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Teach at a Community College

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Re: Teach at a Community College

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Can you ask them why they pay their teachers so little? I would think a CS lecturer is more valuable than your run of the mill admin.

I don't dispute your claim (and am personally swayed of the argument of technical > admin in most situations) - do you have data that shows this disparity? Purely conjecture (which means absolutely nothing), I've always assumed that admin:faculty rates are similar, but the volume is where it matters (ie. 2x more admin:faculty in headcount).

I don't, but suppose on a pure hourly basis they're paid the same. I think that's still unfair, given the amount of value a CS lecturer delivers over an admin.

Re: Teach at a Community College

#154
You have discovered some of the basic facts about teaching!

1. it's not easy 2. if you're a subject expert then your language and communication skills are probably awful and full of jargon 3. planning is very important 4. proper teaching means actually checking that your students are learning 5. teaching a subject you are expert in actually teaches you things too

Well done.

If you do another blog on this later that would be interesting.

PS I'm not a techie, I'm in teacher training.

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