Not exact matches
One New York City
teacher can not be paid more, or less,
than any
other teacher at the same level of seniority, regardless of the particular
teacher's talents and effort or the difficulty of recruiting a
teacher for a
hard - to - find position such as math or science.
And that's where you're getting some push - back from
teachers who are working
hard on
other matters of education reform, and they're saying, ˜Adapting our curriculum takes more time
than we've been given and that's going to affect our performance against the new assessments.
Unfortunately,
teacher compensation has not kept pace with increases in salaries in
other sectors.38 According to a 2016 nationally representative survey of more
than 3,000
teachers, nearly half of
teachers would leave teaching «as soon as possible» if they could find a higher - paying job.39 Furthermore, most
teachers are not rewarded for working in
hard - to - staff schools, in shortage areas, or for their excellence in the classroom.
They take greatest care about what they report to parents, they find
teachers more helpful
than other years, they are extremely enthusiastic about their lessons, claim to work
harder than other years and are happier with school rules.
The
teachers at Success (Academy, a charter school in Harlem) work
hard, are better compensated
than other public school
teachers, and move on if they can't cut the mustard.
Jackson is the author of Never Work
Harder Than Your Students and
Other Principles of Great Teaching (2009), the REVERE Award — winning Never Underestimate Your
Teachers: Instructional Leadership for Excellence in Every Classroom (2013), You Can Do This: Hope and Help for New
Teachers (2014), and The Instructional Leader's Guide to Strategic Conversations with
Teachers (2008), as well as the how - to guides in the Mastering the Principles of Great Teaching series.
These
teachers feel that they are abused, neglected, taken advantage and obviously more important
than the police officers, care takers and
other state employees who don't average $ 47,000 who work just as
hard and are just as dedicated to their career choice.
Jackson is the author of Never Work
Harder Than Your Students and
Other Principles of Great Teaching, The Differentiation Workbook, and The Instructional Leader's Guide to Strategic Conversations with
Teachers, as well as the how - to guides in the Mastering the Principles of Great Teaching series.
Shana Frazin, who taught elementary school in California before becoming a staff developer with the Reading and Writing Project at
Teachers College, says the best principals find ways to reward teachers who work harder and are more effective than
Teachers College, says the best principals find ways to reward
teachers who work harder and are more effective than
teachers who work
harder and are more effective
than others.
With an average annual salary of slightly more
than $ 36,000 for new
teachers and slightly more
than $ 58,000 overall, most
teachers are compensated less
than they were 30 years ago, when adjusting for inflation.69 In addition,
teachers earn 60 percent of what similarly educated professionals earn, which is much lower
than in
other Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development member countries.70 This has made it
harder for schools to attract young people to the teaching profession and for high - need schools to attract excellent
teachers.
Every
teacher has a reputation about being
harder or stricter
than others, about being nicer or not so understanding as
others.
«This long - term, upward trend is far more important
than a snapshot for a single year and reflects the
hard work of thousands of
teachers, principals and
other educators and their dedication to helping students meet high expectations.»
Gove in his haste to get rid of Connexions left a void in careers guidance and support, He abolished Connexions with no
other thought or idea on how to shape careers education
other than to exhort already
hard working
teachers to take on more for less.