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Post by christine58 on Jul 17, 2016 12:38:27 GMT
We have +nothing. Lol! We have zero continuing ed dollars and no benefit for getting continuing ed in our salary schedule. All new teachers make a flat rate and nobody gets raises ever. Like never ever, never. First year teachers are making what they will make for the duration of their career. Existing teachers will never get a raise. Where do you live?? to not even get a cost of living raise??? You need a union--although I am betting you're in a state without one. I am astounded.
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Post by Merge on Jul 17, 2016 12:46:51 GMT
I also had some home projects I wanted to accomplish, but I've been putting those off, too. Last year was just so horrific, I've needed every ounce of rest and recuperation this summer. I so hope this change is going to be great for you!! I'd hate to see you leave teaching because your love of your profession does come through on your posts! I'm excited! This is going to be a great new challenge in what seems to be a warm and supportive environment (for both kids and teachers).
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Post by moodyblue on Jul 17, 2016 14:03:32 GMT
Holy crap. I started at 18k and ended with 70K. We probably had 8 years of not getting a raise. We were paid for experience and classes. I had a masters +69 hours. I am fortunate in that I am stuck a little higher on the scale than a new teacher. This is where I was when the change came to play. When I say no raise this means no step raises, no lane raises no cost of living raises. In fact my salary has decreased over the years due to insurance rates. What we are seeing is teachers who are less willing to give free time for clubs, after school activities, etc. More teachers are working bell to bell. Any extra things the admin wants done are being refused unless time is given in the day. The only things I do on my time are things that make a direct impact on my students. I sneak that stuff home and do it. I will not do reports for admin, pointless book studies, safety videos, etc... on my own time. I hVe also noticed that teachers are unwilling to buy for their classrooms. We were told by admin we all needed specific information on a bulletin board last year in every room. First question was, "When will borders and background and paper be provided?" "When is time be allotted in the day to complete this?" How do the "powers-that-be" justify this? No raises of any kind, ever? Do they understand that most people could not stay in a profession under these conditions? I live in Illinois, where we had no state budget for last year, there was tons of uncertainty about school funding for this coming year, most districts in my area are running at a deficit, and we were able to negotiate a two percent raise for this year and the next.
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Post by Merge on Jul 17, 2016 14:09:13 GMT
I am fortunate in that I am stuck a little higher on the scale than a new teacher. This is where I was when the change came to play. When I say no raise this means no step raises, no lane raises no cost of living raises. In fact my salary has decreased over the years due to insurance rates. What we are seeing is teachers who are less willing to give free time for clubs, after school activities, etc. More teachers are working bell to bell. Any extra things the admin wants done are being refused unless time is given in the day. The only things I do on my time are things that make a direct impact on my students. I sneak that stuff home and do it. I will not do reports for admin, pointless book studies, safety videos, etc... on my own time. I hVe also noticed that teachers are unwilling to buy for their classrooms. We were told by admin we all needed specific information on a bulletin board last year in every room. First question was, "When will borders and background and paper be provided?" "When is time be allotted in the day to complete this?" How do the "powers-that-be" justify this? No raises of any kind, ever? Do they understand that most people could not stay in a profession under these conditions? I live in Illinois, where we had no state budget for last year, there was tons of uncertainty about school funding for this coming year, most districts in my area are running at a deficit, and we were able to negotiate a two percent raise for this year and the next. I'm going to speculate that taxpayers in that area have voted down tax increases for school funding several years in a row. All the things needed to run a school go up in price each year, plus the cost of maintaining buildings as they age gets more, but taxpayers don't want to pay more, so teacher salaries suffer. And then the taxpayers will complain about the "crappy" schools where they can't seem to hire/retain "good" teachers, with 40 kids in a classroom and two kids to a textbook, with the crumbling infrastructure and clunky, aging technology - but no tax increases!
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Post by playingcinderella on Jul 17, 2016 14:33:20 GMT
We got out June 2nd and go back August th for 2 weeks of in service. This is the most in service days we have had because of a change in how the school year is calculated.
