irun2eatwaffles t1_j68gmaq wrote on January 28, 2023 at 2:18 PM

Reply to comment by ijustwannabegandalf in A Philly teacher said she’d trade gift cards for increased grades, one family says. Now she’s under investigation. by danielrubin

If you’re in your 12th year in Philly and have all of those other things, you just need to do the credit farms and go through teacher friendly and PDI to get what you need for Senior Career teacher. I got my +30 and Senior Career lanes in 6 months for about 3,000. It was a bit to put out up front- but I made it back so quickly and then some.

ijustwannabegandalf t1_j68gza2 wrote on January 28, 2023 at 2:21 PM

I just earned NBCT, so that will help. I have been waiting on the credit farms kind of stuff because I'm weighing going back for an actual SPED cert, since I value teaching in neighborhood high schools and we just keep inching closer and closer to majority-IEP kiddos there as they get pushed out of special admits.

irun2eatwaffles t1_j68i02t wrote on January 28, 2023 at 2:29 PM

I can understand that- but the increase is worth it. Not to mention that Senior Career is not always guaranteed when contract negotiations come up. It’s a lane they are always trying to get rid of (and it makes more than a doctorate). If you are looking at a sped cert- do the PDI stuff in the meantime or concurrently and get ahead on some of the credits. I was in the same kind of boat, but I did the math and wish I had kept up on it more and done it earlier. The teacher friendly stuff is so stupidly easy- at least get your +30 with it!