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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Breaking News: PA Revokes MCPS Teacher's Certificate

The Pennsylvania Department of Education has a webpage that lists the names of teachers who have had their Teaching Certificates revoked or suspended. They call it their Notification of Certificate Actions Report.

The Maryland State Department of Education does not have a similar public web page.

On the Pennsylvania Department of Education page we learn that earlier this year a former Montgomery County Public School teacher had his Pennsylvania teaching certificate revoked based on the actions previously taken by Montgomery County Public Schools.

Does the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) keep a database of decisions regarding revocation or suspension of teaching certificates? Does MSDE make that information public?
Does MSDE have a reciprocal arrangement with other states to also revoke or suspend certificates based on out of state actions?

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From the PA Department of Education online database:

Notification Date	9/9/2014
Name of Individual	Daniel J. Picca
Other Names
Date of Birth	11/25/1958
Last School In Which Employed	Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland
Last Position Held	Teacher
Certificate Type	Instructional I
Certification Area	Elementary K-6
Action Taken	Revoked
Grounds for Discipline	Out of State Adjudication: Educator was revoked in Maryland based on multiple acts of insubordination and misconduct.
Date Action Taken	6/11/2014

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Formed in 2002, the Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland seeks to achieve the goals of coherent, content-rich curriculum standards; high expectations combined with timely remediation and acceleration; a wider range of educational options for parents and children; greater transparency and accountability; and meaningful community input.

E-mail: parentscoalitionmc AT outlook.com

What The Washington Post said about the Parents' Coalition

The coalition might be the best-known parent advocacy group in the region. Its members represent several constituencies, including parents of special education and gifted education students and fiscal watchdogs. The group's defining victory came this school year when the school system scaled back the fees charged to families for course materials.

Coalition leaders have drawn attention to the misuse of funds collected from students for activities, the broadcast of a commercial radio service on school buses and, with their "Weast Watch" blog, the travel habits of Weast and his lieutenants.

The Washington Post, June 4, 2009

Jerry Weast on the Parents' Coalition

"Along the way, you’ve had a challenging relationship with the Parents’ Coalition, the network of citizen activists who use the political process and other means to hold MCPS accountable.

The thing people accuse me of is listening, but not hearing. I hear, but I do not always agree. I am sorry that the world is faster than it was 10 years ago. I did not do that. [But] if we do not keep up, then our kids will be behind. We have to stop whining and get real."

Bethesda Magazine, March-April 2011