tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290441863123219071.post3771936282642206012..comments2022-11-12T06:19:52.363-05:00Comments on Rants from the Hormonally Challenged: Where's the Merit in Merit Pay?Lolamousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12508347229501155001noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290441863123219071.post-38071839225103764382010-09-26T09:14:35.172-04:002010-09-26T09:14:35.172-04:00@ A B#$!% Called Mom: I haven't met any fellow...@ A B#$!% Called Mom: I haven't met any fellow teachers who got into teaching because of the paycheck. <br /><br />And about the whole idea of merit pay, I agree with your entire post. That being said, should there be away to differentiate the one teacher's performance from the next and link it to pay? If there should be a way and it's not linked to student performance, how should it be measured? Or maybe it should be measured by student performance, but by a more valid method than standardized test scores? Or should it just stay like it is. More college = more pay.<br />Although here is National Board Certification, that offers a temporary pay raise. <br />This is more of a rant than a response.<br />Anyhow...M. A. S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04050723085916361298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290441863123219071.post-55087798735538137112010-09-25T11:28:02.795-04:002010-09-25T11:28:02.795-04:00Committee for Piano Perfection...that shit is bril...Committee for Piano Perfection...that shit is brilliant!<br /><br />On a serious note, I think the responsibility to make sure kids get a quality education is everyone's...even if you don't have kids. Think about it, do you want to face a kid who grew up frustrated because he couldn't read, so now he's strung out and holding you at gunpoint about to kill you for your pocket change?<br /><br />Sadly, though, some people DO get teaching jobs for the paycheck alone. I know several people who majored in subjects other than education and are now teaching. In Baltimore, it didn't matter what your B.S. degree (pun intended) was in. As long as you graduated from college, you could be a teacher. They're working toward changing that now, but think of all the damage that was done beforehand.<br /><br />I love teachers. I have the utmost respect for them. There is no amount of money you could pay me to be one. But lots of them suck, just like in any job. I think you're right, though, in saying that they shouldn't be offered incentives based on the performance of their students. I think school systems should hire quality teachers who ACTUALLY want to be teachers. Those people go into it with their eyes open and lots of patience.<br /><br />And I could be here all day ranting about the effectiveness of standardized tests, so...I'll just shut the hell up now.A Bitch Called Momhttp://www.abitchcalledmom.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290441863123219071.post-19615904125492766342010-09-22T21:59:46.359-04:002010-09-22T21:59:46.359-04:00No argument here.
gree...agree....agree!
Under pai...No argument here.<br />gree...agree....agree!<br />Under paid and under appreciatedMy name WAS Female, I shit you not!https://www.blogger.com/profile/18261595799137622984noreply@blogger.com