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Yet most teachers I know have Masters degrees for teaching things special ed, and it seems they need to get those degrees or at least it's competitive that they
by platz 11y ago
Yet most teachers I know have Masters degrees for teaching things special ed, and it seems they need to get those degrees or at least it's competitive that they have them.
- douche 11y agoA.) There's usually a generous bump in salary if you get a master's degree B.) Many school districts have reimbursement programs that heavily subsidize getting master's degrees. C.) Far too many Education master's degree programs are baby-town frolics level of difficulty, when they aren't straight degree mills.
- pc86 11y agoA.) This sort of goes hand-in-hand with the Intelligence Community PhD article that was also on the front page today. "Oh you have a Master's so clearly your time is worth another $2-10k (the MS supplement range for 2007-08)" It's just another box to check and as long as getting one earns you $x a year more there's little to no reason not to spend 2-3x once even if it does nothing to help your students. C.) I'm sure it varies by institution and geographic area, but at my High School about half the teachers with a Master's had one in "Instructional Technology." They still struggled with basic computer and projector operation, so I'm not quite sure what that degree got them in the end.
- ZanyProgrammer 11y agoTeaching licensure by itself already requires at least a year of post bacc courses, IIRC.
- pc86 11y agoThere is no such requirement in my state.
- nommm-nommm 11y agoRequirements for teaching are defined differently by each state and vary widely.