Position Paper: Teacher Performance Pay John Filutze November 15‚ 2011 Jeff Abbott‚ Ph.D. Performance-based pay has been a hot topic among conversations regarding public education over the past several years. Performance-based pay‚ pay-for-performance‚ or merit pay‚ are all synonymous with pay programs “whereby teacher bonuses are tied to improvements in students’ performance” (Cissell‚ 2010‚ p. 119). Some programs even determine teacher pay‚ not just bonuses‚ based on
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Have the Right to be an Advocate? By: Julie Underwood Where do teachers freedom of speech rights that are protected under the 1st Amendment of the US Constitution start‚ and where do they stop? This is what Underwood is trying to tease out in her article by highlighting past precedent and current events that have molded the court’s opinion in matters of a teacher’s right to free speech. She makes the distinction that teachers do indeed have the right to free speech outside of the classroom‚
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3.1 Teacher Expectancy Effect When we discuss about the interactionist (or symbolic interactionist) view in the context of educational institutions‚ teacher expectancy effect would be one of the major areas affecting the growth and improvement of students both in academically and in extra-curricular‚ mentally and physically. In other words‚ teacher expectancy effect is something that ties closely to the social development of the students as a whole. Teacher expectancy effect is defined as “the
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I often wonder about teachers who educated famous people such as Einstein‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ and the like. Were these teachers specially qualified to inspire their students to achieve fame and success? Or were these teachers just plain lucky to have exceptionally talented students? Do some teachers have the rare quality of turning dust into gold? The answer may not be easy to find. Andy Rooney Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people
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Raise the Nc teacher salary \ North Carolina has some the lowest state employee salaries in the United States‚ but the one that stands out from all the rest is the annual salary peid to the states teachers in the educational system. Education for the nations youth is one of the first priorities of the state as well as the nation a‚ in order to help students in the present as well as the future prosper the state should allow room in its budget to raise all teachers salaries. Its a pretty simple
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that post lists of qualities that all great teachers should possess. These lists range from 10-15 characteristics‚ but I believe that they can be summed into a love for children‚ not only a firm knowledge in their content area but passion as well‚ and that they take the time to get to know their students by developing a healthy student-teacher relationship. In his book Qualities of an Effective Teacher‚ James Stronge subcategorizes qualities into the teacher as a person‚ as an individual‚ and he lists
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Teacher’s Day In India Since times immemorial‚ Indians have respected and idolized their teachers. Earlier‚ we used to call our teachers ’Guru’ and now it’s the contemporary ’Sir’ or ’Madam’. Nevertheless‚ the role of teachers has remained the same. They were‚ are and will continue to be our guiding light‚ creating conditions conducive to our overall development. We will always be thankful to them for their constructive support. It is as an expression of this gratitude only that we celebrate
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teaching the primary cause of learning taking place is not the act of teaching‚ or the activity of the teacher. Learning takes place due to the natural ability of the human mind to learn and grow. The teacher’s role is to simply act as a cooperative artist in this production of learning. Maria Montessori thus used the title “directress” to explain the role of the teacher in a Montessori. The teacher is not the primary cause of learning she is rather a facilitator and a guide. They do not simply transfer
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this essay I want to talk about ten of the qualities that make a good teacher. My method is absolutely unscientific. Readers who want to know what experts say about good teaching should stop reading right now and open to a different page of Inspiring Teaching. Readers who want to know what Pete has noticed about good teaching are welcome to read on. My evidence is personal‚ memorial‚ observational‚ and narrow. I have known teachers in Indiana‚ Pennsylvania‚ Arizona‚ Texas‚ England‚ and China. Like Henry
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favorite teacher was scary and mean -- but only in the eyes of those who had never been in her classroom. Those of us who were her students encouraged the rumors and bolstered our reputations for bravery‚ secure in the knowledge that she would protect and defend us with every ounce of her being‚ because we were "her students." What kind of teacher inspires such trust? The best kind! The other day a local newspaper columnist‚ the survivor of an abusive childhood‚ wrote about a teacher who had made
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