[etni] Fw: vetek for former experience

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From: Sharon Tzur - sharontzu5@xxxxxxx
Subject: vetek for former experience


I don't agree that people with work experience in fields unrelated to 
English teaching should be given vetek in recognition for their former work 
experience (as Eleanor Z suggests). It makes sense if someone is coming in 
from a field related to English teaching - such as teaching in other 
subjects, work in informal education, or work related to English, such as 
editing. However, why should a person who comes from high tech get any 
"credit". How does work in high tech relate to teaching English? If the 
Ministry wants to encourage people to teach English, then every new English 
teacher should be given "kidum vetek"- both those who have "retrained" and 
those who have earned a teaching degree - with the latter getting more kidum 
vetek than the former!

If I were to retrain as a nurse, I would have to invest 2   1/2 years of 
full time study, and then I would go in with the salary of a novice, and it 
makes sense. After all, we are paid for vetek because theoretically, we 
become more effective teachers with time.

Certainly, teachers in their first few years are generally just acquiring 
the skills they need to teach well - (although in my opinion, the misrah of 
teachers in their first 2 years should be only half the number of hours of a 
veteran teacher!)

 

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