I'm posting this here so that anyone interested can interpret this as needed. This is what it says under Option A and B for the 4-year renewable.

Option A
1. Has earned a bachelor’s degree; and

2. Has earned a master’s degree or higher, has completed a state-approved educator preparation program in school leadership and supervision, OR holds a valid school administrator credential issued in another state; and

3. Has completed at least four years of full-time Pre-K through 12 grade school-based teaching, instructional leadership and/or pupil services experience; and

4. Successfully passed the DC-required school leadership exam.


Option B
1. Has earned a bachelor’s degree; and

2. Has earned a master’s degree or higher, has completed a state-approved educator preparation program in school leadership and supervision, OR holds a valid school administrator credential issued in another state; and

3. Has completed at least two years of full-time Pre-K through 12 grade school-based teaching, instructional leadership and/or pupil services experience achieving an effective or equivalent rating as measured by a summative evaluation; and

4. Successfully passed the DC-required school leadership exam.

@vascodegama

That's fine. I'm trying to help you understand that there exists what you are looking for, but you refuse to read my posts clearly, or psyguy's, because he states the same thing. If you can't decipher this you probably wouldn't do too well on the SLS exam anyway. Seriously, call them and stop refuting it because you are being misleading on this thread which could help someone looking for help with the same issue.

@vascodegama

If you're considering this route for admin certification and you have a Masters and four years of experience, DO IT. You qualify and all you have to do is pass the test. If you don't believe it, call them and ask. Someone will eventually answer the phone and confirm what I am telling you.

@vascodegamma

Now I feel like you're messing with me;-). I am not trying to be condescending, but let's simplify the context so we can understand the language structure. Consider the following:

"With your chicken dinner you can have soup, salad, OR potatoes."

According to your understanding you could have all three, but the OR clearly signifies one of the three, just as it does in the 4-year admin credential requirements language above.

4-year Renewable:

"Has earned a master’s degree or higher, has completed a state-approved educator preparation program in school leadership and supervision, OR holds a valid school administrator credential issued in another state."

---- Please tell me what you don't understand here. This is exactly what it said when I got my administrator credential. They may have raised the teaching requirement from 2 to 4 years, though. You still have to pass the test, of course, to get the 4-year renewable, but it states any masters OR .....

Pay attention to the and/ors. I don't think anything has changed, unless this site is outdated.

http://osse.dc.gov/page/educator-creden ... ndardadmin

Did this just change? I just completed mine in July through the described path and mine is good for four years. Although, I do have an MEd. in professional development, technically not leadership.

Dear forum members,

I am curious as to all of your thoughts that if you have accepted a position through an email, how long would you wait to contact the human resources department/admin for a more 'offical' contract through email or snail mail? I trust that all is good, but it has been over three weeks and I haven't heard anything since. This is the first time this has happened as usually, the school has sent me an 'unofficial' official contract through email to sign and scan and email back to them within a few days.

Thank you for the info.

Dredge

It's my understanding that when you initially apply with all required paperwork, minus the passing test score, you have two years with the provisional license, in order to complete the SLLA 6011 leadership test with passing scores for DC. The professional license lasts 4 years and has to be renewed at a cost of $50, but I don't think there is any PD tied to it.

I think in order for some schools to meet specific accreditation requirements they need to have certified administrators and teachers in all areas, or in order to get visas. I could be wrong, but if you want to get into administration, getting the DC certification is the easy route if you already have a masters degree and would make you more marketable and possibly able to negotiate a higher salary.

I am really not trying to beat a dead horse, but your response proves my point. If you're written English is indicative of your spoken English, it might put off a lot of schools, thereby limiting your offers. It just ain't that good;-).

I don't know... I feel like with the recruiting season upon us there have been quite a few inflated positive reviews. Maybe that's a coincidence;-).

I second the English problem. I guarantee I wouldn't be able to get a job teaching science in Spanish, but I can speak it quite well. No where near native, though.

I would guess that if that position exists at a school, it would be filled by a local hire.

Anywhere in South America....

I hope that someday the traditional reference letter goes by the wayside. If employers are going to contact references anyway, it seems useless.