On Wed, 26 Feb 1997, Mary Day Kent wrote:

> How about a minimum of $5000 more than the starting salary of the local
> public school system for elementary teachers?
>

I cannot believe that museum education is more difficult than classroonm
work.  Museums have extensive resources and behavior controls that
classrooms don't.  There is no grading, followup work, dealing with
student's longterm problems...  Classroom teaching requires state
certification- there arte no certification requirements for museum
personnel...  Please justify why museum educators deserve more than other
types of educators.
        There goes my shot at a museum education job!




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> >What should a small suburban museum in the North East pay its full-time
> >educator? (This individual has a B.A. plus five years part-time experience
> >as a museum educator.) The educator is responsible for developing and
> >implementing public programs, trains and supervises four part-time interns,
> >is in charge of docent education, does some teaching in the galleries and
> >some of the tour/program scheduling.
> >
> >Thanks for any and all input. You can respond privately if you like at the
> >address below.
> >
> >Bret Bostock
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> >
> >
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