Teachers’ Salaries – Base on Tenure or Performance?

Every day, college students (and all students for that matter) enter the classroom with the expectation to learn. Are they really learning, however? Their futures in large part are dependent upon teachers, the people who can shape them academically.

You have probably heard talk about education reform in the United States, which is a necessity in today’s global economy. Part of this reform is placing the best teachers in the classroom. They should be paid more money, right? That’s part of it, but some say we must go a step further by restructuring teachers’ salaries.

According to a recent article, one schools chief says teachers should be paid as a result of performance, not tenure. In his state, minimum salaries are set by the state law. Instructors are earning additional income for every year (up to 22 years) in the classroom and for having postgraduate education. I don’t believe that most people would disagree with teachers receiving more pay for having higher levels of education, as long as their students perform well. For teachers who have not produced positive results, the schools chief believes they should be removed; he wants teachers’ salaries to be determined by what their students learn, through tests and evaluations.

I was blessed to have good teachers in the classroom who cared if I succeeded, and all students deserve to have the same experience. If we have high expectations of our students, why not have high expectations of our teachers? For the U.S., our goal should be to have teachers in every classroom for many years, whose students perform well and are better prepared for the future.

Information provided by Seanna Adcox.

Source
The Morning News

 

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