Thank you Psych Guy! I greatly appreciate the information.

Program Completer is the option I had thought of myself - this was sooooo helpful though. I will write them. As I've already spent the money and am in clinicals might as well finish TN. But, I don't want to get certified in DC in another subject. Secondary English Lit would be what I'd go for as I've taught it, but it's been ages. I"m not a primary teacher at all and wouldn't even want to bring that into the possibility of life by getting certified in it.

Yes I taught in the States but not long enough. And I've taken Praxis I but it sadly has expired.

I've worked at two Embassy schools and thought about trying to make a case because, of course, Embassy schools are Embassy ground and therefore "America" LOL (very doubtful - god only knows how many emails it would take to get to the center of that lollipop).

Thank you again!!! I have a bit of hope now.

Hello Smart Teacher People!

Okay here's my deal....I'm an American fine arts IS teacher with many years of experience, but no certification. I have read these boards for years and years trying to make sense of the best path through it. I wasn't overly excited about Teach Now because of sketchy stories I'd heard through the grapevines of it all over the years, but caved. Last year I got half way through the program and then landed a job on another continent and had to pause the program in lieu of the big move. In the meanwhile I tried to sort out my remaining TN timeline. No one in the program communicated anything to me about anything last year. This year I finally got some dude (his job? no clue) to explain "some frameworks". But ya see, certification in my subject isn't offered in DC anymore and for reasons I don't understand DC was the only certification option that was discussed. I was sent through a labyrinth of email threads and did not score the Golden Fleece. Randos told me conflicting tids and tads. One email was forwarded to me saying, "let's not encourage her to get her hopes up for something that COULD be but probably won't be in any reality" - it was like a Julian Assange truther leak- WTF??? Why was that even forwarded to me?? Moreland feels like a headless hydra.

Eventually I was told I would have to get my certification in another subject and do my arts (my fulltime job for the past 17 years) cert as an add on. At that point I gave up and accepted it. But that didn't last very long. I got back into TN and immediately saw the headlessness going on ad infinitum - there is no escape from this except a path straight into The Forest of Endless Bullsh*t.

A friend chimed in that Arizona does not require a teacher prep program - that you can get a cert with a degree in your subject (and they have my subject) and perhaps a test or two. I have read and reread their site and this seems to be true. Can anyone elucidate??? Psych Guy???

I really want my Willy Wonka golden ticket - or the ole fleece - aka my actual subject certification and sincerely am not up to speed on another subject's content test.

Thank you in advance!!!!