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ED 098 192 TITLE INSTITUTION PUB DATE NOTE AVAILABLE FROM EDRS PRICE DESCRIPTORS DOCUMENT RESUME SP 008 551 Teaching as a Career. American Federation of Teachers, Washington, D.C. 73 25p. American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, 1012 14th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005 (Item No. 38, Free to teachers and students) MF-$0.75 HC-$1.85 PLUS POSTAGE *Career Choice; Career Education; Career Planning; *Careers; High School Students; *Teacher Education; *Teaching ABSTRACT This document is a booklet designed primarily for high school students by the American Federation of Teachers on teaching as a career. The booklet discusses the following topics: the history of teaching as a profession; the state of schools in the United states; advantages and disadvantages to teaching; teachers in revolt (collective bargaining and teacher's role in social change); high school student's preparation for becoming a teacher; preparation for teaching as preparation for allied careers, certification; and salary averages. There is a 32-item bibliography of books for further reading. (JA)

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ED 098 192

TITLEINSTITUTIONPUB DATENOTEAVAILABLE FROM

EDRS PRICEDESCRIPTORS

DOCUMENT RESUME

SP 008 551

Teaching as a Career.American Federation of Teachers, Washington, D.C.7325p.American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, 1012 14thStreet, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005 (Item No. 38,Free to teachers and students)

MF-$0.75 HC-$1.85 PLUS POSTAGE*Career Choice; Career Education; Career Planning;*Careers; High School Students; *Teacher Education;*Teaching

ABSTRACTThis document is a booklet designed primarily for

high school students by the American Federation of Teachers onteaching as a career. The booklet discusses the following topics: thehistory of teaching as a profession; the state of schools in theUnited states; advantages and disadvantages to teaching; teachers inrevolt (collective bargaining and teacher's role in social change);high school student's preparation for becoming a teacher; preparationfor teaching as preparation for allied careers, certification; andsalary averages. There is a 32-item bibliography of books for furtherreading. (JA)

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voca

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gen

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fter

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ublic

sch

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nite

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ates

met

with

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omm

any

auth

oriti

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hat f

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choo

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ere

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han

dful

of

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ate

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itutio

ns f

or th

ech

ildre

n of

the

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a s

prin

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r sc

hool

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will

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sel

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spec

ting

par-

ents

wou

ld s

end

the.

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con

cept

of

free

pub

lic e

duca

tion

for

the

mas

ses

was

con

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dere

d a

"dan

gero

us"

idea

.

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ing

the

pres

iden

tial t

erm

of

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rew

Jac

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e fi

rst c

reak

ings

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chan

ge b

egan

to b

ehe

ard.

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pol

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arm

of

the

earl

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ade

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nm

ovem

ent,

the

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arty

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led

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pub

lic s

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ore

than

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ry a

go, t

he f

irst

publ

ic s

choo

ls in

the

Uni

ted

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esta

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hed

in P

hila

delp

hia

at th

e in

sist

ence

of

grou

psof

wor

king

peo

ple

seek

ing

a be

tter

life

for

thei

rch

ildre

n. M

eanw

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, men

suc

h as

Jam

es G

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arte

r an

d !f

ora

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n w

orke

d in

thei

r ho

me

stat

e of

Mas

sach

uset

ts to

est

ablis

h ta

x-su

ppor

ted

scho

ols.

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t sta

te's

pio

neer

legi

slat

ion

beca

me

a pe

tern

, eve

ntua

lly, f

or th

e re

st o

f th

e co

untr

y.

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pub

lic ta

x-su

ppor

ted

scho

ol s

yste

ms

wer

ea

radi

cal i

dea

whe

n fi

rst p

ropo

sed.

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n to

day,

som

e A

mer

ican

s do

not

und

erst

and

that

pub

licsu

ppor

t of

educ

atio

n fo

r ev

eryo

ne is

nec

essa

ry to

our

natio

n's

gene

ral w

elfa

re. T

his

show

s m

ost

grap

hica

lly w

hen

requ

ests

by

loca

l sch

ool d

is-

tric

ts f

or ta

x in

crea

ser

for

educ

atio

n ar

e vo

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dow

n. M

any

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eric

ans

do n

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et a

ppre

ciat

eed

ucat

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as a

n es

sent

ial i

ngre

dien

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good

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as m

uch

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w h

omes

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Eue

cAri

oN in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es to

day

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asi-

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the

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indi

vidu

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tate

s.E

ach

loca

l com

mun

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r sc

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dis

tric

t con

trol

sits

ow

n ed

ucat

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l sys

tem

with

in th

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ws

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ate.

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ause

of

thes

e w

ide

diff

eren

ces

amon

gth

e 50

sta

tes,

suc

h th

ings

as

com

puls

ory

scho

olle

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g ag

e, th

e am

ount

of

mon

ey th

e st

ate

con-

trib

utes

to e

ach

child

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duca

tion,

and

the

oppo

r-tu

nitie

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r st

ate-

supp

orte

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ucat

ion

beyo

ndth

e hi

gh s

choo

l, va

ry w

idel

y fr

om s

tate

to s

tate

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ate

educ

atio

nal r

equi

rem

ents

for

teac

her

cer-

tific

atio

n al

so s

how

wid

e va

rian

ce. I

n so

me

area

s,fo

r ex

ampl

e, te

ache

rs a

re h

ired

eve

n th

ough

they

have

onl

y tw

o ye

ars

or le

ss o

f co

llege

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rar

eas,

ach

ieve

men

t of

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aste

r's d

egre

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empl

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ent r

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rem

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ause

of

the

lack

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l edu

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p-po

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ren

in m

any

plac

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ed-

eral

gov

ernm

ent i

s ta

king

an

incr

easi

ng in

tere

stin

edu

catio

n. C

ongr

ess

has

appr

opri

ated

mill

ions

of d

olla

rs in

rec

ent y

ears

to h

elp

loca

l sch

ool

dist

rict

s im

prov

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achi

ng f

acili

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rt, a

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rai

se th

ele

vel o

f ed

ucat

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l opp

ortu

nity

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bee

n ap

pro-

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ted.

