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Re: Master's plus 30 and Ph.D
Posted by AL on 6/26/08
That's interesting. I live in Missouri too. And those are the
things that I saw people doing That's one of the reasons that
I was wondering this, because I hear those people say these
things. Thus, I wonder how common this is in other states?
On 6/26/08, Marie wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
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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