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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm an elementary school teacher. You aren't going to get these people into education unless a lot of changes are made first. Here are a few:

1) Pay them what they would be paid if they chose another profession. I'm in year 15 of teaching. I have a Master's plus I don't know how many more credits. My DS just graduated from college last year and already makes more than I do (and he isn't in engineering or CS).

2) Pay for their undergrad degree or highly subsidize it.

3) Get rid of the higher-ups in education who haven't taught for at least 10 yrs prior to moving into admin. Basically, the people making the big decisions need to be a lot more in touch with teaching.

4) Enforce rules with consequences. Make it no-nonsense like my son's former Catholic school.

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I agree. Becoming an admin is way too easy. You should be required to teach at least 10 years before becoming an admin. [/quote]

I'm the teacher who posted above. In many countries, the principal or head of school is called a lead teacher because they actually still teach while having admin duties. Also, I want to add that the best teachers I have worked with aren't necessarily the smartest. We have had many, many, many TFA people at our school over the years. The colleges they attended are very impressive however they quit way before the first school year ended. They couldn't deal with classroom management and the workload. Top grades and test scores don't mean much when you can't teach your students because you can't manage them.[/quote]

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