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rol

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the

fede

ral g

over

nmen

t in

educ

atio

n w

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roba

bly

be s

tren

gthe

ned

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ssst

ates

and

loca

l sch

ool d

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act

them

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rect

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catio

nal d

efic

ienc

ies.

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sch

ool d

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in th

e U

nite

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ates

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the

natio

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univ

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toge

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145,

000

teac

hers

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ther

211

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pri-

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sch

ools

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blic

sch

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ater

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atio

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the

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cate

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e ita

lity

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the

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pro

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ple

plan

ning

141

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teac

hers

toda

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at th

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com

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lone

the

atki

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ged

impo

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ce o

f be

tter

(duc

at m

to th

es.

elf

are

of th

e ;w

him

and

its

indi

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l col

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rity

in e

mpl

oym

ent.

or te

ache

r te

nure

. is

prov

ided

by

law

in f

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tate

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nd in

eig

ht o

ther

stat

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erta

in d

istr

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, hav

e te

nure

law

s. I

n m

ost

caw

s. th

es\ l

aws

pro:

ide

that

. aft

er tw

o or

thre

eY

ears

em

plcv

men

t, a

teac

her

cann

ot h

e di

s-ch

arge

d w

ithou

t goo

d ca

use.

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stat

es n

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as-

ing

such

law

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sch

ool d

istr

icts

hav

e ad

opte

dsi

mila

r te

nure

pla

ns o

f th

eir

own.

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h la

ws

dono

t pro

tect

the

had

teac

her.

as

criti

cs o

ften

char

ge. T

eich

ers

who

are

inco

mpe

tent

can

be

dism

isse

d. T

enur

e la

ws

sim

ply

prov

ide

that

whe

n a

teac

her

is f

ired

, the

trad

ition

al d

emo-

crat

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etho

ds o

f a

fair

hea

ring

and

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righ

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app

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high

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utho

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ted.

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e pa

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each

ers

mer

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fire

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pet

ty g

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use

they

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ame

invo

lved

in p

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cs, o

r. in

the

ease

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wom

ente

ache

rs. b

ecam

e th

ey tr

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val

ue o

fte

nure

law

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ustia

ted

by a

n ex

ampl

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om I

llino

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here

, as

rece

ntly

as

1966

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teac

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issa

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ve o

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activ

e on

e. T

he o

ppor

tuni

ties

to c

ontin

ue to

lear

n ar

e ev

er-p

rese

nt. T

each

ers

ofte

n us

e th

eir

sum

mer

vac

atio

n tim

e fo

r fu

rthe

r st

ucly

or

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el.

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cher

sal

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incr

easi

ng in

rec

ent

year

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rim

arily

thro

ugh

effo

rts

mad

e by

org

an-

ized

teac

hers

in th

e A

mer

ican

Fed

erat

ion

of'T

each

ers.

How

ever

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cher

sal

arie

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ill la

gbe

hind

thos

e of

any

oth

er p

rofe

ssio

n re

quir

ing

com

para

ble

trai

ning

and

exp

erie

nce,

with

he

ex-

cept

ion

of th

e m

inis

try.

Rem

uner

atio

n an

d O

ppor

tuni

ties

for

adva

nce

men

t in

teac

hing

are

gen

eral

ly e

qual

for

men

and

wom

en. S

uch

econ

omic

ben

efits

as

paid

sic

kle

ave,

hosp

italiz

atio

nin

sura

nce.

and

pen

sion

plan

s ha

ve b

een

grow

ing

in im

port

ance

and

scop

e as

teac

hers

hav

e de

man

ded

thei

r ex

pan-

sion

. The

Am

eric

an F

eder

atio

n of

Tea

cher

s ha

sbe

en v

ery

succ

essf

ul in

sec

urin

g su

ch b

enef

itsfo

r th

e te

ache

rs it

rep

rese

nts.

SOM

E O

F T

HE

dis

adva

ntag

es in

teac

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are

the

resu

lt of

bei

ng e

mpl

oyed

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east

in c

ur la

rger

citie

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hat a

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any

deci

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duca

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are

ma

at a

dmin

istr

ativ

e le

vels

far

rem

oved

from

the

clas

sroo

m te

ache

r. a

nd te

ache

rs o

ften

feel

suc

h de

cisi

ons

arc

not t

he h

est f

or th

eir

in-

divi

dual

teac

hing

situ

atio

ns.

Ano

ther

sou

rce

of p

robl

ems

in te

achi

ng is

the

fact

that

teac

hers

are

pub

lic e

mpl

oyee

s, r

espo

n-si

ble

not o

n:y

to th

eir

supe

rior

s, b

ut to

the

cm-

mun

ity a

s a

who

le. C

mtu

nim

ities

dif

fer

in w

hat

they

exp

ect o

f te

ache

rs a

nd in

the

impo

rtan

ceth

ey a

ttach

to th

e te

ache

r's w

ork.

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y sc

hool

boar

ds o

ften

sim

ply

refl

ect

the

cons

erva

tive

natu

re o

f th

eir

com

mun

ities

, pre

ferr

ing

to ta

kea

-don

't-ro

ek-t

he -

boar

atti

tude

rat

her

than

toex

ert e

duca

tiona

l lea

ders

hip.

In s

ome

scho

ol d

istr

icts

, ent

erin

g te

ache

rs a

reun

able

to c

hoos

e th

e gr

ade

leve

l or

subj

ect t

hey

wis

h to

teac

h. h

ot a

re p

lace

d w

here

the

dist

rict

feel

s th

e ne

ed is

gre

ates

t. N

ew te

ache

rs c

anno

t he

assu

red

of te

achi

ng in

a s

choo

l nea

r th

eir

hom

es,

and

may

be

give

n ov

ercr

owde

d cl

asse

s in

sch

ools

whe

re s

uppl

ies,

fac

ilitie

s, a

nd s

ervi

ces

are

!tot

adeq

uate

lot t

he p

upils

' nee

ds.

