I was hired last summer and did receive the hiring bonus as well, but
the induction and mentoring progam was explained fully to us. Last year
they started new hires at step 3, which is now step one, but at the time
we started on step 3 on the condition that we completed the program. If
we chose not to do the program we would not be brought down to the lower
pay but we woule not get the step increases for I think it was 2 years?
The way it was explained it was worth going ahea with the program. Now
there is no step 1 and 2 that started at I think 30,000 a year but you
have to do the induction program. It seems to work it self out in the
long run and you do get some neat books and supplies at the sessions.
The bonuses started becasue of the desperate need to lure teachers to
Nevada, now there are more teachers applying than they can use so why
would they give a bonus when there is no longer a need to?That would be
very foolish to continue don't you think, I was actually surprised that
they did not stop it last year.

On 7/02/09, ML wrote:
> I was hired last summer and I DID receive a signing bonus. I was hired
> late, so I did not attend orientation but was still expected to have
> all components of the induction program completed before the end of
> the year. It was never discussed when I was hired.
>
>
> On 7/02/09, huh wrote:
>> So if I am reading this correctly there wasn't a signing bonus
>> last year either? When did the signing bonus stop?
>>
>> On 7/02/09, read the contract wrote:
>>> The contract has the number of contracted days written on it,
>>> the extra days are included in that number. The teacher
>>> orientation tells you all about the new teacher induction
>>> program, I know I was at it. You are also told at this time
>>> what you do or do not recieve for attending. You know what you
>>> are in for before you ever sign your actual contract none of it
>>> is hidden if you read your paper work and listen to the
>>> information provided to you.
>>>
>>> On 7/02/09, Nothing I have received so far wrote:
>>>> mentions working a week without pay or any additional
>>>> training time. When is that disclosded?
>>>>
>>>> Also, if you follow the thread, you'll notice that there
>>>> two different posters. And I'm curious what lead you to
>>>> conclude the sex of either?
>>>>
>>>> As far as being grateful for a job, there is that of
>>>> course. But you need to be careful when you state that
>>>> certain practices are okay simply because you do have a
>>>> position. Sure, one week is not a big deal, but could it
>>>> be extended at any time? How much free time are you
>>>> willing to put in, in order to have a job? And I'm not
>>>> talking about lesson planning or any classroom organization
>>>> you do after contracted hours. I know people in other
>>>> professions who spend a lot of after hours time for their
>>>> jobs as well. I'm referring to possibly teaching the last
>>>> month for free because the state budget has run out of
>>>> money (no rumors, just a hypothetical).
>>>>
>>>> When teachers value their time, perhaps others will start
>>>> to as well.
>

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