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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For far too long students in America benefited from teachers who were overqualified for the comparatively low paying teacher positions.  Yes, I'm talking about women who today are CEOs, doctors, lawyers, engineers, but back in the day were largely restricted to teaching.  Their loss to be sure, but the schools benefitted.  The days of getting such highly qualified individuals to enter the teaching profession are long gone.

There has to be a rethinking of how to get talented people back into teaching.  [b]The answer is not to pay less qualified individuals more.[/b]  Taking advantage of the pool of bright people who have already completed a career may be one part of the solution, but it is not the full story.  [/quote]

Actually I think it might be. If you pay teachers more, more well-qualified people will choose to go into teaching. That's basic economics.[/quote]
Np. It seems though you'd have to offer more pay than whatever job you're trying to lure them from. Not sure what job that is. Also, it makes no sense to pay more to any current teachers who are doing a poor job. Seems like teaching should become more of a competitive field generally to improve the pool. [/quote]

Back to issue of incompetent MCPS administrators. I know a woman with a PhD in a scientific field with experience as an associate professor at UMBC who never got a response to her application to be an MCPS science teacher.[/quote]

Exactly - the talent is out there, but the most frightening thing for the teacher's union is opening the door to second career professionals who are "over qualified" and motivated by a passion to teach more than a desire to make money.[/quote]

People with a desire to make money don't go into teaching. Period. [/quote]

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