And yet, the teachers that taught me while I was a child (In BC) spent anywhere between 2 and 30 years on the job.
What has changed? Why is teaching in America such a terrible job?
What has changed? Why is teaching in America such a terrible job?
Three months off a year, government level medical benefits, and lucrative pensions after only 25 years (sometimes only 20). Not to mention tenure.
Schools are paying enough to not have any lack of candidates for open positions. Their real problem is to equate “teaching certificates’ and credentials with teaching ability.
Great!
> Three months off a year.
This is like saying that ski instructors get nine months off a year. It's not paid leave.