Hogwarts Teaching Qualifications

[karenlyall666]

No: HPFGUIDX 69515

I think all teaching staff with the exception of Hagrid and Madam 
Hooch are titled Professor.  The other Hogwarts staff are all titled 
madam (Pince, Pomfrey etc...)except Filch who is just Filch.

Now I know that Mdm's Pince and Pomfrey and Filch are not teachers so 
that explains why they do not get called Professor.  Hagrid didn't 
even finish school so no Prof for him either.  That only leaves Madam 
Hooch, any ideas??

So, what qualifications do we expect in our teaching staff?

McGonagal - oviously accomplished in transfiguration as she is an 
animagus (or are these facts completely unrelated?), but what 'real 
life' experience can an expert at transfiguration get in the big wide 
wizarding world?
Moody - what better qualification for DADA teacher than being a world 
famous Auror.
Lockhart - (bad example coz he was poo!) Famously published for his 
DADA exploits.
Snape - (Sorry Prof Dumbledore, sir - PROFESSOR Snape) Accomplished 
with potions one of the first to regularly 'brew' the wolfsbane 
potion...
Binns - he's a ghost and was old when he died therefore he's probably 
a history lesson all in himself!

Need I go on?

JKR has stated ina n interview that there is no Wizarding University, 
yet we know from career day that specialised 'courses' exist.  Is 
there a department at the ministry for Student Teachers.  And if so 
it's obvious that Flitwick and Snape had very different teacher 
training experiences.

Just a thought or two - probably from all the posts about what's in a 
name.  Ooh! And as a side note, why is Dumbledore so particular about 
Harry always using Snape's title?  Harry refers to both Snape and 
Quirrel by their surnames in the same sentence in PS/SS, yet 
Dumbledore only corrects Harry with Prof Snape not Prof Q?

This post went on way longer than expected, Sorry folks!

karenlyall666