Quelle surprise. Treat the teachers like crap and they decide to leave in droves. How is this good for a state?
http://wunc.org/post/alarming-number-teachers-resigning-wake-county
http://wunc.org/post/alarming-number-teachers-resigning-wake-county
No incentive for advance degrees? No benefit for dedication to a job = years of experience?
How do they determine teacher excellence? A test taken by students? Can be statistically skewed in so many ways ...
...I'm fine with a future that has fewer teachers.....but higher quality ones. Large institutions move very slowly, but most futurists know that education needs to be revolutionized. In the Steve Jobs book it mentions that he felt the ipad would help....and may have even got involved in this if he lived.
I am sure for several different reasons that it can't happen, but I have wished for a few years now that Mrs. K would give a truncated version of the trouble/solution that the fine folks in the trenches would like to see implemented.
Our school systems are not doing justice to the students (and teachers). I am fully convinced that throwing money at the schools (in most cases) isn't going to fix the underlying problems. Why isn't anybody asking the teachers??? How did the final product (student) get less education than those of yesteryear? It ain't right.
If you have a problem with your car you ask your mechanic.
If we are have problems with education/students - ASK A TEACHER.
Simple: Fix the kids' homes and many "school" problems will be solved. If you have shoddy built car, don't expect your mechanic to fix that either.
Since when is fixing family dysfunction simple? It often goes on for generations. Good schools and teachers are often where the pattern finally gets changed.
I work for a school system, and I can tell you that teachers earn their pay.....their day does not end when the bell rings, some work on grading papers, and classroom planning till late into the night. I wondering if these teachers have a union or a contract for fair wages.
I work for a school system, and I can tell you that teachers earn their pay.....their day does not end when the bell rings, some work on grading papers, and classroom planning till late into the night. I wondering if these teachers have a union or a contract for fair wages.
In any event is it any wonder that pretty much all parents with the financial means to avoid the public school system by sending their kids to private schools do so?
How would they rate a teachers ability to teach, if you have students who just don't get it.....students scores could be due to the students just not performing as they should.....you can bring a horse to water, but you can't make them drink. I agree, that some teachers are just going thru the motions, but I know a lot that are in our building till 9pm grading papers, and meeting with others planning classroom studies....not to mention meeting with parents. Unions have their place when it comes to fair wages and treatment, but in most cases they are used to defend those who should otherwise be gone.
Another blanket statement that is simply not true. The public school system that gets my cash is pretty darn high on the list of best schools in the state. That includes private schools. Constantly ranking in the top 10. Yep - a little ole country school. Their biggest enemy is folks moving to the area for the "school system" and then try to change things. It seems that many parents don't hold little Jimmy and Kimmy accountable like the (our) school system does - and they think it is too rigid or tough.
Tough cookies - they can conform or leave. Their choice.
Edit: I personally heard the argument from a set of parents that they had to help their kids with homework just to get a passing grade. Really? Tough.
You're kidding right?