> Cameron wrote: > The problem isn't identifying the bad teachers, it's being > allowed to fire them. >
This is where unions are really failing their members - they don't self police and they reward seniority rather than productivity. This creates an entitlement mentality wherein members look to their union for protection rather than within themselves. So change the unions or abolish them. Further, I think we need to give more money to teacher salaries. A teacher in her mid-thirties should be able to make $60k-$80k depending on performance, course load, and "the extras". Top performers, maybe $100k. Corporations should encourage 1-2 year sabbaticals for working professionals to rotate into teaching positions and the requirements to become a teacher should be dropped. Instead you'd offer an OJT program and, given a board of teachers approved someone, they would be able to teach. This would also have the effect of creating more competition in the teacher ranks. Let's say a college degree buys you admission to the teachers club, but 4 years of OJT gets you the same thing. Now teachers better keep their skills up or they could be replaced by an industry hire that's sick of her corporate job. So: 1.) Vouchers (compete or die) 2.) Eliminate unions 3.) Encourage industry temp teachers 4.) Create a sr. set of board tests to pass ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:176181 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
