The 'EduDiva', another concerned Missourian, did a little research and found that only 69 teachers in the state of Missouri have PhD's. We speak of quality education and that our children should have it...well how will they get it if we do not provide them with quality teachers who truly care and want to be there~in the classroom~for our childrne? We are not paying enough for the kind of people we actually WANT in the classroom developing young minds.
Teachers go to school hoping to be able to someday be that one person who inspires and makes a difference in young minds. When you listen to the teahers who left after a few years, you hear a sad story of disillusionment. Once they walk into the public education system, they are told to 'teach to the middle' or 'you can't save them all'. I personally have heard heartbreaking stories about teachers who finally walked away because they entered public education to teach and all they could accomplish was filling out forms!
Ultimately, by the time many teachers are truly ready and capable of teahing, they are burned out, disillusioned and they walk away. They enter the business world~where supply serves demand. A world that provides appropriate, or at least enough, incentive for the task demanded. They finally get paid their worth. Wouldn't it make sense to hold on to these people and PAY them what they're worth, instead of spending the next five years training another young teacher to be ready...? We already have many needed resources in our system~it's a shame we don't see fit to pay them a worthy income...AND KEEP THEM.
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