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Mon, 02/01/2010 - 12:14
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(EDITORIAL from the JoongAng Daily on Feb. 1)
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The National Assembly and educational circles are still in the throes of change
involving the minimum qualifications to be eligible for the position of school
superintendent and the selection method of members of the education committee.
The Education, Science and Technology Committee of the National Assembly convened
the Legislation and Judiciary Committee at the end of last year and passed the
amendment to the Local Education Autonomy Act. The amendment stipulates that
someone with no teaching experience can become the superintendant of a school and
that members of the education committee should be elected based on a party-list
proportional representation system rather than via direct elections. However, met
with strong resistance from educational circles, the Education, Science and
Technology Committee decided to take a step back and reconsider its decision. The
committee???s plenary session, held last Thursday, considered a new compromise
plan to bolster the requirements to two to three years of teaching experience. At
the same time, the teachers??? union held a rally to voice its views on the
issue.
The school superintendent runs a tight ship when it comes to the direction of
education. In the past, it was a golden rule that a highly qualified educational
leader should serve as a school superintendent. Most school superintendents are
promoted from professor or principal after 30 to 40 years of teaching experience.
The point is that the attributes of superintendents under this system don???t
necessarily help us keep up with a rapidly changing educational world. Someone
who has been in education for three or four decades might have become quite
conservative in regards to change and risk, and he or she is likely entangled in
issues related to school relations and regionalism.
If we continue at this rate, education may become stagnant. We should change our
way of thinking to clear the way for a revolutionary person capable of breathing
new life into the educational field. Minimizing the requirements to become
superintendent - at least when it comes to experience in the field - could be a
way to get a talented figure at the helm. It would be a step in the right
direction to recruit candidates who have little or no teaching experience. If
not, we will never have a young and revolutionary figure like Michelle Rhee, the
chancellor of Washington D.C.???s public school system.
Along the same lines, the introduction of a party-list proportional
representation system is a matter that must be carefully deliberated. If
candidates get jobs due to the influence of an acquaintance in politics, it may
ruin the autonomy and neutrality of education.
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No experience necessary
The National Assembly and educational circles are still in the throes of change
involving the minimum qualifications to be eligible for the position of school
superintendent and the selection method of members of the education committee.
The Education, Science and Technology Committee of the National Assembly convened
the Legislation and Judiciary Committee at the end of last year and passed the
amendment to the Local Education Autonomy Act. The amendment stipulates that
someone with no teaching experience can become the superintendant of a school and
that members of the education committee should be elected based on a party-list
proportional representation system rather than via direct elections. However, met
with strong resistance from educational circles, the Education, Science and
Technology Committee decided to take a step back and reconsider its decision. The
committee???s plenary session, held last Thursday, considered a new compromise
plan to bolster the requirements to two to three years of teaching experience. At
the same time, the teachers??? union held a rally to voice its views on the
issue.
The school superintendent runs a tight ship when it comes to the direction of
education. In the past, it was a golden rule that a highly qualified educational
leader should serve as a school superintendent. Most school superintendents are
promoted from professor or principal after 30 to 40 years of teaching experience.
The point is that the attributes of superintendents under this system don???t
necessarily help us keep up with a rapidly changing educational world. Someone
who has been in education for three or four decades might have become quite
conservative in regards to change and risk, and he or she is likely entangled in
issues related to school relations and regionalism.
If we continue at this rate, education may become stagnant. We should change our
way of thinking to clear the way for a revolutionary person capable of breathing
new life into the educational field. Minimizing the requirements to become
superintendent - at least when it comes to experience in the field - could be a
way to get a talented figure at the helm. It would be a step in the right
direction to recruit candidates who have little or no teaching experience. If
not, we will never have a young and revolutionary figure like Michelle Rhee, the
chancellor of Washington D.C.???s public school system.
Along the same lines, the introduction of a party-list proportional
representation system is a matter that must be carefully deliberated. If
candidates get jobs due to the influence of an acquaintance in politics, it may
ruin the autonomy and neutrality of education.
(END)
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