You can't administrate a school to excellence. But when leadership creates an environment where everyone can grow, contribute their talents, support each other, feel valued, and appreciated, you create a team culture that leads to excellence.
Teacher effectiveness is not greatly improved by curriculum, new programs, or initiatives. But, when teachers are respected, valued, supported, & feel like their talents are utilized, then morale increases, job engagement soars, & students benefit too!
Please stop saying that we need to increase teacher salaries in order โrecruit the best and brightestโ as if the best and brightest are not currently teaching.
We need to increase teacher salaries because those currently teaching deserve and earned it.
The salary of a public school teacher in their first year is around $35,000 a year in the Southeastern US. A cashier at this establishment that I visited today would make $37,000. ($18.00/hr. X40 hrs a week X52 weeks). We MUST invest in EDUCATORS in this country!