Introduction to Education
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Intrinsic motivation means being motivated by internal/personal rewards rather than external
rewards.
Reasons for Entering Teaching Enjoying working with children
Wanting to make a difference
Helping students learn and grow
Finding teaching personally meaningful
Be aware of misconceptions surrounding teacher pay, prestige, and workload.
Classroom/application example:
A person becomes a teacher because helping children learn gives them a
sense of purpose → intrinsic motivation.
Teacher Salary Schedules Traditional teacher salaries often use a "step and lane" structure.
Step → years of teaching experience
Lane → education level/credentials
More experience and/or education can affect salary.
Merit Pay Merit pay links additional compensation to teacher performance.
Merit Pay purpose Merit pay is intended to reward teachers for strong performance by giving
them additional compensation. The idea is to encourage effective teaching and
recognize teachers who perform especially well.
Merit Pay Common criticisms: Critics argue that teacher effectiveness is difficult to measure accurately.
Student test scores, observations, and evaluations may not capture everything
a teacher contributes to student learning.
Merit Pay Difficulty measuring performance objectively: There isn't one perfect, completely objective measure of a "good teacher." For
example, using test scores can be problematic because student performance
is influenced by many factors beyond the teacher, while classroom
observations can involve subjective judgments.
Merit Pay Potential fairness concerns: Teachers work with different students, subjects, grade levels, and
circumstances. A teacher working with students who need extensive academic
support may appear to have different results than a teacher whose students
began the year performing above grade level. Merit-pay systems therefore
need to consider whether teachers are being evaluated under comparable and
fair conditions.
Merit Pay = "Pay for Performance"
Exam 1 | Study Guide,
Practice Questions &
Exam Review
|Guaranteed success|
, Terms in this set (53)
Intrinsic motivation means being motivated by internal/personal rewards rather than external
rewards.
Reasons for Entering Teaching Enjoying working with children
Wanting to make a difference
Helping students learn and grow
Finding teaching personally meaningful
Be aware of misconceptions surrounding teacher pay, prestige, and workload.
Classroom/application example:
A person becomes a teacher because helping children learn gives them a
sense of purpose → intrinsic motivation.
Teacher Salary Schedules Traditional teacher salaries often use a "step and lane" structure.
Step → years of teaching experience
Lane → education level/credentials
More experience and/or education can affect salary.
Merit Pay Merit pay links additional compensation to teacher performance.
Merit Pay purpose Merit pay is intended to reward teachers for strong performance by giving
them additional compensation. The idea is to encourage effective teaching and
recognize teachers who perform especially well.
Merit Pay Common criticisms: Critics argue that teacher effectiveness is difficult to measure accurately.
Student test scores, observations, and evaluations may not capture everything
a teacher contributes to student learning.
Merit Pay Difficulty measuring performance objectively: There isn't one perfect, completely objective measure of a "good teacher." For
example, using test scores can be problematic because student performance
is influenced by many factors beyond the teacher, while classroom
observations can involve subjective judgments.
Merit Pay Potential fairness concerns: Teachers work with different students, subjects, grade levels, and
circumstances. A teacher working with students who need extensive academic
support may appear to have different results than a teacher whose students
began the year performing above grade level. Merit-pay systems therefore
need to consider whether teachers are being evaluated under comparable and
fair conditions.
Merit Pay = "Pay for Performance"
