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It is a very curious thing that administrators in school districts are held in higher regard than the teachers. Programmers are held in higher regard because t
by dba7dba 8y ago
It is a very curious thing that administrators in school districts are held in higher regard than the teachers.
Programmers are held in higher regard because they do the actual work, if you know what I mean. Everyone else is in a support role.
And yet in school administrators are paid higher and have it easier, because they don't have to deal with parents directly.
- jogjayr 8y ago> Programmers are held in higher regard because they do the actual work, if you know what I mean. I've found that to be the case in very few of the organizations I've worked at.
- Aeolun 8y agoProgrammers are just the grunts there to give the business users satisfaction.
- ams6110 8y agoAdministrators do have to deal with parents, and with the press, and with the police, etc. I'm not saying their job is more important than teaching, but they will be the ones facing the public when anything bad or embarrassing happens at the school.
- dba7dba 8y agoAs someone noted above, the ratio of administrators (especially in district offices) and the actual teachers teaching kids has narrowed recently. I remember reading an article of Michelle Rhee when she was head of Washington DC School district. At beginning of her term, she got lost in the district HQ and walked into a room where a lady was sitting in front of a computer. Rhee asked what her job was, and she couldn't answer. And soon enough, a purge of the HQ district office was implemented. You can agree with her or not, but no doubt there is a lot of unnecessary people on payroll in places like school district HQ.