In th

e m

any

scho

ol d

istr

icts

whi

ch d

o no

t hav

ead

equa

te te

nure

pro

visi

ons,

teac

hers

may

be

dis-

char

ged

or d

isci

plin

ed in

an

arbi

trar

y w

ay f

or11

1M a

rran

ied

reas

ons.

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n us

ually

hav

ere

.co

urse

oth

er th

an to

acc

ept s

ot h

act

ions

or

mov

eto

ano

ther

sch

ool d

istr

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er d

isad

vant

ages

may

be

infe

rred

fro

m th

eac

coun

t of

impr

ovem

ents

list

ed in

the

prev

ious

sect

ion.

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par

t of

teac

hing

mos

t tea

cher

sst

rong

ly d

islik

e is

the

man

y no

n-te

achi

ng d

imes

they

are

oft

en e

xpec

ted

to p

erfo

rm. S

uch

dutie

sas

Itin

chnu

nn s

uper

visi

on, b

all g

uard

, fill

ing

knit

man

y re

port

s, c

olle

ctin

g m

oney

fro

m s

tude

nts,

and

so o

n, s

houl

d no

t 1m

. par

t of

a te

ache

r's jo

b.In

som

e di

stri

ct' s

choo

l sec

reta

ries

and

teac

hers

'ai

des

do th

is w

ork,

fre

eing

the

teac

her

to d

o th

ejo

b of

teac

hing

. Per

haps

the

mos

t ser

ious

dis

ad-

vant

age

to te

achi

ng, f

or m

any

pers

ons,

lies

in th

esa

lari

es p

aid

teac

hers

. Thi

s is

dis

csse

d in

det

ail

late

r.

Rem

embe

r Ic

habo

d C

rane

? O

r th

e st

ereo

type

dol

d-m

aid

scho

olm

istr

s th

at y

ou s

till s

ee s

ome-

times

in th

e co

mic

str

ips?

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the

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terh

rain

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iss

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oks?

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bla

nd M

r. N

ovak

?

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ple.

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reat

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ent.

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teac

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in b

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nditi

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ledi

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arga

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a te

ache

r sh

ould

con

sult

the

scho

ol's

gui

d-an

ce c

ouns

elor

and

the

teac

hers

of

the

subj

ect h

eho

pes

to te

ach,

and

sho

uld

beco

me

activ

e in

grou

ps s

uch

as th

e A

F T

's S

tude

nt F

eder

atio

n of

Tea

cher

s. T

he e

arlie

r su

ch c

onsu

ltatio

n is

mad

e,th

e be

tter.

Tea

cher

s to

day

shou

ld h

ave

at le

ast a

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14

bach

elor

's d

egre

e fr

om a

col

lege

or

univ

ersi

ty.

and

in s

onic

fie

lds,

and

in s

ome

stat

es, m

ore

ad-

vanc

ed tr

aini

ng is

nec

essa

ry. C

oexl

hig

h w

lux:

lpr

epar

atio

n is

impo

rtan

t.

Mos

t lar

ge c

olle

ges

and

univ

ersi

ties

offe

rde

gree

s in

edu

catio

n le

adin

g to

teac

her

ertif

i-at

ion.

The

re a

re, a

lso,

col

lege

s w

hich

are

bas

ic-

all t

each

er tr

aini

ng in

stitu

tions

. The

cho

ke o

fw

hich

kin

d to

atte

nd is

up

to y

ou. G

ood

teac

hers

com

e fr

om a

ll ty

pes

of in

stitu

tions

, bile

a s

tude

ntsh

ould

kno

w th

e re

quir

emen

ts a

nd o

fier

ings

Of

seve

ral t

ypes

of

scho

ols

befo

re m

akin

g a

choi

ce.

Man

y ve

tera

n te

ache

rs f

eel t

hat s

ome

teac

her

trai

ning

inst

itutio

ns o

ffer

or

requ

ire

mor

e du

ca-

tion

cour

ses

than

is r

eally

des

irab

le. t

hus

cutti

ngdo

wn

on th

e co

urse

s a

stud

ent c

an ta

ke in

his

maj

or a

nd if

. oth

er f

ield

s.

Tui

tion

and

livin

g co

sts

van.

acc

ordi

ng to

the

colle

ge s

elec

ted.

The

se c

an h

e le

arne

d fr

om th

eco

llege

cat

alog

ue. M

any

scho

lars

hips

and

spe

cial

loan

arr

ange

men

ts a

re a

vaila

ble

to y

oung

peo

ple

who

pla

n to

bec

ome

teac

hers

. You

r co

unse

lor.

the

colle

ge y

ou s

elec

t, or

the

man

y ho

oks

on f

inan

cial

aid

for

colle

ge s

tude

nts

will

be

help

ful.

Som

e sc

hool

dis

tric

ts g

ive

pref

eren

ce to

gra

d'. -

ides

of

collg

e% in

thei

r ow

n ar

eas.

If

you

plan

tote

ach

in a

par

ticul

ar d

istr

ict.

you

mig

ht in

yiir

eab

out t

his

befo

re c

hoos

ing

a m

llege

.

The

leve

l at w

hich

you

wis

h to

teac

h is

,h-s

er.-

ing

of s

ome

adva

nce

vons

ider

ati.m

. as

wel

l as

the

maj

or f

ield

of

stin

k.. F

our

year

s of

acc

redi

ted

stud

.. is

nec

essa

ry f

or a

bac

helo

r's d

egre

e. %

%W

Ige

nera

lly o

ne a

dditi

onal

yea

r ne

cess

anfo

r a

mas

ter's

. Stu

dent

s ge

nera

lly n

eed

at le

at tw

om

ore

year

s to

obt

ain

a do

ctor

ate.

Adv

ance

d de

gree

s ar

e of

ten

obta

ined

b. t

each

-er

s in

sum

mer

. nig

ht. o

r sa

bbat

ical

yea

r st

udy.

Som

e sc

hool

dis

tric

ts r

equi

re a

cer

tain

num

ber

ofgr

adua

te c

ours

es in

a s

tate

d nu

mbe

r of

yea

rs f

orad

vanc

emen

t on

the

sala

ry s

ched

ule.

