Comments on: Treating Teachers as Professionals http://ivyrun.com/wordpress/2008/05/29/treating-teachers-as-professionals/ thinking about education Sat, 05 May 2012 15:23:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Karen http://ivyrun.com/wordpress/2008/05/29/treating-teachers-as-professionals/comment-page-1/#comment-309 Karen Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:08:17 +0000 http://ivyrun.com/wordpress/?p=207#comment-309 I agree, Bea, that we need to focus our attention on all teachers. The system must in place to support those emergency teachers and bring them up to speed. I agree, Bea, that we need to focus our attention on all teachers. The system must in place to support those emergency teachers and bring them up to speed.

]]> By: Beacantor http://ivyrun.com/wordpress/2008/05/29/treating-teachers-as-professionals/comment-page-1/#comment-216 Beacantor Fri, 30 May 2008 01:05:07 +0000 http://ivyrun.com/wordpress/?p=207#comment-216 Karen, What a great post! I agree wholeheartedly that there needs to be a shift, not just within the education community, but in society at large. I have my own share of stories to tell of dinner parties where business people look at me with pity and say things like, "Well, I can explain that to you later." At the risk of making some mad, I have to say there has to be a change within education so that ALL teachers can be treated as professionals. There are teachers who take the time to plan lessons and constantly improve and learn. There are also teachers who have been hired at the last minute, when there isn't anyone else willing to take the job, who pop a tape in the VCR and call that a lesson. A single teacher in this second category taints us all and keeps many from seeing us as professionals. When teaching is seen as more than a last resort for unemployable people and all teachers are truly qualified, we will achieve change. Karen,

What a great post!

I agree wholeheartedly that there needs to be a shift, not just within the education community, but in society at large. I have my own share of stories to tell of dinner parties where business people look at me with pity and say things like, “Well, I can explain that to you later.”

At the risk of making some mad, I have to say there has to be a change within education so that ALL teachers can be treated as professionals. There are teachers who take the time to plan lessons and constantly improve and learn. There are also teachers who have been hired at the last minute, when there isn’t anyone else willing to take the job, who pop a tape in the VCR and call that a lesson. A single teacher in this second category taints us all and keeps many from seeing us as professionals.

When teaching is seen as more than a last resort for unemployable people and all teachers are truly qualified, we will achieve change.

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