tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post3576010850432245934..comments2023-10-23T09:23:22.051-04:00Comments on Your Schools: Study: Teacher prep weak but improvingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-86649079480919374422014-06-24T16:30:47.814-04:002014-06-24T16:30:47.814-04:00Speaking of licensing, when did NC stop recognizin...Speaking of licensing, when did NC stop recognizing licensure from other states? As a teacher actually looking to move BACK to NC, I was just told by NCDPI that just because I was licensed in a subject in TN, I wouldn't automatically be licensed by NC. MOST STATES do have a direct exchange. As a professional educator, I find it absurd that NC hires so many completely unlicensed TFA folks w/ no intent to stay in Education, but a professional w/ 10+ years of experience might have to take another $180 praxis test? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-70407161161492634482014-06-22T23:06:14.092-04:002014-06-22T23:06:14.092-04:00Would segregation of the studens cause a better ou...Would segregation of the studens cause a better outcome.<br /><br />Are things any better after LBJ.<br /><br />Where has the trillions gone to not produce any better results.<br /><br />No more excuses or blame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-82395524526768766552014-06-22T20:54:45.563-04:002014-06-22T20:54:45.563-04:00I hold a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts...I hold a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Massachusetts being the latest holy grail in K-12 public education. This July, all prospective NC teachers will be required to pass the MTEL (Massachusetts Teacher Education Licensure) test in place of the Praxis 2 - keeping in mind that MA has one of the highest teacher salaries in the U.S. compared to NC which ranks at the bottom. Massachusetts also has one of the highest percentages of residents with college degrees. <br /><br />I also hold a B.A. in Elementary Education from Belmont Abbey College. "Not having provided the requested information" is not an acceptable excuse for a program that I believe aims and succeeds in preparing teachers to successfully lead today's classrooms. An education department that isn't willing or able to operate in a transparent way looses credibility. <br /><br />My son is a rising senior at Elon University. Kudos to this school for it's teacher training program that appears to be leading the way.<br /><br />Alicia <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-24984207554929661012014-06-21T10:36:56.355-04:002014-06-21T10:36:56.355-04:00Why don't they fix the Medicaid issue and stop...Why don't they fix the Medicaid issue and stop bashing teachers. I voted for half those clowns and was shocked by last summers legislation (as it pertained to education). Why the hell is our Medicaid bill so high? Give teachers their old salaries back and stop giving our tax dollars to people sitting at home doing nothing. My children go to good schools. They will not be good schools if the teachers keep leaving. They are voting with their feet. My sons principal is concerned with the teachers that Will get jobs over summer. How can they plan. This whole picking the best nonsense is crap. Some schools are just trying to put someone in the classroom. Who can blame teachers. Seven years of limbo and then they start getting attacked by their state representative's. As if they where the enemy. We in the middle class do not get vouchers. We pay lots of money on mortgages and taxes. This is so we can live in nice neighborhoods with good schools. I did not send the Republicans to Raleigh to destroy my children's school. The vouchers and charters are not for my family. I like my children's school. Enough!!!! Figure it out!!! Every state in the United States of American has a pay plan for teachers. Most of them have great healthcare benefits. Teachers in my children's school are not going to wait for anymore studies or panels. Bev Purdue and Gorman burned that bridge. Figure it out!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-13607482454843327992014-06-21T09:04:38.129-04:002014-06-21T09:04:38.129-04:00"Best and Brightest"
CMeS spends tens o..."Best and Brightest"<br /><br />CMeS spends tens of thousands going to other states begging teachers to come here. The "best and brightest" dont want to teach in CMeS and are leaving in droves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-28665482279757628212014-06-20T17:22:23.355-04:002014-06-20T17:22:23.355-04:00gwalerruns, Medicaid. NC has the second highest M...gwalerruns, Medicaid. NC has the second highest Medicaid burden per taxpayer in the country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-68768624588351580862014-06-20T15:34:20.124-04:002014-06-20T15:34:20.124-04:00China will not overcome the United States. I said ...China will not overcome the United States. I said it in the 80's about Japan and I will say it now about China. Freedom will always win out. I am more concerned about the break down of the American family then I am about China. NC give your teachers a living wage and you will be able to attract and keep more teachers. Good weather and a strong economy is a plus but everybody has to pay bills.