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Re: Master's plus 30 and Ph.D
Posted by Srta.B on 6/27/08
I'm in Missour, too. I was going to say that I agree with Marie.
Alot of people in my district do Masters + 45 / Ed. Spec. We
prefer to hire fresh out of college, too..they're cheaper and
they can be groomed. sad, but true.
On 6/26/08, AL wrote:
> 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?
>
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> 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!
>>
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>> 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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