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CreditBuilding205 t1_j665fvz wrote

Reply to comment by Ng3me in A Philly teacher said she’d trade gift cards for increased grades, one family says. Now she’s under investigation. by danielrubin

Which makes this whole story pretty questionable.

I mean, anything is possible I guess. But this is a teacher with a masters degree. They are likely making 60-80k. The idea that they are willing to publicly promise to give a failing student an ‘A’ for $30 is pretty far fetched.

The idea that they provided the students with an exact $ to grade increase ratio is more far fetched.

The only evidence is the word of a student who was failing HS biology.

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ijustwannabegandalf t1_j68a078 wrote

A first year teacher on an emergency cert is making 50,066 a year or less, fwiw, which is a lot less in Philly than it used to be. I am in my 12th year, Master's, quadruple certified and have national board certification and won't break 80k for a while yet.

https://jobs.philasd.org/opportunities/teachers/salary-schedule/

ETA: I can also totally imagine a teacher joking "I accept gift cards" when a kid does the "I haven't done any work or come to class in 9 weeks but I need an A!" dance, and a kid thinking they just found a way to get the teacher fired.

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irun2eatwaffles t1_j68gmaq wrote

If you’re in your 12th year in Philly and have all of those other things, you just need to do the credit farms and go through teacher friendly and PDI to get what you need for Senior Career teacher. I got my +30 and Senior Career lanes in 6 months for about 3,000. It was a bit to put out up front- but I made it back so quickly and then some.

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ijustwannabegandalf t1_j68gza2 wrote

I just earned NBCT, so that will help. I have been waiting on the credit farms kind of stuff because I'm weighing going back for an actual SPED cert, since I value teaching in neighborhood high schools and we just keep inching closer and closer to majority-IEP kiddos there as they get pushed out of special admits.

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irun2eatwaffles t1_j68i02t wrote

I can understand that- but the increase is worth it. Not to mention that Senior Career is not always guaranteed when contract negotiations come up. It’s a lane they are always trying to get rid of (and it makes more than a doctorate). If you are looking at a sped cert- do the PDI stuff in the meantime or concurrently and get ahead on some of the credits. I was in the same kind of boat, but I did the math and wish I had kept up on it more and done it earlier. The teacher friendly stuff is so stupidly easy- at least get your +30 with it!

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Full_Artichoke_8583 t1_j68npc8 wrote

When the teacher was asked, she didn’t deny it. Makes me believe she’s not innocent.

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CreditBuilding205 t1_j68t1j2 wrote

Or she is listening the advice of her attorney. Who would almost certainly have told her not to talk to the press.

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