OK! I buy the idea that young teachers can benefit from having more experienced professionals providing them with good work material.
BUT, in my opinion, the question that rises from this isn't weather it is ethical or not to have public school professors selling their material. What I am concerned about is if this material is really good! For instance, I've just created a seller account at TeachersPayTeachers, but I don't teach anything! I'm a Brazilian computer scientist!
I agree that the intellectual property of these lesson plans belong to the teachers that produced them. And I belive that professionals that produce good quality material must be rewarded for doing that. I'm just worried with the possibility of having uncontrolled teaching material being sold (and used!) worldwide.
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OK! I buy the idea that young teachers can benefit from having more experienced professionals providing them with good work material. BUT, in my opinion, the question that rises from this isn't weather it is ethical or not to have public school professors selling their material. What I am concerned about is if this material is really good! For instance, I've just created a seller account at TeachersPayTeachers, but I don't teach anything! I'm a Brazilian computer scientist! I agree that the intellectual property of these lesson plans belong to the teachers that produced them. And I belive that professionals that produce good quality material must be rewarded for doing that. I'm just worried with the possibility of having uncontrolled teaching material being sold (and used!) worldwide.