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-51525612262595574542014-06-20T15:25:35.798-04:002014-06-20T15:25:35.798-04:00I have seen very bright people run out of classroo...I have seen very bright people run out of classroom's crying. I have seen successful business people looking for a change, go to their car to get something and never come back. Teaching truly is a blend of content knowledge and a person's ability to convey it to others. Look at the TFA study. They are a mix off good, ok and bad. When you look at Norway, Sweden or other European countries, you need to remember one thing. The overall importance their society puts on education. Parents, business leaders, politicians are all in. Asian countries do not require the best and brightest to become teachers. I have had many friends whom taught in China and Korea. Teachers are respected but the responsibility for learning is put on the child. 12:39,I believe your on to something. Many older Americans I talk with praise the one school room house. A teacher and students.. I think to many hands are in the education pot. It needs to go back to being about the students and teachers. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-43299983534751457942014-06-20T15:14:38.426-04:002014-06-20T15:14:38.426-04:00Just a reminder to everyone. NC is 48th in teache...Just a reminder to everyone. NC is 48th in teacher pay, 50th in per pupil expenditures while being nowhere near those numbers in tax load. Where is the money going? gwalkerrunshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00108724950538215989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-13655708607053442642014-06-20T15:12:48.268-04:002014-06-20T15:12:48.268-04:00I don't think there is a clear understanding o...I don't think there is a clear understanding of what a teaching "certificate" is. I have an undergraduate degree in History. I went back to school and have earned a Graduate Certification in Elementary Education- a course of study that normally takes graduate students about two years. I only need to complete four more courses to earn my masters degree. A certificate is not substandard to those earning four year undergraduate degrees in any way. In fact, I think that if I were an administrator, I would prefer a new teacher candidate with an undergraduate degree and another two years of schooling in pedagogy over 22 year olds fresh out of their teaching programs. Lisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-27640613221109845572014-06-20T14:32:30.841-04:002014-06-20T14:32:30.841-04:00BINGO TO anon 12:39!
You hit the nail on the head...BINGO TO anon 12:39!<br /><br />You hit the nail on the head with this statement!<br /><br />"They refuse to acknowledge the urban culture with its lack upbringing have created this generation of children unable to function in a civilized society."<br /><br />I agree, the culture surrounding so called "failing schools" is the root of the problem, not the school!<br /><br />I attended CMS schools back in the 80's, all the way to through my Jr. year. Even then I could see the difference in the culture in school and between other schools. Poor black kids were not engaged in school and from the looks of it now, they still aren't. We can all tap dance around it on this blog, but it is what it is. <br /><br />like Shamash has pointed out on many occasions, poverty is not really the issue, it's the culture! <br /><br />blaming the schools and teachers has to stop before we can start to make a positive change! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-42635066556359599692014-06-20T13:37:33.526-04:002014-06-20T13:37:33.526-04:00While other countries demand only the best and bri...While other countries demand only the best and brightest go into teaching (and most likely demand a masters or even a PhD) we are contemplating a "certificate" in teaching or basically a 2 year degree. Horrible for our country. <br /><br />Just as in nursing, most two year programs are going away and most well respected hospitals only hire those with a bachelors in nursing. Why? Because of the type of brain a person must have in order to spend 4 years in college, the molding that occurs, the advances in technology and medicine that can't be taught in 2 years. Same must be imposed on teachers. But if you pay them well, you will bring in the best, brightest and well rounded person, who knows that the more time spent in college the more you will learn and master the art of teaching the next generation. Bye are the days of learning and teaching the 3 R's, but the next generation will need to learn mind blowing information to bring this country forward. How is a teacher going to master this art in 2 years? <br /><br />It is because of a teacher shortage, because of the pay. That is why a two year degree in nursing came about, (away from the 3 year) because nurses did not make enough, no one was going into nursing and there was a huge shortage. Now nurses make good money, it is more difficult to get into nursing school, the shortage is going away and hospitals are demanding 4 year degrees. Because pay went up, more people went into the profession, only the best and brightest get into the school. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-56108959479562633042014-06-20T12:39:58.627-04:002014-06-20T12:39:58.627-04:00NC is sort of in a unique place where the educrats...NC is sort of in a unique place where the educrats, community organizers, the mass media, et. al. have convinced the everyone that the teachers are the root of the problem. They refuse to acknowledge the urban culture with its lack upbringing have created this generation of children unable to function in a civilized society. <br /><br />I say NC is in a unigque position because educrats, judges and the legislature have been throwing money at the problem hoping to solve unlike most other states. 