I would be surprised--and impressed!--if your district retroactively
paid someone for credit she'd earned before she was hired, unless that
was negotiated at the time of hire. I had an MA when I was first hired,
but also had a reading endorsement on my certificate; when I got more
savvy I tried to request a raise based on those extra hours, but it was
turned down. I know, it doesn't seem fair someone can get a master's
by attending a class one night a week for a year. There are so many
rather dubious colleges and universities out there that offer relatively
easy teaching certification programs, as well. It's a different world,
that's for sure. And yes, it does gall me that I have as many grad
credits as a law-school graduate, but made much less after 20 years than
a new lawyer made her first year.
Maggie
Betty B wrote:
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>Now my school is offering a program where teachers
>can, for $4,000, watch a distance-learning TV thing
>one night a week and get their masters in a year. This
>is great for them, but I confess it has made me think
>about asking for the doctorate pay. (As a teacher
>pointed out, a former teacher who had graduated law
>school got doctorate pay for the same amount of years
>I'd put in)
>
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