Merit Pay For Teachers
Dear President Obama,
My name is Ashley Weiss and I am currently a Senior at Western Illinois University and I am enrolled in EIS 401 which is a class that talks about law and policy’s in the United States on education. I would like to share with you my personal views on merit pay. I beleive that merit pay is not a good idea. Everything should be equal no matter what kind of a teacher you are. I believe it is unfair to teachers who are going above and beyond to make student’s succeed and are going above and beyond to help student’s be successful in life,compared to a teacher who doesn’t try to go above and beyond and doesnt go out of their way to help a student succeed, which makes be beleive that the teacher who went above and beyond not get their merit pay is not right. Although I think that merit pay should of not even been invented. Among teachers I can see this topic bring alot of anger to all of the co-workers and tention within the work place. I believe that as a teacher it is their job to go above and beyond what is called of them to help everyone succeed in life and in school. A teacher who knows what is to be qualified for his or her students then they are going to make sure that his or her student knows what to do and how to do it. Also I dont beleive that just because a teacher does more than another teacher they should get merit pay. All teachers should be treated equal and get what everyone else gets, unless they are doing extra curricular things on the side such as: being a coach, or running a club. Overall, when I become a teacher I dont want extra pay for going above and beyond what will help all students out in the long run to succeed in life and be well educated.
Thank you for your time and effort on my views about merit pay for teachers.
Sincerely,
Ashley Weiss
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