Originally Posted By queenbee In your area, you may be paid for things like coaching or extra duty but where I live you are not. I think at the high school level there is a stipend for coaching, about $500 for the whole season, including night and weekend games.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney Yes, queenbee, same here. There is no money for coaching so it's all volunteer. And the teachers use their own time to yard duty at recess as a requirement for their job, but the lunch yard duties are not teachers.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney >>>should you be required to join a union public or private? Yes or no? <<< I say no.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney I was talking with a pretty liberal friend about this issue just this morning. She use to teach middle school at a public school. She does not think the teacher's union, in the current state, is a good thing. She believes that it needs quite a bit of revamping. My friend also doesn't think the merit of a teacher should be based on standardized test scores, but on a variety of things.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 I am an Information Systems Security Professional amongst other titles and one of the requirements for the position I am holding is to obtain a professional certification called the CISSP. I had to pass an intensive test to verify I had the knowledge and now I need to continue my education and earn something like CE credits every year to prove I am staying up to date on security issues. I would love for teachers to have to do something similar, earn CE credits throughout the year and take tests themselves to prove they are knowledgable on current issues and other items that would show that they are up to date and not just coasting through to retirement. Of course the union would never agree to that...
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "I would love for teachers to have to do something similar, earn CE credits throughout the year and take tests themselves to prove they are knowledgable on current issues and other items that would show that they are up to date and not just coasting through to retirement. Of course the union would never agree to that..." If I'm not mistaken, many teachers who belong to unions do this. I know I do in my profession.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 if I'm not mistaken, many teachers who belong to unions do this. I know I do in my profession<< I know they don't in Georgia, and many other states, but yes quite a few professions are turning to continuing education, which is a good thing...
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Around here most take additional schooling especially if they want to become administrators.
Originally Posted By queenbee Currently in California it takes about 8 years to become a fully credentialed teacher. You need to start with a four year degree and then go to teacher college which is 18 months to 2 years. After that you have a "Preliminary Credential" which you can clear by enrolling in another program, required by the state, that takes two years. You must also pass the RICA, all three sections of the CSET (each four hours long and include three essays per test), and four teacher performance assessments(TPA) which you submit to the state for scoring. These TPA's are very involved an culminate in sending a video of yourself teaching a lesson. Then you need to be CPR and First Aid certified. As far as professional development, it's very likely that your school district requires a certain amount every year to remain employed. The district I work for requires every teacher to attend a certain number of continuing education courses every year.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer <a href="http://www.teachersprofessionallearningunits.com/ga-certification-resources.php" target="_blank">http://www.teachersprofessiona...rces.php</a> Teachers in Georgia have to take continuing education courses to renew their teaching certificates
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 "As far as professional development, it's very likely that your school district requires a certain amount every year to remain employed. The district I work for requires every teacher to attend a certain number of continuing education courses every year." I have several teacher friends in New Jersey, and they also have to do this. They have workshops every so often to keep their skill set fresh.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 I stand corrected on GA, regardless the teachers here are pretty bad...
