You meet once a week for a roughly a semester. It’s brutal, but mandatory in the end. I know a few who have passed the test instead of taking the class, they might even have test prep books out there now. There is a place in Northampton that offers the course, The Collaborative.

For teachers? Lol, no. And they barely enforcethe one for they have for the firefighters and some cops. Do you mean school librarians or librarians for city libraries? Because school librarians are considered public school employees, so are not subject to residency requirements.

One can avoid taking RETELL/SEI by passing the SEI MTEL. Otherwise, they’re stuck taking the course. Larger districts with large numbers of ELL students will often offer the course for free, teachers in smaller districts will either have to pay out of pocket for the class or pay out of pocket for the test.

Springfield is always hiring teachers. It’s a Title 1 district, so you get a lot of the Title 1 issues. They don’t use schoolspring, so check here. This is also contingent on your partner passing all of the MTELs, and they will also have to either take RETELL or pass the SEI exam AND get a Master’s (this is a state requirement, not just Springfield). A benefit of Springfield is that the district offers RETELL for free, many districts do not. There are also fast track Master’s programs in the area.

There was a rumor that the father (Mike Kittredge) founded a new candle company, Kringle Candle, so that his son would actually work instead of playing golf all day.