Teachers get paid a decent amount. Some districts want to pay all teachers more, while some cannot afford this, others can. Teachers get increases in salaries based on credentials earned, tenure status, and years worked. This cannot determine what makes a good teacher. Teachers should be paid only on how well they teach. Two major teacher organizations agree that merit pay for teachers would be a good idea, although they do have their own stipulations.
Where my children go to school, there are many great teachers. There are also some teachers that do not inspire my children to learn. Teaching, in my eyes, is an art. Some are cut out for it while others are not. Small towns usually do not offer many incentives to potential teachers. Therefore, it is especially important for the teachers who do well here to be compensated accordingly. There are many attractive things that can make them locate to bigger cities for higher paying non-teaching careers. Merit pay would help keep the great teachers here and keep great teachers at every school. Most other careers base their pay on performance. Why shouldn’t the teaching career? Education is the most important part of a child’s future. The great teachers should be rewarded!
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