[quote=ColinsMum]
I want to pick this up, not to pick on you G3 but because it's often suggested as a thing schools could do, but seems to me counterproductive (after about the first couple of years, at least). Why? Because it means you can't have those subjects being taught by subject-specialists, and I think that's *crucial*, at least for maths which is what I know most about. [/quote=ColinsMum]
Actually, depending on the size of the school, you could easily do this and use specific subject credentialed teachers instead- creating a better depth of knowledge and comfort level. It would take some chunking of the schedule and you'd need to be very careful in screening teachers. But it could be done!
For example, I hold a single subject credential in Social Studies, Spanish and Russian. So I can teach any of those subjects but I can't teach an elementary "self-contained" class. I have friends that have dual credentials in Biology and Math, Chemistry and Math, Language Arts/English and Social Studies etc. In fact, just due to economic reasons, most of the teachers I know hold more than one teaching authorization.
The difference is you have to remove the framework that requires you to hire teachers with a multiple subject "self-contained" credential.
