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My old man got his Masters at Phoenix at the age of 55 -- got him a huge bump in pay. On the flip side, my brother got it at the same time as my pop, and he's a stay at home dad. Dividends indeed.
 
TroutBum said:
My old man got his Masters at Phoenix at the age of 55 -- got him a huge bump in pay. On the flip side, my brother got it at the same time as my pop, and he's a stay at home dad. Dividends indeed.
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In my district, there's no huge bump in pay. It's nominal. In another, perhaps like Conan's, or in another field altogether, there indeed are big bumps in pay. My friend who's a teacher got his Master's +30 at Phoenix and got a huge bump in pay. He also admits the program was a joke though. But that's not really the heart of the matter. What is is that Conan called out my integrity as a teacher as if not pursuing my Masters made me a horrible educator. He then went on to say how he got his Masters and we later find out it was from GCU, a joke of an education to say the least. So I guess what he's really saying is guys, get your education, no matter how lousy it is. Learning is learning, even if it learning at a horrible institution, and hey, at the end of the day, it may or may not pay dividends. So get get 'em even if you are unsure how you want to professionally advance.
 
franklin said:
Since you missed it Viny



If a masters degree would only cost $8000 then even $1500/yr would provide a pretty @#!*% good rate of return. Utah's school districts will give you a much better raise for earning a masters degree. Last I saw a few years back, Granite School District would raise you $1500/yr for every 20 credit hours. You didn't have to earn a masters before seeing a return. That's not a bad way to earn a raise during the summer off season.
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Right. That is one benefit. Also keep in mind to keep your license you need some professional development. And this covers that easily so that you don't have to do stupid district workshops that are worthless like KEK does. A Masters is also going to help the resume. And then of course you have the educational value of the program itself.

The bottomline is that there are several reasons why a masters would help you if you're a teacher.
 
CONAN said:
Right. That is one benefit. Also keep in mind to keep your license you need some professional development. And this covers that easily so that you don't have to do stupid district workshops that are worthless like KEK does. A Masters is also going to help the resume. And then of course you have the educational value of the program itself.

The bottomline is that there are several reasons why a masters would help you if you're a teacher.
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Yeah, a Masters from GCU really helps the resume. Way to be distinguished! You're utterly clueless bro.
 
KrazeeEyezKilla said:
Yeah, a Masters from GCU really helps the resume. Way to be distinguished! You're utterly clueless bro.
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Really? You have no clue what I did for my Masters. You're just being sensitive and defensive cuz I called you out on your BS about Masters degrees and teaching. I've said this to plenty of colleagues but my Masters program was better than any schooling I got at UVU, BYU, Utah, and Utah State (Utah State a close second).

Look, I don't know why you don't have your Masters. Maybe you're poor, maybe you got no sack, maybe you hate school, or maybe even some valid reason. I don't care. But just because you don't have yours doesn't mean it's not a good idea for other teachers. And it is professionally irresponsible to sell it otherwise. I'm not the most mature guy when it comes to posting here but I mean this sincerely when I say you need to grow up a bit on this issue and quit with the defensive-vindictive crying.

Or maybe you know more about my Masters than I do and can go into detail about why you think it sucks.

Lemme know Sissyboy.
 
CONAN said:
Really? You have no clue what I did for my Masters. You're just being sensitive and defensive cuz I called you out on your BS about Masters degrees and teaching. I've said this to plenty of colleagues but my Masters program was better than any schooling I got at UVU, BYU, Utah, and Utah State (Utah State a close second).

Look, I don't know why you don't have your Masters. Maybe you're poor, maybe you got no sack, maybe you hate school, or maybe even some valid reason. I don't care. But just because you don't have yours doesn't mean it's not a good idea for other teachers. And it is professionally irresponsible to sell it otherwise. I'm not the most mature guy when it comes to posting here but I mean this sincerely when I say you need to grow up a bit on this issue and quit with the defensive-vindictive crying.

Or maybe you know more about my Masters than I do and can go into detail about why you think it sucks.

Lemme know Sissyboy.
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+4.
 
CONAN said:
Really? You have no clue what I did for my Masters. You're just being sensitive and defensive cuz I called you out on your BS about Masters degrees and teaching. I've said this to plenty of colleagues but my Masters program was better than any schooling I got at UVU, BYU, Utah, and Utah State (Utah State a close second).

Look, I don't know why you don't have your Masters. Maybe you're poor, maybe you got no sack, maybe you hate school, or maybe even some valid reason. I don't care. But just because you don't have yours doesn't mean it's not a good idea for other teachers. And it is professionally irresponsible to sell it otherwise. I'm not the most mature guy when it comes to posting here but I mean this sincerely when I say you need to grow up a bit on this issue and quit with the defensive-vindictive crying.

Or maybe you know more about my Masters than I do and can go into detail about why you think it sucks.

Lemme know Sissyboy.
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I could take some more shots at you but rather than turning this into some Hopper/One Brow 10 page thread, I'll PM you.
 
Can't speak for other fields but in teaching there are some schools that want you to move on and get your Masters there and will do it for less. Same for Masters to Phd. But usually has to be high-need area.
 
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