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Pyramid scheme.


Depending on what you get your masters in and what state your looking at $15-$45k.

Pay to keep your job basically.


The state of Kentucky has limited where you can get your Masters and Rank I too, saying low cost options from out of state do not meet their standards.......go figure.

Then let's add on the Rank I, another $20-$50k.......


You get a pay increase with each step up but they increase is about $5k........enough to cover 1-2 classes.

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There is no point.  Just like there's no point for anything.  It's arbitrary.  Completely.  
The pay raise isn't there.  The costs associated with getting your Master's isn't in any way reimbursed and the pay difference in salary for
your average teacher in no way makes up for it.  Total bullshit.

I could see if if was an administrative job like a Principal or something.  But for a teacher?  Fuck that.

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I can understand why teachers do it.  I'm trying to understand why society/school boards/administrators allow it.

Is it that they actually think they're better teachers for it? Yes. Shows dedication to the job. Some advanced &/or dual credit HS subjects require a masters to teach it.

Is it a cynical move to keep teachers in your system, sort of like non-compete agreements, stock options or whatever in private industry?  [red] No. Absolutely not. Generally speaking, in the subjects where a masters seems make the most actual difference in teacher quality are VERY competitive fields of education - such as the sciences, advanced math & foreign language. The folks that own masters in those subjects can pretty much go anywhere they'd like to work & get hired, once they've otherwise proven themselves.

A masters does not, in & of itself, 'make' a teacher & there are many near perfect teachers that do not possess masters. There are also plenty of masters carrying people who have no business in a classroom. A new teacher has no use getting one because, since they're not proven, it does make their hiring a more expensive experiment. A 'good' or better teacher has nothing to lose by getting a masters.