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VESI-like Tons of grad classes $110 per credit hour
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cookderosa Wrote:Here is an example of a salary table that public schools use:
http://www.k12.wa.us/safs/PUB/PER/SalAllocSchedule.pdf

This sample uses quarters (MA + 45 quarter credits = MA + 30 regular credits)
So, at $100 each, you can see that it's only $3000 to pull up to the next pay step if you use organizations like these. They fill a need, especially since it's more involved to enroll in a degree program (entrance requirements, transcript sending/fees, GREs, deadlines for completion, etc) and many people have no desire to go through the exit process again for another master's. You can just "collect" 30 random un-attached graduate level credits and you're good to go. I think, based on the table, I'd be in the camp of getting 30-45 random grad credits instead of a doctorate degree!

Okay, I can see why these courses would be good to take under this scenario. I guess they serve a particular need and it depends upon one's goals. I'm thinking more of finishing my master's and then looking for something at the community college later rather than staying in the public school system. I suppose these courses could come in handy for obtaining 18 more credits in another subject to be eligible to teach in at that level. I also live in one of the lowest-paying counties in Virginia for teachers where the supplemental raise in pay is quite small: BA+15 (MA level) = $1,110; MA = $4,026; MA+15 = $4,384; MA+30 = $4,743. It's not really worth doing more than the MA or possibly MA+15 in the public school system here unless they have tuition reimbursement I don't know about yet.

Now if these courses are transferrable I'd be interested in taking a couple for the MA.
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VESI-like Tons of grad classes $110 per credit hour - by IrishJohn - 01-06-2013, 06:34 AM

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