why do administrators make 100,000+, teachers have tenure..huh?

Saturday, 13 March 2010 14:41

who ever heard of a permament job? that you could not be fired. Corzine gave away the chicken's nest to the unions and these contracts need to be renegotiated.. the entire education system needs to be scrapped. not reformed, simply scrapped. I see so much waste in teh school districts. it's not even funny, why do super's get 100,000 plus salaries? for what ?? if they where also the principal ok.. but in most cases there are principals at schools who do the work of the super. NO increase in taxes! how about renegotiating that contract ? how about contributing more to your health care like the rest of us do? and how about working the summer? when i was a kid - teacher;s were underpaid.. but today. No. there are so many people who are teachers just for the vacation time. and they are bad! and unfortunately, my children have had those teachers. i have a better idea.. forget the public school system, lets create charter schools, or even keep the public schools.if you want. but parents get to pick where their children go and pay tution to those schools.. then parents can get a tax credit on their state returns for the money they spend for their children's education. and deduct it from their property taxes.. the the bad schools will go away, and the good schools will survive.. this way you cut out the middle man and even those schools with unions in them would have to become competitive from a tuition perspective and from a quality percpective.. if the school is bad .. bye bye

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Excuse me! Do you take hours of work home with you each night and over the weekend? Do you stay at work long past your 5:00 clock-out and return before your 9:00 clock-in without extra pay? Do you spend HUNDREDS of dollars a year for supplies to take to your job? Highly doubtful. If you think people went into teaching for the "summers off," you are very misinformed. That may have been the case a generation or two ago, but it's not like that anymore. If you add up the hours I put in outside of my "work day" and figure an hourly wage, and subtract the amount I spend on supplies for my classroom, my salary would be FAR LESS than that of a year-round employee. Also, the stress level is very taxing. In my district, I'm not just a teacher, I'm a counselor and a parental figure. I often supply my students with snacks because they were sent to school without breakfast and were too late to receive their school-issued meal. I give my students tutoring time after school for NO extra pay, because their parents can't afford to hire an outside tutor. I provide attention and love to the children whose parents are not involved or are not emotional supports for their kids. I go way above and beyond what you think my job should be. In fact, most of the teachers in my school do. Some of us even supply clothes, shoes and backpacks for the kids. We have students who should be classified as special ed, but the parents aren't concerned enough to come to meetings or sign papers. We have students who are emotionally disturbed and throw furniture in the classroom. We have kids who are very challenged and often challenging. Come spend a day in my school and maybe you'll appreciate teachers a little (or a LOT) more!

May I expound upon a few of your assertions? In the first place, the purpose of tenure is to guarantee the right of due process in order to fire a teacher. Tenure is not a "permanent job." A supervisor may observe a teacher at any time, make recommendations for improving job performance, and develop a corrective action plan that may ultimately lead to dismissal, even if that teacher has tenure. Are there ineffective teachers? Yes, however, they do not represent the vast majority of educators.
Is there waste in the school districts? Yes, but what I consider to be wasteful spending may not be what the superintendent or the school board consider to be wasteful. More often than not, the spending is in some way related to the mandates of No Child Left Behind.
I am sorry that you believe your children's teachers are in education "for the vacation." I am curious, however, to know the extent to which you and your children's other parent, step-parent(s), grandparent(s), and other family members were or are involved in your children's education. Do you make certain they have a regular schedule and quiet place for doing homework? Are your children getting enough sleep each night? Do you keep in regular communication with teachers? Do you attend back-to-school night, conferences (even telephone conferences), IEP meetings (if your child is eligible to receive special education services)? How do you speak about your children's teachers in front of your children? Some of my favorite parents have been ones who keep in contact with me through emails and phone calls, and arrange their work schedules so that they can be available for at least telephone conferences. This way, we are able to build partnerships to help their children become responsible for their own learning, with our support and guidance.
In regard to taxes: teachers, supervisors, guidance counselors, child study team members, principals, superintendents, and support staff ARE taxpayers! In other words, my taxes contribute not only to my health insurance, pension (at least SOMEONE is putting money into my pension fund!), and salary, but also to your district's and my township's educators, police, firefighters, libraries, etc.
Finally, I made the time to proofread these comments, and corrected spelling and grammar mistakes before I submitted a final copy.

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