Master's in Education -- role change?

Question

When a person / teacher goes back to school to get his or her Master's Degree (in Education), how exactly does that change what roles they are qualified for? Note: I'm not talking about pay. I'm talking about job roles they might be asked to fill that they were not asked to fill when they were just a teacher with a Bachelor's Degree. Assume the Master's in Education is not Education Administration, but Curriculum & Instruction (Teaching).

Answer 1

At the school I worked at, the Master and Bachelor teachers performed the same duties the only difference was pay.  

Answer 2

Technically, there is a difference between a Masters in Education and a Masters in Curriculum & Instruction.

I know a couple of teachers who have a curriculum and instruction masters and they are the curriculum directors in their school.  They are not in the classroom anymore, they just spend time working much more closely with administrative on the test scores the students are achieving and with state standards.  Writing (or re-writing) curriculum, standards, objectives, and then adding the actual material with each to show how they are achieved is a full-time job.

A regular education masters (such as in education and teaching) I honestly haven't seen much difference in classroom performance, except for when they were working on their masters they did research and their students were involved in some form (thesis statement and research based on a question involving the class or scores).  By doing alterations in the actual classroom and teaching approach due to external classes makes a change in the teachers perspective.

Answer 3

It's just a scam for them to get more money. Nothing changes, they even teach the same courses unless they want to apply for Vice Principal. But a lazy teacher can just go back to the same courses, same 10 month year, same 6 hour day with weekends, holidays, and snow days off...and now get paid $10+ thousand more per year. Sweet deal, plus the iron clad job security and the super medical coverage. Recession-proof too! And a big, fat pension at age 55!