Acc

ordi

ng to

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es O

ffic

e of

Edu

-ca

tion,

in f

igur

es r

ole

ased

in 1

969,

the

aver

age

educ

atio

nal a

ttain

men

t of

mal

e sc

hool

teac

hers

in th

e U

nite

d St

ates

was

17.

0 ye

ars.

Thi

s ca

n he

com

pare

d to

17.

6 ye

ars

for

med

ical

and

oth

erhe

alth

wor

kers

. So,

alth

ough

thes

e ce

nsus

fig

ures

appl

ied

only

to m

ales

. the

y do

indi

cate

that

the

med

ian

scho

ol y

ears

com

plet

ed f

or te

ache

rs is

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only

a f

ew te

nth.

of

a ye

ar lo

wer

than

that

for

med

ical

per

sont

wl.

PRE

PAR

AT

ION

for

teac

hing

is u

sual

ly a

lso

good

prep

arat

ion

for

allie

d ca

reer

s, b

oth

insi

de v

ario

ussc

hool

sys

tem

s an

d in

oth

er e

nter

pris

es.

Scho

ol li

brar

ians

, sch

ool n

urse

s (

in ,.

.;me

dis-

tric

ts, t

hey

are

calle

d te

ache

r-nu

rses

), c

ouns

elor

s,ps

ycho

logi

sts,

atte

ndan

ce o

ffic

ers,

and

soc

ial

wor

kers

are

gen

eral

ly b

ette

r pr

epar

ed f

or th

eir

spec

ialti

es if

they

hav

e so

me

teac

hing

exp

erie

nce,

and

som

e sc

hool

dis

tric

ts r

equi

re th

at th

ey h

ave

teac

, ing

cer

tific

ates

as

wel

l '4%

oth

er p

rofe

ssio

nal

qual

ific

atio

ns in

thei

r fi

elus

.

Som

e sp

ecia

lties

it: t

each

ing

itsel

f in

clud

ete

1, h

ers

of tr

ades

and

voc

atio

nal s

ubje

cts,

teac

h-er

s of

ret

arde

d or

han

dica

pped

chi

ldre

n, o

fsp

eech

corr

ectio

n, a

nd r

emed

ial r

eadi

ng.

Tw

o ar

eas

of s

peci

al in

tere

st to

day

are

teac

hers

of d

isad

vant

aged

chi

ldre

n an

d te

ache

rs in

ear

lych

ildho

od e

duca

tion

prog

ram

s. T

each

ers

of th

edi

sadv

anta

ged

may

be

effe

ctiv

e te

ache

rs w

ithou

tsp

ecia

l tra

inin

g, b

ut th

e lik

elih

ood

is g

reat

that

thei

r ef

fect

iven

ess

is in

crea

sed

by s

uch

trai

ning

.T

he f

ield

of

earl

y ch

ildho

od e

duca

tion

( pr

e-ki

nder

gart

en),

is a

lso

a ra

pidl

y ex

pand

ing

one,

and

one

for

whi

ch s

peci

al tr

aini

ng is

def

inite

lyre

quir

ed.

Oth

er s

peci

aliz

ed jo

bs ii

, sch

ool s

yste

ms,

usu

-al

ly o

btai

ned

on a

pro

mot

iona

l bas

is b

y te

ache

rsw

ith th

e ne

cess

ary

addi

tiona

l edu

catio

n an

dtr

aini

ng to

fill

them

, are

cur

ricu

lum

spe

cial

ists

and

advi

sors

of

man

y ty

pes,

who

wor

k ou

t cur

-ri

culu

m g

uide

s fo

r te

ache

rs a

nd a

ssis

t the

m in

pres

entin

g ce

rtai

n cl

assr

oom

sub

ject

s; c

omm

u-ni

ty a

nd "

hum

an r

elat

ions

" co

ordi

nato

rs; p

ublic

rela

tions

sta

ffer

s, a

nd e

xper

ts in

the

use

of a

udio

-vi

sual

teac

hing

aid

s.

Som

e jo

bs in

larg

e sc

hool

sys

tem

s w

hich

do

not

requ

ire

a te

achi

ng c

ertif

icat

e in

clud

e th

ose

ofsc

hool

sec

reta

ry, l

ab te

chni

cian

, and

teac

her

aide

.Fo

r th

ese

jobs

, and

all

thos

e lis

ted

abov

e, s

tu-

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C.

L.

Q

16

:4-

dent

s w

ould

be

wis

e to

inve

stig

ate

fully

the

need

san

d re

quir

emen

ts o

f th

e sy

stem

or

syst

ems

inw

hich

they

pla

n to

teac

h.

One

of

the

boom

ing

fiel

ds o

utsi

de o

f sc

hool

syst

ems

whi

ch u

tiliz

e pe

rson

s w

ith te

achi

ng e

du-

catio

n or

exp

erie

nce

is th

at o

f ed

ucat

iona

l pub

-lis

hing

. Sim

ilar

job

oppo

rtun

ities

are

to b

e fo

und

amon

g th

e m

any

prod

ucer

s an

d di

stri

buto

rs o

ffi

lms.

map

s, m

odel

s, a

nd o

ther

mat

eria

ls u

sed

ascl

assr

oom

teac

hing

aid

s.

syw

eat

Ant

.vrE

1:A

ciw

a ha

s in

crea

sing

diff

ictil

ty o

btai

ning

a te

achi

ng p

ositi

on. T

he D

e-pa

rtm

ent o

fH

ealth

. Edu

catio

n an

d W

elfa

rees

timat

ed in

the

spri

ng o

f 19

73 th

at if

pre

sent

enro

llmen

t in

scho

ols

of e

duca

tion

cont

inue

s,a

mill

ion

teac

hers

will

he

out o

f w

ork

by 1

978.

