Teacher's Cost of Living Matters More.
I chose this topic because I found some very interesting data that I was unaware of. I knew that teachers pay has increased over the past and that there has been several complaints about teacher's salary. Here in Tennessee a few years ago Metro received a huge pay increase for their teachers and the increase seemed to put us more on an average pay scale nationally.
It's amazing to me that teacher's do not receive extra pay for being a fantastic teacher, based on their performance or the impact that they have on their kids. All of these should place a value on teacher's salaries or some incentive for them. As we have learned throughout this class that standardized testing is placed with great emphasis in the school system today and the teacher's who student's pass their testing still receive the same pay as those who student's fail or receive below average scores on the test. It just doesn't appear that their are any compensation for being an above and beyond teacher except knowing in their heart that they are progressing with their student's. It is hard being a teacher in today's society because there are so many behavioral and other things to deal with appose to just teaching. I would like to think that pay doesn't effect a teacher's effort but I feel that it does. Teaching is like anything else, if you invest in them you will see a better end result in your student's education.
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