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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem is that it’s not just about content knowledge (although most of these “teaching is so easy!” people aren’t as knowledgeable as they think they are, they’re just arrogant), but about being able to impart that content onto an audience of mixed ability to comprehend said material, nevermind the mixed willingness to be there in the first place. They think just because the Associate Southeast Regional Supervisor for Inside Sales praised them for a presentation they did 6 years ago that they can handle a classroom, when in reality they’d be in tears the first time they missed their lunch break because a fire drill ran long, they had to hold their pee for 7 hours, or the kids started roasting their shoes. [/quote]

Yes that is the problem and brand new teachers who have all the education and credentials don’t know how to do that either. They don’t do a good job of teaching it during college so they have to learn in the job from experienced teachers (and it’s freaking hard so a lot of them never do it well).

And don’t tell me a new teacher has never cried because they were overwhelmed. That is a normal thing to do. [/quote]

They aren’t the ones claiming they can do everything better than trained educators because they cubicle-jockeyed for Capital One for 3 years.[/quote]

The strongest result in education research is that phonics is better than whole word for teaching reading. The second strongest result is that obtaining a M.Ed. has no impact on teacher effectiveness. A few studies show slightly positive results, a few slightly negative, but the mean sits close to zero.

Experience matters a lot. The average former cubicle jockey at Capital One will suck for the first year, but so will the average brand new teacher who came via a traditional certification path. Ten years in, they will both be pretty good. And indistinguishable.[/quote]

What should school systems do to ensure teachers, ANY teacher, could possibly make it to year ten and beyond?[/quote]

NP. I'm far from an expert here, but from what I understand, it would be:

1. More time to actually teach and prepare lessons and fewer meetings.
2. More special education help.
3. More respect from admin and parents.
4. I have nothing to back this up but I imagine actually having school supplies supplied to them rather than having to buy them out of their own paycheck would be helpful. 
5. not have a pandemic 
6. More practical help with training, like help from experienced teachers.

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