0001|                           HOUSE MEMORIAL 9
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                             MIMI STEWART
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0010|                              A MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION TO
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0012|     REDESIGN ITS TEACHER'S CERTIFICATES.
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0013|     
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0014|          WHEREAS, attorneys, physicians, accountants, architects
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0015|     and other professionals except teachers receive their
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0016|     credentials in a form that is suitable for framing; and
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0017|          WHEREAS, even the occupations provide impressive looking
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0018|     documents; and
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0019|          WHEREAS, they all can proudly display their certificates,
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0020|     licenses or registrations, but teachers receive as their
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0021|     professional credentials a small plain piece of typewritten
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0022|     white paper that is torn from a larger piece of plain white
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0023|     paper, with no fancy borders or embellished fonts; and
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0024|          WHEREAS, a teacher's certificate is too big for a wallet
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0025|     but too small for framing, though it is the right size for
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0001|     losing in one's employment file; and
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0002|          WHEREAS, if one's professional importance is judged by
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0003|     the type of certificate, license or registration one receives,
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0004|     teachers must rank at the bottom, which is not a very good
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0005|     message to send to people who are so important to the lives of
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0006|     our families and the futures of our children;
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0007|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
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0008|     REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state
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0009|     department of public education be requested to redesign
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0010|     teacher's certificates to more properly convey the stature of
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0011|     the job and send the message that teachers are as important as
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0012|     the other professionals licensed in this state; and
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0013|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0014|     transmitted to the state department of public education.
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