0001| HOUSE MEMORIAL 9 | 0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| MIMI STEWART | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| A MEMORIAL | 0011| REQUESTING THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION TO | 0012| REDESIGN ITS TEACHER'S CERTIFICATES. | 0013| | 0014| WHEREAS, attorneys, physicians, accountants, architects | 0015| and other professionals except teachers receive their | 0016| credentials in a form that is suitable for framing; and | 0017| WHEREAS, even the occupations provide impressive looking | 0018| documents; and | 0019| WHEREAS, they all can proudly display their certificates, | 0020| licenses or registrations, but teachers receive as their | 0021| professional credentials a small plain piece of typewritten | 0022| white paper that is torn from a larger piece of plain white | 0023| paper, with no fancy borders or embellished fonts; and | 0024| WHEREAS, a teacher's certificate is too big for a wallet | 0025| but too small for framing, though it is the right size for | - 1 - 0001| losing in one's employment file; and | 0002| WHEREAS, if one's professional importance is judged by | 0003| the type of certificate, license or registration one receives, | 0004| teachers must rank at the bottom, which is not a very good | 0005| message to send to people who are so important to the lives of | 0006| our families and the futures of our children; | 0007| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF | 0008| REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state | 0009| department of public education be requested to redesign | 0010| teacher's certificates to more properly convey the stature of | 0011| the job and send the message that teachers are as important as | 0012| the other professionals licensed in this state; and | 0013| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be | 0014| transmitted to the state department of public education. | 0015|  |