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Ashton Crabtree Instructor: Malcolm Campbell English 1102 19 January 2014 Topic Proposal: Education in North Carolina Introduction/Overview The topic that interests me is teaching an e ucation in the state o! "orth Carolina# I $ant to e%amine the salaries o! teachers in "orth Carolina an compare them to other states# I also $ant to e%pan my topic by researching ho$ satis!ie teachers are $ith their &obs# I $ant to 'no$ the pros an cons o! teaching an the importance o! e ucation# It has been sai that some teachers o not li'e teaching in the state o! "orth Carolina# I $ant to !in out i! this opinion is speci!ic to "orth Carolina or i! it is !oun in other states as $ell# ()erall teacher satis!action has ecline t$enty three percent since 200*# +hy is this happening, -o$ can $e !i% this problem, +hat is "orth Carolina oing $rong that other states are oing right, My research $ill come !rom articles online# I !oun a $ebsite. $$$#nea#org. $hich lists the a)erage starting salaries o! teachers across the /#0# +hen compare to other states. "orth Carolina oes not pay nearly as much as states such as Marylan an "e$ Jersey# I currently am ta'ing t$o e ucation classes here at /"C1Charlotte2 03E4 2100: Intro uction to 0tu ents $ith 0pecial "ee s. an E4/C 2100: 5oun ations o! E ucation an 4i)ersity in 0chools# I hope to gain more insight about teaching in "orth Carolina by ta'ing these t$o classes# My ma&or is elementary e ucation an I nee to 'no$ all o! this important in!ormation i! I $ant to be a success!ul teacher one ay#

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This topic has ha positi)e an negati)e !ee bac' !rom teachers all aroun "orth Carolina# My English teacher in high school tol me "orth Carolina is the $orst state to teach in. no matter $hat gra e le)el# 0he sai the pay $as not goo enough !or the amount o! $or' you put in an the system $as run by politics an the go)ernment# I ha)e also ha teachers tell me that $hen compare to other states "orth Carolina is &ust as goo as any other state# These i!!erent opinions nee to be resol)e # Initial Inquiry Question(s) +hen teachers o not !eel they are pai enough or get enough bene!its. oes this a!!ect their $or' ethic an e!!ecti)eness as a teacher, 4o teachers $ho get pai more !eel goo about going to $or', Are they moti)ate to better themsel)es, +ill paying teachers more moti)ate them to be more engage $ith their stu ents, 0houl "orth Carolina run their schools an e ucation o!! the same principles as other schools in i!!erent states, y Interest in this Topic I am intereste in this topic because in !our years this $ill concern me# I $ant to be an elementary school teacher2 possibly mi le school# I! I 'no$ that I am not going to be happy

teaching in "orth Carolina then I nee to consi er mo)ing out o! state to teach# I alrea y 'no$ that the salary in "orth Carolina is )ery lo$# I $ant to 'no$ more about $hat bene!its teachers get2 hope!ully they $ill ma'e up !or the lo$ income# I $ant to 'no$ more about $ho ma'es the ecisions $hen it comes to !un ing# +ho eci es that e ucation is going to get a cut this year, +hat !actors eci e that, I $ant to also !in statistics that can tell me i! there is any correlation bet$een salaries an moti)ation an e!!ecti)eness o! teachers# I 'no$ that no$a ays i! you ma'e a lot o! money you usually en&oy your &ob more#

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This topic is )ery important# To me. teachers o not get pai enough !or $hat they o# Thin' about it# Teachers teach us all the basic s'ills an 'no$le ge to success!ully ma'e it in the $orl $e li)e in# +e are in school !or * hours a ay an our parents $or' longer than $e are in school# That means that teachers see us more than our parents o# They shoul be getting pai ouble $hat they get no$ i! it $as up to me# Ne!t "teps To obtain more research on my topic I $ill go to the library an see i! there are any boo's or other research materials that can gi)e me insight on the history o! teaching# The best $ay that I can thin' o! to get more in!ormation on my topic is to go to my e ucation classes# 7oth o! my pro!essors ha)e taught in public schools $ith a $i e range o! gra e le)els# I belie)e that the best 'no$le ge comes !rom e%perience# I $ill as' them 8uestions about their e%perience $ith teaching an ho$ teaching )aries !rom state to state# I $ill also as' them ho$ bene!its an other 9per's: moti)ate teachers to better themsel)es#