tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post7932523173147803061..comments2024-03-28T11:57:21.902-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: We're Here To HelpPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-11800332348635316922014-10-15T09:47:58.928-04:002014-10-15T09:47:58.928-04:00Teaching is a practice profession like law or medi...Teaching is a practice profession like law or medicine. The corporate reformers constantly throw out useless data and garbage stats to "prove" their nonsense that teaching experience doesn't matter. Does anyone think that if we asked them mano-a-mano if they would admit they believe this nonsense? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12813056667733621829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-14449149814993901002014-10-14T22:31:07.867-04:002014-10-14T22:31:07.867-04:00Look at all the great (and even good) coaches in m...Look at all the great (and even good) coaches in major sports. They are ll in their 50's and 60's. Why? Because it takes a long time to become a great coach and even if they are fired one place they are rehired at another to reinvent themselves. Why is that? People have to realize that it takes a long time to become a master teacher/coach. What would help the process is to improve the front end and not try to "fix It" at the back end with evaluations. I am sure others have thought and wrote about this but over the 20 years in my journey in becoming a teacher I think I have come up with some solutions to better ensure that quality people go into teaching. However, the current climate needs to change and for sure compensation would need to dramatically improve. <br /><br />The short version. Students would go to college and become educated. They would then go out into the world to work and volunteer. After 4 or 5 years or so they would enter a masters teaching program. They would be hired into schools during the day and be paid as a classified staff (I did this on my own by the way -$6.71 hr:( At night they would take your typical classes with the added benefit that they would be able to make connections to their day, and apply what they were learning in school. <br /><br />After an intense year there would be an internship and continued class or two at night. then there would be a residency and rotation through various schools, classrooms, and subjects to get a wide range of experiences. They would be paid just as doctors get paid. <br /><br />If then hired as a teacher they would get matched with a master teacher(s). Over the year Lit/Math/ coaches would work with these teachers to help them improve. (Principal would be paid less and be there to manage the building and handle discipline - whole nother discussion). The other option would be to substitute for a year or two and then get hired. <br /><br />With the increased training and education teachers would gain more respect from society and be able to demand more for what they do and the importance to our society. Additionally, a lot of this talk about evaluations would go away. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10549585685081282949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-15910575532844831172014-10-14T20:04:42.012-04:002014-10-14T20:04:42.012-04:00Totally agree! Fantastic, fantastic post! Everyone...Totally agree! Fantastic, fantastic post! Everyone everywhere should read this!Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.com