tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550222691875074441.post5279222778177099189..comments2024-01-30T05:25:56.085-07:00Comments on A Teacher's View: Teacher Pay and Master's Degreesmmazenkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06602797515366983639noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550222691875074441.post-45565032845785596942010-11-21T08:08:29.424-07:002010-11-21T08:08:29.424-07:00It's a shame you had to waste your time - thou...It's a shame you had to waste your time - though at least you have a Bachelor's in English. Too many high school teachers have a Bachelor's in Secondary Ed - with a focus on content ... and then they get a teaching Master's as well. These teachers have so little content knowledge it's almost negligible.mmazenkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06602797515366983639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550222691875074441.post-90402297316504880772010-11-21T07:42:37.941-07:002010-11-21T07:42:37.941-07:00I have to agree with you on this one. As a teacher...I have to agree with you on this one. As a teacher in New York (the state, not the city), it is required to have a Master's Degree. I received mine in Secondary Education as I was not previously certified. (My Bachelor's is in English).<br /><br />What a joke that program was! Not only did it not require a thesis, but some classes were "taught" (and by taught I mean we watched and discussed "The Breakfast Club" for almost the whole semester-in a Curriculum and Development class, mind you!) by professors who had admittedly never even stepped foot in a high school classroom.<br /><br />I learned more from my 10+ years experience as a substitute teacher than I did in this Master's program. It would have been a better experience had we taken courses that were content specific, that taught us the best approaches to teaching our subject areas.Kristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08874501350593997881noreply@blogger.com