70% of what is thrown at these children just goes down the drain like an evening thunderstorm. SO worse off, these parties then believe the teachers are the root of the problem but a few in the legislature are onto that we locals have lost ocntrol of our schools due to the federal government. And so where we as a society haev lsot if that we are not putting our resources into the children who have the best cahnce of saving our society and our way of life. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-85987953398111115542014-06-20T12:24:50.764-04:002014-06-20T12:24:50.764-04:009:57, you are right. UNC-Asheville had a superb e...9:57, you are right. UNC-Asheville had a superb elem education program but it worked on a little different model. They have lost some very talented folks due to these pressures.Take back our schoolsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-5029248907153549662014-06-20T11:21:34.683-04:002014-06-20T11:21:34.683-04:00There are two things that really bother me about t...There are two things that really bother me about the U.S. compared to other advanced countries: the lack of respect for education and the non-selective process of people who go to college to get an education degree. Only the best and brightest should go into education and the colleges should demand it....but wait, why would someone go into teaching if they have brains to go work for Google as a programmer? PAY! This country better step up. As soon as you give teachers a great pay, only take the best in the college programs, maybe the respect for education will follow. <br /><br />It just reminds me of my last time going into Walmart. In the front row of the kids clothing section was a T-Shirt that said "School Sucks!", only in America would someone buy a T-shirt that says that. I will never step inside Walmart ever again due to that statement right there, made me nauseated the impact that one T-Shirt had. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-24984765856500687252014-06-20T11:13:22.090-04:002014-06-20T11:13:22.090-04:00This study is awful. It's a joke. TFA, some ar...This study is awful. It's a joke. TFA, some are good, some are bad. Nobody goes into teaching for the money. NC needs to increase its pay. It's too low and embarrassing. Teachers have bills and student loans. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-15321907922528649312014-06-20T11:08:42.824-04:002014-06-20T11:08:42.824-04:00Followers, sorry predictive textFollowers, sorry predictive textAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-32838556655845085682014-06-20T10:41:33.834-04:002014-06-20T10:41:33.834-04:00Belmont Abbey College has an excellent Education D...Belmont Abbey College has an excellent Education Department. The department has the reputation of graduating excellent teachers who are highly sought after teaching professionals. Because of the faith and reason approach to learning, they also tend to be extraordinary people who are dedicated and committed to sacrificing for their students. God bless!Bill Thierfeldernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-10833394784700011122014-06-20T10:36:17.383-04:002014-06-20T10:36:17.383-04:00"China will never be above us. Those people a..."China will never be above us. Those people aren't meant to lead. Followers by nature. They are forever steeling our technology and ideas. "<br /><br />Yeah, just keep thinking that.<br /><br />Nothing to see there, just move along...<br /><br /><br />Shamashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06886687970259841873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-38192793785590229352014-06-20T10:02:25.931-04:002014-06-20T10:02:25.931-04:00According to the study TFA is a bust..According to the study TFA is a bust..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-53838284623340039172014-06-20T09:57:13.155-04:002014-06-20T09:57:13.155-04:00Another garbage "study" from a corparate...Another garbage "study" from a corparate-based oraganization seeking to profit off thebacks of taxpayers. This study didn't include any visits to these colleges; they were only looking for things that benefit them such as CC-based curriculum or use of their computer software. It's like rating a restaurant by only looking at the menu. These edu-philanthropists have taken over K-12 education and now they are looking to take over our university systems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-15525306952187816912014-06-20T09:40:44.961-04:002014-06-20T09:40:44.961-04:00I don't think NC can be picky!! This state is ...I don't think NC can be picky!! This state is loosing teachers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-56021905740430121122014-06-20T09:38:17.462-04:002014-06-20T09:38:17.462-04:00China will never be above us. Those people aren...China will never be above us. Those people aren't meant to lead. Followers by nature. They are forever steeling our technology and ideas. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-33005892946249535792014-06-20T09:18:45.448-04:002014-06-20T09:18:45.448-04:00If CMS and other counties will hire TFAs and other...If CMS and other counties will hire TFAs and others with no training then why is this an issue? It used to be lateral entry was a rarity now it is the norm. Either have standards or don't, make up your mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-1917554789543507522014-06-20T08:54:35.191-04:002014-06-20T08:54:35.191-04:00Who the hell would want to teach... I find it funn...Who the hell would want to teach... I find it funny TFA was unsuccessful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com