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Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!
Posted by maybe I'm bitter on 7/21/09

    On 7/21/09, sped wrote:
    > On 7/20/09, maybe I'm bitter wrote:
    >

    > Also, I've seen her outbursts on this board before. I think she has
    > the same post saved as a Word Doc and just posts it every so often
    > to rant.

    I'm sorry, but I must say that this sound pretty aggressive. This board exists for people to
    be able to freely express their opinions/ feelings. No one is forced to read it. If one has
    never been in a situation on the job where they were abused, it's difficult to understand
    someone else's emotions.

    >
    > You were a first year teacher. I don't know your situation, but I
    > do know that districts have the right to fire new teachers. They
    > SHOULD have the right to fire new teachers. Not everyone is cut out
    > for the job, and/or not everyone is a fit in their first job. I'm
    > sure you were railroaded or whatever... I'm not interested in
    > arguing that, but you were a first-year teacher and you were let go.
    > I don't want first year teachers to have tenure on the first day,

    I didn't expect to get tenure on my first day. But I expect new or veteran teachers to be
    treated professionally and with respect. My AP have been giving me satisfactory
    evaluations throughout the year and I wasn't even warned about any problems about to
    arise.

    >
    >> I didn't feel valued or protected. Yes, maybe on paper
    >> things sound wonderful, but in reality if you get in an
    >>unfortunate situation, you might
    >> very easily become a bitter teacher for very good reasons.
    >
    > Well, I'll be blunt. You weren't valued or protected. As a first
    > year teacher, you can be let go. It's the way of the world.

    The problem with NYC, there is only one board of ed. If you are "let go" with
    "discontinuance" from one school, that means you can't be hired by any other of 1500
    schools in the city. That seems to me a little harsh. I would've been happy to leave the
    school and find a "better fit", but that wasn't given to me as an option.

    > If
    > unions protect newbies who can't do the job, or aren't a good fit,
    > then they are TOO powerful. They can make sure all the paperwork
    > and observations are done correctly, but otherwise they can't make
    > the district keep you as a first year. Again, I wouldn't want them
    > too.

    I wish the union AT LEAST made "sure all the paperwork and observations are done
    correctly" which was not the case. I sincerely hope that misconducts of such nature are
    less prevalent outside NYC.

     
     

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