I spent the first three weeks of break helping students prepare for competition, working events in our theatre for outside rentals and dealing with trying to pick a season for next year. I finally told the head director I was unavailable after July 4th until in service to discuss anything school related. I have enjoyed the freedom from that for the last few weeks. Seriously, I was getting multpile daily text and emails - not how I want to spend my summer! Next year, we are going to be discussing boundaries for sure!
I have put off most planning until we go back. The first year of two weeks and I'm hoping we have quite a bit of time for team and individual planning. Luckily, I am pretty happy with how my curriculum worked last year and only wanting to make minor tweaks. Other than that, I have made some purchases and pinned lots of ideas for shows.
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Post by seaexplore on Jul 17, 2016 15:01:20 GMT
Holy crap. I started at 18k and ended with 70K. We probably had 8 years of not getting a raise. We were paid for experience and classes. I had a masters +69 hours. I am fortunate in that I am stuck a little higher on the scale than a new teacher. This is where I was when the change came to play. When I say no raise this means no step raises, no lane raises no cost of living raises. In fact my salary has decreased over the years due to insurance rates. What we are seeing is teachers who are less willing to give free time for clubs, after school activities, etc. More teachers are working bell to bell. Any extra things the admin wants done are being refused unless time is given in the day. The only things I do on my time are things that make a direct impact on my students. I sneak that stuff home and do it. I will not do reports for admin, pointless book studies, safety videos, etc... on my own time. I hVe also noticed that teachers are unwilling to buy for their classrooms. We were told by admin we all needed specific information on a bulletin board last year in every room. First question was, "When will borders and background and paper be provided?" "When is time be allotted in the day to complete this?" Yep. Work the rule. I'm sorry but your district sucks in how they treat their teachers! Do you have a union?
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 17, 2016 15:53:13 GMT
We have +30 and +60 right. Ow I think I have about +20 so I am hoping to start taking some classes in the spring online. We get a little tuition reimbursement and our community college is really good so I can take them there. We have +nothing. Lol! We have zero continuing ed dollars and no benefit for getting continuing ed in our salary schedule. All new teachers make a flat rate and nobody gets raises ever. Like never ever, never. First year teachers are making what they will make for the duration of their career. Existing teachers will never get a raise. I go back on August 2, the kids return on the 4th. I have done some math workshops, some curriculum writing, spent a few days mentoring new teachers, and my room is ready to go. All I have left to do is label my mailboxes and other stuff when I get a class list. you know, I love my job, buy I don't know I would do it in this situation, unless your starting pay is really good
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Post by TankTop on Jul 17, 2016 16:00:27 GMT
We have a union, but a few years ago the state put restrictions on what could and could not be negotiated. The state also determines our evaluation model directly controls how pay is alloted.
For instance... Our state made it so hours could change at any time without negotiations.
From what I have read and heard similar things are happening in Indiana. Be very careful of Mike Pence. My research into him shows he is not pro teacher. I was reading about what he did to the state elected super of public ed. Disgraceful.
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Post by katybee on Jul 17, 2016 16:40:45 GMT
Our school day is increasing by 10 minutes this year. It doesn't seem like a big deal, but when you combine that with shrinking planning periods (not legal--but they find loopholes), more required PD, more requirements in general with less time to do them--it gets old.
I live in a non-Union, right-to-work ( which really means right for employers to fire you for no reason at all… ) state. Yay Texas!
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Post by seaexplore on Jul 17, 2016 16:44:46 GMT
We have a union, but a few years ago the state put restrictions on what could and could not be negotiated. The state also determines our evaluation model directly controls how pay is alloted. For instance... Our state made it so hours could change at any time without negotiations. From what I have read and heard similar things are happening in Indiana. Be very careful of Mike Pence. My research into him shows he is not pro teacher. I was reading about what he did to the state elected super of public ed. Disgraceful. That is horrid. I can't even imagine staying in teaching if my state were like that! I have a strongish union. We won't strike but we do work the rule. This last round of negotiations, the superintendent refused to meet with the bargaining team and they met with only the lawyer. What a mess.
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