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Tuesday, November 03, 2015
'Teacher of the Year' quits when told she's unqualified
A longtime Alabama educator who has won Teacher of the Year honors
resigned last week when her "frustration boiled over" with bureaucracy.
Informed that she lacked the state qualifications to teach 5th grade,
Ann Marie Corgill resigned from Birmingham City Schools, NPR reports.
"After 21 years of teaching in grades 1-6, I have no answers as to why
this is a problem now, so instead of paying more fees, taking more
tests, and proving once again that I am qualified to teach, I am
resigning," she wrote in her resignation letter. Corgill, who was
2014-2015 Alabama Teacher of the Year and a 2015 National Teacher of the Year
finalist, this year joined the staff at Oliver Elementary as a
2nd-grade teacher; she was then shifted to teach 5th grade. But roughly a
month into her new role, a state education administrator called and
said she lacked the certification to continue, AL.com reports...more
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