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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?
    >
    >
    >
    > 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
    >>>
    >>>

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    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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