SUBSCRIBE chat center Gazette|Chatboards|Lessons|Projects|Classifieds|Mailrings|Jobs|Harry Wong|Live!|Advertise SUBMIT POST ALL POSTS TOP POSTS Share | Print | Report Post NBPTS/National Boards Chatboard Teachers Search Jobs Upload Resume Employers Post A Job Search Resumes Career Forums Continuing Ed. Job Seekers Recruiters NBPTS/Natl Boards Tutors Classified Ads Tutors Wanted Tutors Available Continuing Ed. Distance Teaching Search Teachers.Net Advanced Quick Links: Set Re: Master's plus 30 and Ph.D Posted by Marie on 6/26/08 I live in Missouri and it does matter here. What most people do is get their teaching position and then get their Masters degree, Masters +30, or PhD. Once you are hired they can't do anything about it. That's what I did. Our district highly encourages principals to hire teachers that do not have advanced degrees because of the high salary. They will let them hire teachers with advanced degrees that have significant experience and great references though. They just don't want to hire a teacher with no experience and high degrees, because an advanced degree doesn't necessarily make you a good teacher. A lot of teaching is experience. Now, that doesn't matter for high school positions as much, especially the sciences and math teachers. They will take you no matter what! On 6/26/08, AL wrote: > I'm about at the end of Master's program. I wanted to get > a Ph.D or Master's plus 30 but I've been kind of afraid > because I heard horror stories about people who get those > degrees sometimes have trouble getting jobs because: > > 1. It's more expensive to hire them; it's cheaper to hire > someone with just a Master's that can do the same job more > than sufficiently. > > 2. A lot of job opportunities that come with getting a > Ph.D can also come with just a Master's, except being a > college professor (but then again, it seems like 80% of > the professors that I had, all had Master's degrees > > I've heard a whole host of things like this. So, I'm just > wondering before I decide. I mean hey, if getting a > Master's plus 30 or Ph.D = more trouble than it's worth, > then I'll just keep just a Master's. But I just was > thinking about getting one just to have one, and I could > be the first in my family to have a Ph.D or so. > > Thanks, > Al > > RESPOND TO THIS POST START A NEW THREAD RETURN TO CHATBOARD Posts on this thread, including this one Master's plus 30 and Ph.D, 6/26/08, by AL. Re: Master's plus 30 and Ph.D, 6/26/08, by KH. Re: Master's plus 30 and Ph.D, 6/26/08, by jade. Re: Master's plus 30 and Ph.D, 6/26/08, by Marie. Re: Master's plus 30 and Ph.D, 6/26/08, by AL. Re: Master's plus 30 and Ph.D, 6/27/08, by Srta.B. Re: Master's plus 30 and Ph.D, 7/09/08, by Karen Perkins.

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