits.  So 
what's the point in attaining further certification?  I posed this question to 
the college department head who developed the adult certification program and 
she concurred.  Quite frankly, no one has addressed this.  

I am a breast cancer survivor ('03), had no health insurance, taught 18 hours 
weekly, and lived from year to year in fear of recurrence. Fortunately, I'm now 
a Medicare beneficiary, and take comfort in the fact that while my employer 
didn't care, the federal government did.  How many of us are out there?  

Sandra Cook,
San Antonio, TX 



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From: tjdclaire at cox.net
To: professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 13:44:19 -0700
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1828] Re: ProfessionalDevelopment







I agree.  In fact, in Arizona, one only needs a bachelor's degree and a program 
that is willing to hire you in order to get certification.  The process goes 
much faster if one has certification to teach any other subject or grade 
level...but that is not a requirement.

As I recall, as of 12 years ago, in New York there was no specific certification 
for adult ed.  A certificate in any other field automatically qualified one to 
teach adult ed.  I haven't heard of any changes, but then I've been a few 
thousand miles away most of that 12 years.



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From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov] 
On Behalf Of Tyskiewicz, Andy
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 12:23 PM
To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1827] Re: ProfessionalDevelopment





I am not aware of a national certificate. In fact, not all states require a 
certificate of any kind.





-----Original Message-----
From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov] 
On Behalf Of Jody Angelone
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 8:07 AM
To: professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1825] Re: ProfessionalDevelopment






I am sending this request on behalf of this young lady who contacted me locally, 
but is not a part of this list serve.  If anyone has any information that would 
be helpful, please respond to the list and I will forward the information to her 
or feel free to contact her at her email address:







 To Whom It May Concern,


Having been a volunteer at the Main Library where I was first introduced to 
literacy I am greatly interested in seeing how to get a national certificate as 
an Adult Literacy Educator (instructor.)  Could you please direct me to local 
colleges (Ohio or distance education options) where I could obtain this from as 
I would like this for a career.  (By-the-way, I do have a BA.)  Thanks so much.  
Please feel free to contact me: allison2200 at lycos.com


Sincerely,


Allison Gilman













Jody L. Angelone
NW ABLE Resource Center
Owens Community College
(w) 567-661-7355
(c) 419-204-5013
(f) 567-661-7662
jody_angelone3 at owens.edu


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