Con

ditio

ns o

f em

ploy

men

t are

not

uni

form

from

dis

tric

t to

dist

rict

. Som

e di

stri

cts

acce

pt a

grad

uatio

n ce

rtif

icat

e fr

om a

n ac

cred

ited

colle

ge.

whi

le o

ther

s re

quir

e an

exa

min

atio

n. R

equi

re-

men

ts f

or s

ecur

itig

stat

e an

d di

stri

ct c

ertif

icat

ion

are

also

wid

ely

vari

ed. I

f yo

u pr

epar

e in

one

stat

e an

d pl

an to

teac

h in

ano

ther

, you

mus

t kno

wbo

th th

e gr

adua

tion

requ

irem

ents

of

the

scho

olyo

u at

tend

and

the

cert

ific

atio

n re

quir

emen

ts o

fth

e st

ate

and

dist

rict

in w

hich

you

pla

n to

teac

h.It

is im

port

ant t

o re

mem

ber

that

suc

h re

quir

e-m

ents

oft

en c

hang

e ra

pidl

y, a

nd c

an d

o so

in th

em

iddl

e of

you

r co

llege

yea

rs.

In m

any

area

s, te

achi

ng c

ertif

icat

es (

licen

ses

tote

ach

) m

ust h

e re

new

ed a

t int

erva

ls o

f a

stat

ednu

mbe

r of

yea

rs.

A le

tter

of in

quir

y to

the

stat

e' s

uper

inte

nden

tof

sch

ools

will

bri

ng in

form

atio

n pr

ompt

ly, i

nm

ost c

ases

, on

cert

ific

atio

n re

quir

emen

ts' a

ndjo

b op

port

uniti

es. F

or a

job

in a

spe

cifi

c sc

hool

dist

rict

, wri

te to

the

supe

rint

ende

nt o

f sc

hool

sin

that

dis

tric

t for

an

appl

icat

ion.

As

note

d be

fore

, tea

chin

g co

nditi

ons

vary

wid

ely

from

dis

tric

t to

dist

rict

. Her

e ar

e so

me

ques

tions

you

mig

ht tr

y to

ans

wer

for

you

rsel

fab

out t

he d

istr

ict i

n w

hich

you

pla

n to

teac

h:1)

Doe

s th

e co

mm

unity

sup

port

goo

d ed

uca-

tion,

bot

h fi

nanc

ially

and

thro

ugh

perm

it-tin

g te

achi

ng in

nova

tions

and

the

full

exer

cise

of

the

indi

vidu

al te

ache

r's p

rofe

s-si

onal

and

civ

il ri

ghts

?

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2) A

re th

ere

chal

leng

es to

the

indi

vidu

alte

ache

r th

at m

ight

app

eal t

o yo

uif

you

are

look

ing

for

chal

leng

es?

:3)

Are

the

empl

oym

ent c

ondi

tions

of

the

sys-

tem

wha

t ven

tfe

el a

re n

eces

sary

? T

his

mig

ht in

clud

e a

fair

sal

ary

sche

dule

, attr

ac-

tive

frin

ge b

enef

its, t

each

er te

nure

pro

vi-

sion

s. a

wor

thw

hile

pro

gram

for

pro

fess

iona

lad

vanc

emen

tin

clud

ing

adva

ncem

ent

whi

le r

emai

ning

in th

e cl

assr

oom

, and

an

adeq

uate

ret

irem

ent p

lan.

J A

re o

ther

teac

hing

con

ditio

ns a

ref

lect

ion

of a

con

cern

for

a te

ache

r's w

ell-

bein

g an

dm

axim

um p

rofe

ssio

nal p

erfo

rman

ce?

The

sem

ight

incl

ude

prov

isio

ns f

or a

rea

sona

ble

max

imum

cla

ss s

ize,

dut

y-fr

ee lu

nch

pe-

riod

s. p

repa

ratio

n pe

riod

s fo

r al

l tea

cher

s.pr

ovis

ion

of te

ache

r ai

des

for

non-

teac

hing

chor

es, a

pro

gram

of

prot

npt a

ttent

ion

tost

uden

ts w

ith s

erio

us d

isci

plin

e pr

oble

ms

and

othe

r st

uden

ts w

ho m

ight

hav

e di

ffi-

culty

fitt

ing

into

a r

egul

ar c

lass

room

, pro

vi-

sion

of

adeq

uate

text

book

s an

d ot

her

teac

hing

aid

s w

ithou

t del

ay, a

nd p

rope

rde

sk, s

tora

ge, a

nd o

ther

nec

essa

ry e

quip

-

men

t and

fac

ilitie

s fo

r al

l tea

cher

s.

One

of

the

mos

t im

port

ant c

onsi

dera

tions

inch

oosi

ng a

dis

tric

t in

whi

ch to

teac

h is

the

atti-

tude

of

the

scho

ol a

dmin

istr

atio

n to

war

d te

ache

ror

gani

zatio

ns. I

n so

me

dist

rict

s, te

ache

rs a

re c

om-

pelle

d to

bec

ome

mem

bers

of

the

Nat

iona

l Edu

-ca

tion

Ass

ocia

tion

and

itsaf

filia

tes.

In th

ese

dist

rict

s, a

nd s

ome

othe

rs, t

he N

EA

gro

ups

are

cont

rolle

d by

sch

ool a

dmin

istr

ator

s, r

athe

r th

anth

e te

ache

rs th

emse

lves

, thu

s de

priv

ing

teac

hers

of a

true

voi

ce in

edu

catio

nal m

atte

rs. T

he A

FTbe

lieve

s th

at th

e ch

oice

of

join

ing

or n

ot jo

inin

gan

y or

gani

zatio

n sh

ould

he

one

left

ent

irel

y to

the

indi

vidu

al te

ache

r. S

houl

d an

y te

ache

r or

gan-

izat

ion

prov

e, th

roug

h a

secr

et b

allo

t ele

ctio

n,th

at it

rep

rese

nts

a m

ajor

ity o

f th

e te

ache

rs in

the

dist

rict

, the

AFT

bel

ieve

s it

shou

ld h

e re

cogn

ized

as th

e so

le s

poke

sman

for

the

teac

hers

in th

e di

s-tr

ict i

n ne

gotia

ting

sala

ry s

ched

ules

, wor

king

cond

ition

s, a

nd s

ettli

ng g

riev

ance

s.

tht p

ay.'

