Merit Pay
As a future educator I have one suggestion to make for President Obama. I believe in merit pay and would like to see it become part of public education policy. I feel very strongly that teachers should be rewarded for outstanding achievement. Excellent teachers and excellent teaching should be the basis of pay. Experienced teachers should be those who have tried and true methods of teaching not just who has been there the longest. Teachers should strive to learn new techniques. Merit pay would give them more incentive to be lifelong learners. I think that tenure allows teachers to get too comfortable. As the world changes so do our students and our teachers should accommodate this change. They should keep current on new technologies and techniques so that their students will benefit from what is being taught. In our No Child Left Behind years we hear all about accountability. What better way to hold teachers accountable than to have their pay based on their performance. When I begin to teach I want to know that I am doing what is best for my students. I want to be held accountable for their progress. I want to keep current on new ways to teach my students. I believe my students deserve to get my very best. Poor teaching could become a thing of the past if there were merit pay. Teachers who were not succeeding in their jobs may decide that teaching is not the career for them. This Merit pay will not only hold teachers accountable, give them incentives for learning more and weed out bad teachers; it will also benefit the students in many ways. Students will only benefit from getting quality instruction from quality teachers who are being compensated for doing a good job. I feel the time has come to provide students with happy, successful teachers!
This post was submitted by Nicole Nelson.
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