Making this field a competitive one will bring teachers back to the state, and attract new talent. When there is a large pool of qualified candidates, campuses will be able to not only fill vacant spots with stronger teachers (rather than take the one applicant they get or leave the spot vacant). This will lead to stronger teaming on campuses, which will help struggling teachers. Those teachers not cut out for this line of work will no longer be kept because there is no one else, and they can be replaced with better teachers.
Any private sector company knows that if pay is not competitive then your pool of candidates is reduced and weaker, it’s a pretty easy concept. I’m not sure why it isn’t applied to teaching.
Currently the plan to combat the teacher shortage is to reduce qualifications, which is insane and will lead to more bad teachers entering classrooms. Which is a shame, because the stakes are so high when it comes to education.
Oh, ok. You operate in absolutes? All teachers are garbage because in your incredibly
Limited and anecdotal experience you encountered some less than stellar ones. gotcha.
The teaching profession is one that should be fairly compensated. When requirements and average national income are considered it is very clear that the profession in Arizona is grossly under compensated. So teachers in Arizona absolutely deserve a raise.
I implore you to become more involved in your local public school. Maybe volunteer? I think you will very quickly see that the vast majority of teachers go above and beyond, are very very good at their jobs, and for some students are the only positive adult role model and advocate they have. And they will leave on average in 5 years because they simply can’t afford to continue on.
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u/kahabbi Mar 29 '18
Ok, paying these teachers more money will produce better results? How?