AL

MO

ST E

VE

RY

BO

DY

you

mee

t agr

ees

that

teac

h-er

s ar

e un

derp

aide

xcep

t tho

se f

ew v

ocal

citi

-

r

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0 s.,

18

tens

who

spe

ak u

nkno

win

gly

abou

t a m

ythi

cal

"9 to

3"

day,

for

getti

ng th

e co

untle

ss o

ut-o

f-sc

hool

hou

rs te

ache

rs s

pend

on

clas

sroo

m p

repa

-ra

tion

and

pape

r- g

radi

ng, a

nd a

two-

mon

th s

um-

mer

vac

atio

n, f

orge

tting

that

teac

hers

are

not

paid

for

this

tim

e.

The

ave

rage

sal

ary

of te

ache

rs in

197

2-73

, in

all U

nite

d St

ates

sch

ool d

istr

icts

. was

app

roxi

-at

ly $

9.98

7. I

n di

stri

cts

of 2

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mor

e en

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is a

vera

ge s

alar

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as a

bout

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hig

her

or $

10.2

79.

1972

-73

star

ting

sala

ries

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ged

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a lo

w o

f$5

.0:3

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.) in

New

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o $9

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f $7

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uden

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stri

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rtin

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.A. s

alar

ies

aver

-as

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$S3

49. w

ith a

low

of

$5,4

41 in

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C. a

nd a

hig

h of

S11

,250

in N

ew Y

ork

City

.

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e th

an h

alf

of th

e te

ache

rs in

the

unite

dSt

ates

teac

h in

the

1,41

0 di

stri

cts

havi

ng 6

,000

or m

ore

stud

ents

enr

ollA

in th

e pu

blic

sch

ools

.T

he a

vera

ge s

alar

y of

teac

hers

inal

l sch

ool

syst

ems

enro

lling

ove

r 6,

000

pupi

ls w

as $

10,0

90a

year

.

The

AFT

rep

orts

that

on

the

basi

s of

sta

te

aver

ages

, the

low

est i

n th

e 19

72-7

3 sc

hool

yea

rw

as M

issi

ssip

pi, w

ith $

7,07

0; th

e hi

ghes

t, N

ewY

ork,

with

$12

.649

. Oth

er a

vera

ges

for

sele

cted

stat

es in

clud

e: C

alif

orni

a, $

12,3

62; I

llino

is. S

11,-

850;

Mas

sach

uset

ts. $

10,6

10; M

inne

sota

. $11

.225

;Pe

nnsy

lvan

ia. $

10,8

00; L

ouis

iana

, $9.

270.

and

Iow

a, $

10.2

00.

A c

ompa

riso

n of

the

sala

ries

of

unio

n te

ache

rs(

Am

eric

an F

eder

atio

n of

Tea

cher

s m

embe

rs)

and

thos

e of

non

-uni

on te

ache

rs, m

ade

by th

e A

FTR

esea

rch

Dep

artm

ent a

ppea

rs o

n pa

ge 2

5.N

ever

thel

ess,

des

pite

the

wor

k do

ne b

y te

ach-

ers

and

othe

r co

ncer

ned

citiz

ens

in a

ttem

ptin

g to

rais

e te

ache

r sa

lari

es, t

he s

alar

ies

are

still

low

. On

the

basi

s of

thei

r ed

ucat

iona

l pre

para

tion,

the

im-

port

ance

of

the

wor

k th

ey d

o, a

nd th

e am

ount

of

time

and

effo

rt th

ey p

ut in

to th

e su

cces

sful

per

-fo

rman

ce o

f th

eir

dutie

s, te

ache

rs a

re s

till w

oe-

fully

und

erpa

id.

Seve

ral r

easo

ns h

ave

gene

rally

bee

n ad

vanc

edfo

r th

e in

adeq

uacy

of

teac

her

sala

ries

. Am

ong

thes

e is

the

shee

r co

st o

f in

crea

sing

sal

arie

s.T

here

are

app

roxi

mat

ely

2.1

mill

ion

teac

hers

inpu

blic

ele

men

tary

and

sec

onda

ry s

choo

ls in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es a

t thi

s tim

e. T

each

ing

is, b

y fa

r,th

e la

rges

t of

the

prof

essi

ons.

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Ano

ther

rea

son

give

nis

the

perc

enta

ge o

f%

%In

nen

in th

e oc

cupa

tion.

.om

en h

a. e

trad

i-tio

nally

bee

n pa

id le

ss th

an m

en. a

nd p

ublic

con

-er

n 0.

er

mug

them

pro

fess

iona

l :sa

lari

es h

asbe

en h

ard

to a

rous

e. A

terd

ing

to th

e U

.S.O

.E.

in 1

%9.

S6.

9 pe

rcen

t of

all p

ublic

sch

ool t

each

ers

wer

e w

Still

ano

ther

rea

son

for

the

hist

oric

ally

low

sala

ries

for

teac

hers

is th

e re

cogn

ition

that

mos

tte

ache

rs f

eel a

sen

se o

f de

dica

tion

tow

ard

thei

rjo

bs. H

owev

er, t

he p

ublic

has

not

fel

t tha

t asi

mila

r se

nse

of d

edic

atio

n by

, per

haps

, mem

bers

of th

e m

edic

al p

rofe

ssio

n, s

houl

d be

sim

ilarl

yta

ken

adva

ntag

e of

. The

re a

re o

ther

rea

sons

, too

,su

ch a

s th

e "s

ecur

ity"

of te

achi

ng a

nd th

e pe

nsio

npl

ans

man

y te

ache

rs f

ound

wer

e av

aila

ble.

Of

cour

se, m

any

othe

r oc

cupa

tions

hav

e no

w b

y-pa

ssed

teac

hers

in w

hat t

hey

offe

r w

orke

rs in

both

thes

e ar

eas,

as

wel

l as

man

y ot

hers

.

