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Teaching Profession
Vocabulary for the Teaching Profession and Effective Teaching
Term | Definition |
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Single Salary Scale | Teachers are paid on a scale based on the number of years experience and the number of degrees. |
Merit Pay | Pay for Performance |
Tenure | Job Security obtained by signing your 4th contract at the end of your 3rd year of teaching. |
Pedagogy | The art of teaching |
PSC | Professional Standards Commission - sets and applies guidelines for the preparation, certification, and continued licensing of public educators. |
Moral Turpitude | Everything contrary to justice, honesty, modesty or good morals. |
Horace Mann | Father of public education |
AFT | American Federation of Teachers - National Teacher Organization |
NEA | National Education Association - National Teacher Organization |
GAE | Georgia Association of Educator's - Georgia Teacher Organization |
PAGE | Professional Association of Georgia Educators - Georgia Teacher Organization |
Collective Bargaining | All teachers bargain as a group through a chosen organization, organized actions including strikes, and influencing education policy. |