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mjensen@access.digex.com  writes:
> >>administrators should not be paid triple or quadruple what the
> >>classroom teachers get paid.
> 
> >In my more revolutionary moods I think that we (yes, you, me and
> >the rest of the public) should fire all the administrators unequivocally.  But
> >then a calmer mood will overtake me and I'll decide that giving every school
> >district in the nation three years to scale administration salaries down to
> >equal pay with the teachers would perhaps suffice.  Rod Hauser
> 
> Consider another way to establish parity between administrators and
> teachers.  Most administrative certificates require a teaching
> certificate.  Make the administrators use these certificates by teaching
> one hour each day in their district.  This would ensure that
> principals/asst. principals/superintendents maintained some contact with
> the students and teachers.  It would also force district level
> administrators to have offices somewhere near a district school.  Finally,
> it would also reward with higher salaries those people who are both good
> teachers and good administrators; rather than providing positions which
> are sometimes used to "escape" teaching. 
> 
> I realize that some administrators for transportation, maintenance, food
> service, or business might have to be exempted, but I think the general
> idea is still valid.   

You would then have to hire someone to do the duties that the
administrator could not do during those teaching period. In my
district, the department heads are white elephants. Instead of
making an administrator teach, we should require the teacher to
be an administrator. By this I mean that the department head
should be the one who makes the major decisions for the
department. They should be the ones who evaluate and recommend.
This would free up the administrator to do his/her job.
Administrate. In my Eutopia, the department head does not
teach; or at least teaches for only one period. The rest of the
time is used for conducting the business of the department. 
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Kurt Grosshans
kgrossha@radford.vak12ed.edu