In a

196

5 ra

nkin

g of

"se

lect

ed o

ccup

atio

ns o

fU

. S. m

ales

by

1959

ann

ual m

edia

n ea

rnin

gs"

1960

cen

sus

data

rep

orte

d in

the

Mar

ch, 1

965,

1,"

Mon

thly

Lab

or R

evie

w),

phy

sici

ans

rank

ed f

irst

,se

cond

ary

scho

ol te

ache

rs, 1

17th

, and

ele

men

tary

slux

11 te

ache

rs, 1

68th

, in

a lis

ting

of 3

21 o

ccup

a-tio

ns. L

ocom

otiv

e en

gine

ers

rank

ed 3

8th;

rai

lroa

dco

nduc

tors

, 54t

h; p

harm

acis

ts, 5

5th;

sal

esm

en a

ndsa

les

cler

ks in

who

lesa

le tr

ade,

98t

h, a

nd m

ill-

wri

ghts

, 107

th. E

lem

enta

ry s

choo

l tea

cher

s ra

nked

belo

w s

uch

occu

patio

ns a

s po

stal

cle

rks,

sec

re-

tari

es, m

ail c

arri

ers,

act

ors,

pol

icem

en, a

nd s

ocia

lan

d w

elfa

re w

orke

rs. T

he o

nly

occu

patio

nal g

roup

with

a h

ighe

r ed

ucat

iona

l atta

inm

ent t

han

ele-

men

tary

sch

ool t

each

ers

and

whi

chra

nked

low

erw

as th

at o

f cl

ergy

men

. In

the

51 o

ccup

atio

nsra

nked

bet

wee

n se

cond

ary

and

elem

enta

ry s

ci.0

0lte

ache

rs, n

one

had

a co

mpa

rabl

e ed

ucat

iona

lba

ckgr

ound

, exc

ept f

or s

ocia

l wor

'.:er

s, w

ith 1

6.6

year

s av

erag

e.

Alth

ough

this

stu

dy p

rovi

des

the

late

st o

ffic

ial

rank

ing,

the

teac

hers

pos

ition

hoc

not

cha

nged

sign

ific

antly

.

19

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BE

ST

CO

PY

gAti.

AB

IE

incv

nclu

sivn

...1:

1I

Fir

ud!

1966

. she

ds s

ome

addi

tiona

l lig

hte!

:ro

4,-,

.:(ls

Li;1

(1 k

.hal

len;

;,:s

of tt

huq

. !t s

ays.

o p

act:

"Eve

ry te

ache

r. a

s he

beg

ins

oy.;

,se

t,fo

r hi

mse

lf ;In

d hi

s pu

pits

. Tho

se g

oals

. in

wha

teve

r fa

culty

he

at1.

)Ica

liy th

e sa

me-

-tha

t he

pupi

k w

ill h

ave

gain

ed in

thei

r ab

ility

to th

ink

mor

e cf

try.

to e

xpre

ss th

emse

lves

mor

ede

arly

, to

dist

ingu

ish

betw

een

sham

and

va;u

e, a

nd to

pur

-1-,

ue a

pro

blem

unt

il it,

ino

t sol

ved,

is a

t lea

st u

nder

stoo

Li.

"And

eve

ry te

ache

r, tr

y th

ough

he

may

, will

bec

ome

invo

lved

in th

e so

cial

gro

wth

of

his

pupi

ls. A

s th

e pu

pil c

omes

to u

nder

stan

d hi

s w

orld

, bot

h so

cial

ly a

nd a

cade

mic

ally

,he

will

com

e to

und

erst

and

him

self.

He

will

be

test

ing

thos

e ar

ound

him

, but

he

will

be

test

ing

espe

cial

ly h

is m

ento

rs. L

ife, s

o liv

ed, r

etai

ns a

fine

edg

e."

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22

Ash

ton-

War

ner,

Syl

via.

Tea

cher

. New

Yor

k: B

anta

mB

ooks

, 196

4, 7

5c. A

fine

writ

er a

nd g

ifted

teac

her

desc

ribes

her

met

hod.

teac

hing

Mao

ri ch

ildre

n in

New

Zea

land

.

Bar

r,D

onai

d. W

ho P

ushe

d Ilu

mpt

y D

umpt

y?D

ilem

mas

. in

.4m

eric

an E

duca

tion

Tod

ay. N

ewY

ork:

Ath

eneu

m, 1

971.

$10

. A w

ell-w

ritte

n e.

alu-

alie

n of

var

ious

cur

rent

con

tro.

ersi

es in

Am

eric

aned

ucat

ion.

Bar

th, R

olan

d s.

(lim

n It-

dura

tion

and

the

Am

eric

anS

choo

l. N

ew Y

ork:

Aga

thon

Pre

ss, 1

972.

57.

95.

An

engr

ossi

ng e

xam

inat

ion

of th

e un

derly

ing

as-

sum

ptio

ns o

f the

"op

en c

lass

room

."

Ham

m, J

acqu

es. T

each

er in

Am

eric

a. B

osto

n: L

ittle

,B

row

n, 1

971.

$2.

25. R

eprin

t of a

pen

etra

ting

criti

que

(194

5) o

f tea

chin

g an

d ot

her

aspe

cts

ofU

.S. e

duca

tion.

Bre

mer

, Joh

n an

d M

icha

el V

on M

oseh

zisk

er. T

heS

cho.

d w

ithou

t Wal

ls:

Phi

lade

lphi

a's

Par

kway

Pro

gram

. New

Yor

k: H

olt,

Rin

ehar

t and

'Win

ston

.19

71. D

etai

led

desc

riptio

n, w

ith te

stim

onie

s by

stud

ents

and

inst

ruct

ors,

of a

n ex

perim

enta

l, in

-no

vativ

e hi

gh s

choo

l.

Bro

fenb

renn

er, U

ric. T

wo

Wor

lds

of C

hild

hood

:U

.S. a

nd U

.S.S

.R. N

ew Y

ork:

Rus

sell

Sag

e F

ound

a-tio

n. 1

970.

$7.

95. R

epor

t of i

nter

estin

g ex

peri-

men

tal r

esea

rch

on c

hild

dev

elop

men

t in

cont

rast

-in

g cu

lture

s.

