A need for two Teacher Unions?
I watched parts of “Education Nation” with Brian Williams today on MSNBC.
A suggestion….
A Student Teacher, in his/her senior year at a teachers' college, is usually assigned to a public school to have supervised teaching experiences under the guidance of a fully certified and experienced teacher.
The student teacher would be assigned one or more classes to teach for a specified period of time. His/her lessons plans will have been pre-approved by his college professor and evaluated each day a lesson from the plan has been executed.
However, a teacher who is teaching in a school without having gone through the practice teaching program may be a large part of problems facing the National Education Association (NEA), school principals and parents around the nation.
If that is the case, could a need be created for a Junior National Education Association for teachers not equipped with student teaching experiences in their background? Said teacher would not be eligible for membership into the NEA until certain requirements have been mastered.
A metaphor….
You need brain surgery and the neurologist graduated from medical school armed only with book theories and heart-felt burning desires to practice his craft and help patients.
As always,
BB
P.S. There is an American Federation of Teachers (AFT) which is also a teacher union.
A suggestion….
A Student Teacher, in his/her senior year at a teachers' college, is usually assigned to a public school to have supervised teaching experiences under the guidance of a fully certified and experienced teacher.
The student teacher would be assigned one or more classes to teach for a specified period of time. His/her lessons plans will have been pre-approved by his college professor and evaluated each day a lesson from the plan has been executed.
However, a teacher who is teaching in a school without having gone through the practice teaching program may be a large part of problems facing the National Education Association (NEA), school principals and parents around the nation.
If that is the case, could a need be created for a Junior National Education Association for teachers not equipped with student teaching experiences in their background? Said teacher would not be eligible for membership into the NEA until certain requirements have been mastered.
A metaphor….
You need brain surgery and the neurologist graduated from medical school armed only with book theories and heart-felt burning desires to practice his craft and help patients.
As always,
BB
P.S. There is an American Federation of Teachers (AFT) which is also a teacher union.
posted by BB at 11:12 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home