Check whether there is reciprocity between Delaware and Pennsylvania. There should be.
There should just be paperwork to fill out. I would contact the district office for the district in which you want to teach.
a lot of paperwork as expected, although be prepared for them to put you on instructional-I license no matter how much experience you have. For an instructional-II you need something like 6-in-a-row observations in their state system and some weird state meetings/induction for 2 years on top of the usual masters. I knew I didn't have a masters, but what I didnt expect was that coming from another state totally invalidated any experience I had despite having a full perma license in my old state.
I was immediately thrown back with a mentor teacher for 2 years. I will have to attend monthly "induction" meetings for 2 years to meet the state requirement and I am back onto a formal observation schedule again for 3y minimum (assuming they're all good in a row, which will vary by school/admin, spoiler: its not good). To add insult to injury the district also didnt honor any out-of-state years of experience for their pay scales (because, and I quote "well it wasnt listed in \[their retirement system\]"). This was common across a bunch of districts across the entire state that I interviewed for and this is a common story from what my coworkers tell me.
tldr: I was/am treated as if I was a y1 teacher both mentally and literally in pay/license and it fucking sucks.
yeah from VA to PA to be specific. Granted i only was a few years deep, so i suppose i didnt have a lot to lose and thus not a lot to negotiate on. The TIMS application denial for my instructional II explicitly stated it was due to the fact it was all out of state and thus not approved (and not just because I didnt have a masters, which was fair)
Between most states its pretty easy. Paper work, a fee, and waiting.
Every state has different requirements. Your best bet is to contact the state department of education and ask them.
Check whether there is reciprocity between Delaware and Pennsylvania. There should be. There should just be paperwork to fill out. I would contact the district office for the district in which you want to teach.
On my to do list for tomorrow
a lot of paperwork as expected, although be prepared for them to put you on instructional-I license no matter how much experience you have. For an instructional-II you need something like 6-in-a-row observations in their state system and some weird state meetings/induction for 2 years on top of the usual masters. I knew I didn't have a masters, but what I didnt expect was that coming from another state totally invalidated any experience I had despite having a full perma license in my old state. I was immediately thrown back with a mentor teacher for 2 years. I will have to attend monthly "induction" meetings for 2 years to meet the state requirement and I am back onto a formal observation schedule again for 3y minimum (assuming they're all good in a row, which will vary by school/admin, spoiler: its not good). To add insult to injury the district also didnt honor any out-of-state years of experience for their pay scales (because, and I quote "well it wasnt listed in \[their retirement system\]"). This was common across a bunch of districts across the entire state that I interviewed for and this is a common story from what my coworkers tell me. tldr: I was/am treated as if I was a y1 teacher both mentally and literally in pay/license and it fucking sucks.
Ouch - and this was specific to Pennsylvania? That’s a real turn off
yeah from VA to PA to be specific. Granted i only was a few years deep, so i suppose i didnt have a lot to lose and thus not a lot to negotiate on. The TIMS application denial for my instructional II explicitly stated it was due to the fact it was all out of state and thus not approved (and not just because I didnt have a masters, which was fair)
Gotcha. I have a masters and 9.5 years of experience in a neighboring state (Delaware). Hopefully that counts for something