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Too many qualifications?

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 6:16 am
by Open Communication
edited.

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 7:04 am
by Glerky
Since most schools limit the amount of years of experience you can have (usually between 5 and 10) as a new hire they don't tend to care if you have a masters degree or ten. Most like to advertise that their teachers have masters degrees so having it is a good thing.

In my experience, usually, only two degrees help you out.

To make a short answer long... no. I have never heard of that happening.

Advice

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 2:00 pm
by PsyGuy
No not really, almost all schools have limits and caps on their salary scale, typically between 5-10 years. Most schools only have a Masters/Graduate degrees scale or a Masters/Doctorate graduate scale. No matter the number of Masters degrees your still in that scale. Some schools will give you extra if you have a graduate degree in education and one in your teaching field, but its usually only a very small percentage of salary. Some schools (particurley american schools) have a BA, MA, MA +15, MA +30, Doctoral scale (or similar). Though they arent nearly as common.