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Middle Level Endorsements Survey

In May 2007, the following information was presented to the members of the AWMLP Board of Directors along with a survey. Links to the survey results are below.

CONTEXT/SET-UP: Two reports produced by the PESB in the last two years, Math Counts and Washington’s System of Preparing and Certifying Educators both questioned whether the current K-8 endorsement ensures adequate content knowledge for teaching middle grades.  This combined with the “highly-qualified” requirements under NCLB which will mean that K-8 endorsed teachers will not be considered highly-qualified to teach middle grades unless they pass content tests in the areas assigned to teach has prompted us to consider the future of this endorsement.  Broadly, some of the options being considered include:

• Option 1: Strengthen the subject knowledge competencies of the K-8 endorsement;
• Option 2: Strengthen the subject knowledge competencies of the K-8 endorsement and offer a K-6 endorsement for those preservice candidates not intending to teach middle grades;
• Option 3: Change the current K-8 endorsement to K-6, requiring that middle grades teachers earn either a Middle Level Math/Science or Middle Level Humanities endorsement or hold one or more secondary content endorsements.
• Option 4: The current system is improving and with incremental changes it will be successful.

Middle Level Endorsements Survey Results - Overview

Middle Level Endorsements Survey Results - Details