Re:The $4 Million Teacher
by briandear on Monday August 05, 2013 @03:11PM
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Actually they have a prep period mandated as a part of each day. Have you actually read a teaching contract, specifically the one I am referencing? I merely quoted what was in the contract.
The issue isn't distorted by the way, the fact still stands: teachers aren't working 60 hours weeks and they aren't working year round and they're getting paid based not on outcomes but based on seniority. If they happen to have advanced degrees, they get paid for that, regardless of their performance. That would be like paying Obie Fernandez for less for Rails development just because he doesn't have an advanced degree and paying someone with an IT degree from the University of Phoenix more by virtue of the degree itself as opposed to capabilities or past performance.
I really don't care what teachers get paid, however they should be paid based on outcomes and not just because they've survived the system the longest.
The issue isn't distorted by the way, the fact still stands: teachers aren't working 60 hours weeks and they aren't working year round and they're getting paid based not on outcomes but based on seniority. If they happen to have advanced degrees, they get paid for that, regardless of their performance. That would be like paying Obie Fernandez for less for Rails development just because he doesn't have an advanced degree and paying someone with an IT degree from the University of Phoenix more by virtue of the degree itself as opposed to capabilities or past performance.
I really don't care what teachers get paid, however they should be paid based on outcomes and not just because they've survived the system the longest.