Bro

ady,

Har

ry S

. The

Red

Wor

ld o

f the

Pub

licS

choo

ls. N

ew Y

ork:

Har

cour

t Bra

ce J

ovan

ovic

h,19

72. $

3.95

. A p

enet

ratin

g, o

bjec

tive

appr

aisa

l of

the

stre

ngth

s an

d w

eakn

esse

s of

pub

lic e

duca

tion.

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Bro

wn.

Geo

rge

1.H

uman

Tea

chin

g /o

r H

uman

Lear

ning

.N

ew Y

ork:

Vik

ing

Pres

s. 1

971.

$8.

30.

inin

trod

uctio

nto

"af

fect

ive"

edu

catio

n:th

ete

achi

ng o

f at

titud

es a

nd v

alue

s.

Nor

din.

Joe

l J. a

nd J

ohn

D. M

cAul

ey.

Ele

men

tary

Sch

ool C

urric

ulum

and

Inst

ruct

ion:

The

Tea

ch-

er's

Rol

e.N

ew Y

ork:

Ron

ald,

197

1. 8

8.75

. Gui

d-an

ce f

or th

e .o

ung

teac

her

tow

ard

impr

oved

cia.

roon

t per

form

ance

.

De

You

ng, C

hris

1. a

nd R

icha

rd W

ynn.

Am

eric

anE

duca

tion.

New

Yor

k: M

cGra

w-H

ill, 1

972.

$9.

95.

Aw

eII.

balu

nred

intr

oduc

tion

toth

eva

riou

sas

pect

s of

the

1 %

S.ed

ucat

iona

lsy

stem

and

prob

lem

s.

Dra

yer.

Ada

m M

.T

he T

each

er in

a D

emoc

ratic

Soc

iety

.C

olum

bus,

Ohi

o:C

harl

esF.

.M

erri

ll,19

70. 8

8.50

. A te

st f

or th

e te

ache

r-to

-be

on th

ehi

ghlig

hts

of g

ener

al a

nd U

.S. e

duca

tiona

l his

tory

:ed

ucat

iona

l org

aniz

atio

n, f

inan

ce, p

robl

ems,

and

inno

vatio

ns: a

nd th

e fu

nctio

ns a

nd p

rere

quis

ites

of th

e te

ache

r.

Feat

hers

tone

, Jos

eph.

In/fo

rmal

Sch

ools

in B

ritai

nT

oday

: An

intr

oduc

tion.

New

Yor

k:C

itatio

nPr

ess,

197

1. 9

5e. A

con

cise

sur

vey

of th

e ch

ar-

acte

rist

ics

of th

ein

crea

sing

ly p

opul

arB

ritis

hop

en e

duca

tion

plan

.

Gar

tner

. Ala

n, a

nd M

ary

C. K

ohle

r, a

nd F

rank

Rie

ss-

man

. Chi

ldre

nT

each

Chi

ldre

n. N

ew Y

ork:

Har

per

and

Row

,19

71.

85.9

5. H

igh

scho

olst

uden

tsle

arni

ng to

teac

h by

tuto

ring

.

Gat

tegn

o, C

aleb

. wha

tW

e O

we

Chi

ldre

n. N

ewY

ork:

Out

erbr

idge

8 D

iens

tfre

y, 1

971.

88.

00. A

cle

ar,

conc

ise

expl

anat

ion

of te

achi

ng a

nd le

arni

ng.

Goo

dman

, Pau

l.G

row

ing

Up

Abs

urd.

New

Yor

k:R

ando

m H

ouse

Vin

tage

Boo

ks, 8

1.45

. Pen

etra

ting

thou

ghts

on

tmer

ican

edu

catio

n to

day.

Goo

dman

, Pau

l.T

he C

ompu

lsor

y M

is-E

duca

tion

co/

Am

eric

an T

each

ers.

New

Yor

k: R

ando

m H

ouse

Vin

tage

Boo

ks, $

1.45

. An

indi

ctm

ent o

f so

me

aspe

cts

of te

ache

r tr

aini

ng.

Cru

hn. W

illia

m T

. and

Mar

lH

. Dou

glas

s.T

he M

od-

ern

Juni

or H

igh

Sch

ool.

New

Yor

k: R

onal

d. 1

971.

$8.0

0. A

sta

ndar

d, c

ompr

ehen

sive

text

on

the

juni

or h

igh

scho

ol.

Hav

ighu

rst,

Rob

ert

J. D

evel

opm

enta

l Tas

ks a

ndE

duca

tion.

New

Yor

k: M

cKay

, 197

2. $

2.50

. Api

onee

r su

rvey

of

the

phys

ical

, psy

chol

ogic

al, a

nded

ucat

iona

l dev

elop

men

t fro

m in

fanc

y to

old

age

.

Hen

ry.

Jule

s. O

n E

duca

tion.

New

Yor

k: V

inta

geB

ooks

, 197

2. 8

1.95

.F

ive

essa

ys s

ettin

g fo

rth

anan

thro

polo

gist

's th

ough

ts o

n ed

ucat

iona

l pro

b-le

ms.

Hol

t.Jo

hn. H

ow C

hild

ren

Fai

l. N

ew Y

ork:

Del

l Pub

-lis

hing

Co.

. Inc

., 19

65. $

1.75

. A v

ery

perc

eptiv

eob

serv

er o

f ch

ildre

n re

port

s, in

a v

ery

read

able

book

, abo

ut m

any

mis

take

s te

ache

rs m

ake

in le

ad-

ing

child

ren

to le

arni

ng.

Hoo

ver,

Ken

neth

B. H

andb

ook

for

Hig

h S

choo

lT

each

ers.

Bos

ton:

Ally

n an

d B

acon

, 197

0. A

conc

ise

intr

oduc

tion

to th

e ai

ms

and

met

hods

of

teac

hing

in h

igh

scho

ol.

Jam

es, W

illia

m.

Tal

ks to

Tea

cher

s on

Psy

chol

ogy.

New

Yor

k. W

. M. M

orto

n an

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