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by Cheryl

Dec 9, 2013

I have been doing phone interviews for MS & HS math positions in Seminole County. After every interview I feel overwhelmed! I will be moving from private school education in AR. The schools seem very different from what I'm accustomed to! Would like to be able to discuss some of my concerns with FL classroom teachers. Thanks!

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A+ money

by Gina

Dec 5, 2013

Any idea if we should expect to see A+ money this year?

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Posting FL teacher rankings

by Ex-Teacher

Dec 1, 2013

It seems FL is following in the footsteps of NY and LA by publicly shaming teachers.

I demand to see the rankings of firefighters based on how quickly the fires were put out. No matter how big the fire was when they arrived. No matter if accelerant was used. NO EXCUSES.

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Katelyn On 12/01/13, Ex-Teacher wrote: > It seems FL is following in the footsteps of NY and LA by > publicly shaming teachers. > > > > I demand to see the rankings of firefighters based on how > quickly the fires were put out. No matter how big the fire > was when they arrived. No matter if accelerant was used. NO > EXCUSES. Th...See MoreOn 12/01/13, Ex-Teacher wrote: > It seems FL is following in the footsteps of NY and LA by > publicly shaming teachers. > > > > I demand to see the rankings of firefighters based on how > quickly the fires were put out. No matter how big the fire > was when they arrived. No matter if accelerant was used. NO > EXCUSES. They are doing their best to create the biggest teacher shortage since 1969. No one is going to invest $50K+ to join a profession where the state is against you like Florida, and one in which you can be shot to death like four teachers in the US this school year...plus wages are poor as well. They will have to change requirements to be a teacher down to "must have G.E.D.".....or import teachers from the Philippines as they did in La...they were threatened and paid low and eventually filed a lawsuit against the State AND WON. Plus another suit: The Los Angeles Times reported that Filipino teachers recruited to teach in Baton Rouge, Louisiana filed a federal lawsuit in Los Angeles. Ingrid Cruz and Rolando Pascual contend they were among hundreds of Filipinos who took teaching jobs in the U.S. since 2007, only to be forced to pay exorbitant fees to a Los Angeles firm that helped get them their jobs.

The lawsuit accused the Koreatown firm, Universal Placement International Inc., and its president, Lourdes “Lulu” Navarro, of forcing the Filipino teachers to pay immigration fees that under federal law should have been paid by the districts that hired them.

The Filipino teachers also claim that they were pressured into paying a second fee of as much as $8,000 before they would be allowed to leave the Philippines and additional fees once they arrived in the United States. Before they arrived in the United States, many teachers had paid $16,000 in recruitment and immigration charges, the lawsuit said.

Navarro’s attorney, Don A. Hernandez, said all the fees were fair and disclosed up front. He said the lawsuit was triggered by a small group of disgruntled teachers who are trying to stiff his client for fees they had agreed to pay.

“There is and never has been any evidence of trafficking, fraud, undue influence, extortion or compulsion of any of the teachers who now happily reside in Louisiana and receive salaries at least five times higher than they would have received had they remained in the Philippines,” Hernandez said.

Five plaintiffs in the lawsuit are seeking unspecified damages. A judge has not yet ruled on a request to certify the lawsuit as a class action, a move that could add about 350 teachers to the litigation.

The Southern Poverty Law Center, which is representing the Filipino teachers, said Navarro “crossed the line by charging people excessive fees without disclosing what the fees were going to be for” or that they should have been paid by the school district.

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Educational Website (Kids Learning Games)

by Dion S.

Nov 29, 2013

Here's a really good Pinterest Pin that links you up to a lot of educational games for grade K-5! Most of the games are aligned to Common Core I believe (math, reading, language arts and such). I like to project stuff like this on my Smartboard.

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