Comments on: TMAO’s ledge http://TeachEffectively.com/2007/12/29/tmaos-ledge/ Evidence-based teaching methods for helping students who are at risk for school failure or who have disabilities. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:40:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: JohnL http://TeachEffectively.com/2007/12/29/tmaos-ledge/#comment-61412 JohnL Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:57:54 +0000 http://TeachEffectively.com/2007/12/29/tmaos-ledge/#comment-61412 Dear Teaching... It'd be fun to discuss some options for merit pay. Another alternative: Pay teachers better, but tie management's (i.e., principals') pay to outcomes. What do you think of that idea? Dear Teaching…

It’d be fun to discuss some options for merit pay.

Another alternative: Pay teachers better, but tie management’s (i.e., principals’) pay to outcomes. What do you think of that idea?

]]> By: TMAO http://TeachEffectively.com/2007/12/29/tmaos-ledge/#comment-60269 TMAO Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:32:07 +0000 http://TeachEffectively.com/2007/12/29/tmaos-ledge/#comment-60269 Miss Profe, Why must a merit-pay system "pit teachers against each other?" Why necessarily? Are there no other options? Are we not capable of doing this and making it work? Miss Profe,

Why must a merit-pay system “pit teachers against each other?” Why necessarily? Are there no other options? Are we not capable of doing this and making it work?

]]> By: Miss Profe http://TeachEffectively.com/2007/12/29/tmaos-ledge/#comment-58659 Miss Profe Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:18:12 +0000 http://TeachEffectively.com/2007/12/29/tmaos-ledge/#comment-58659 I did not read the PDF, but I did visit the ledge post. What continually escapes me is why do we need merit pay to validate the work teachers do? Yes, we work hard, but so do doctors, firefighters, police officers, social workers, and so on. Creating a system which pits teachers one against the other in order to determine who is doing the better job is not the answer. Thank you for posting and for linking. I did not read the PDF, but I did visit the ledge post. What continually escapes me is why do we need merit pay to validate the work teachers do? Yes, we work hard, but so do doctors, firefighters, police officers, social workers, and so on. Creating a system which pits teachers one against the other in order to determine who is doing the better job is not the answer.

Thank you for posting and for linking.

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