Gifted teacher jumps through hoops

[Bob]

washingtonpost.com When a Gifted Teacher Has to Jump Through Hoops Just to Keep His Job, Change Is Needed


By Jay Mathews
Monday, August 24, 2009

I am not a big fan of merit pay for high-performing teachers unless the entire school staff is rewarded. But I have no doubt that our current teacher pay upgrade and certification system, based largely on education school credits, is dumb and should be changed.

You disagree? Then let me introduce you to Jonathan Keiler, a social studies teacher at Bowie High School in Prince George's County, where school starts Monday.

It is difficult to argue that Keiler, 49, is anything but one of his county's best teachers. He is the only member of the Bowie High faculty with National Board Certification, having passed a competitive series of tests of his classroom skills that has become a gold standard for American educators. He has a bachelor's degree in philosophy and history from Salisbury University and a law degree from Washington and Lee University. He served four years as an Army Judge Advocate General officer, then was a partner in a private law firm in Bethesda until, as he puts it, he "got sick of law and became a social studies teacher at my alma mater

 

[kkddbb]

and yet another example of a government run system gone bad. sickening what this man has to go through, it really is. you can bet this wouldnt happen in a private school.

id also like to add that because a teacher has a few degrees doesnt mean they can teach well. it also doesnt mean the students walked away with any knowledge. and when i was in school, the most popular classes were the ones that were a cake-walk. not that this was the case, but im just saying.

my sisters a teacher and have an incredible amount of respect for all teachers. but, she also knows that the system is broken, but its the government that broke it

 

[Matt J]

and yet another example of a government run system gone bad. sickening what this man has to go through, it really is. you can bet this wouldnt happen in a private school.

id also like to add that because a teacher has a few degrees doesnt mean they can teach well. it also doesnt mean the students walked away with any knowledge. and when i was in school, the most popular classes were the ones that were a cake-walk. not that this was the case, but im just saying.

my sisters a teacher and have an incredible amount of respect for all teachers. but, she also knows that the system is broken, but its the government that broke it

Let me guess, the best way to fix the system is to take money away from it right?

 

[30A Skunkape]

Let me guess, the best way to fix the system is to take money away from it right?

Ketchup for lunch. It is a vegetable.

 

[Matt J]

Ketchup for lunch. It is a vegetable.

It's so versatile too, add hot water and you have soup.

 

[30A Skunkape]

It's so versatile too, add hot water and you have soup.

I love a nice bowl of sopa de snow bird.

 

[Matt J]

I love a nice bowl of sopa de snow bird.

With a nice glass of lemonade on the side?

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[scooterbug44]

I read the article more as "lawyer trying to do the minimum amount of accredidation possible (because he thinks its beneath him) screws up and then whines."

 

[Blair]

;-)

Let me guess, the best way to fix the system is to take money away from it right?

Throwing more money at it hasn't worked.....;-)

 

[Bob]

Ketchup for lunch. It is a vegetable.

slide show after lunch. that's birth control.