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by HistoryTunes
Aug 11, 2010
Hello Fellow Teachers! We are NYC public school teachers who have developed a new and exciting product for seconday US History. [link removed]!
I have taken the Biology exam several times and can not seem to pass it. I have used several studyguides and practice exams and did well on them. However, I am still falling short of the 220 that I need to pass. I am determined to pass, so if anyone has any tips or advice, I am willing to do anything. Help me someone.
Looking for example report cards from 1990- present. I am researching how kindergarten has changed over the years and older report cards would be helpful.
I started this Free service for some teacher friends back in January of 2006. It has grown over the years and as of today we have had 253 hires in that time. Together we do the work-- I help find some job leads and offer advice when asked. It's my way of "Paying It Forward" as they say. Email me at [email removed]
Tom K
Anyone up to writing them and giving them heck? Any suggestions for me if I do it? Would be more effective if a lot of people from Michigan wrote.
Dealing with benefit costs unavoidable
Political leaders and employee unions must find solutions
September 6, 2010
When the subject of labor unions comes up, too many...See MoreAnyone up to writing them and giving them heck? Any suggestions for me if I do it? Would be more effective if a lot of people from Michigan wrote.
Dealing with benefit costs unavoidable
Political leaders and employee unions must find solutions
September 6, 2010
When the subject of labor unions comes up, too many people on both sides of the bargaining table forget a key point.
The employer-union negotiation is often about coming out on top. But negotiations should be about finding the best deal in the middle. No one wins everything or loses everything - it's about collaborating to find compromises. On Labor Day, it's important for everyone to reflect on that.
Michigan has no easy way out of its financial troubles. Its employee unions have been working with the state to manage furlough time, increase shares of benefit costs and other savings measures. So, too, have local teachers unions been sharing added costs for benefits. The state Legislature passed an incentive to entice veteran teachers into retirement as a cost-saving measure, but packaged the carrot with a stick. Those who opted not to retire will pay 3 percent of their salary toward retiree health care costs, beginning Oct. 1.
That didn't sit well with many. Indeed, several members of the Michgan Education Association sued the state, saying Public Act 75 of 2010 violates several laws.
The reality in Michigan, though, is inescapable. Public employers from school districts to cities, counties and the state are coping with dramatic drops in revenue.
Costs for employee and retiree health-care benefits are an ongoing challenge.
House Speaker Andy Dillon stumbled with his proposal to put some 400,000 public employees across the state into a single health-care plan, largely because he has never offered enough details. What his plan did do, though, was raise the ire of public employees, who worried that negotiated benefits could be wrestled away.
While many state employees and teachers union members do pay more now for health care, Dillon's research suggested they don't pay as much as private sector workers. Their unions have to face that.
When the MEA members filed suit against PA 75, MEA President Iris Salters was quoted by Gongwer News Service saying that "taking an additional 3 percent out of (teachers') paychecks to pay for retirement benefits without any guarantee that those benefits will be there is an unconscionable act by legislators."
Taxpayers could respond with the same ire to paying for public workers' benefits more generous than their own.
It will take compromise on both sides to solve this. It won't be easy and it may not be popular, but it's unavoidable.
An LSJ editorial
Any good websites for all the GLCEs required for 3rd grade?
Hello, Here's wishing you a great year in teaching! I have just published my first children's book, and using my talents as a Reading Specialist have developed interdisciplinary activities, as well as before, during, and after reading activities for the classroom. There are vocabulary activities and opportunities for your students to write to me ab...See MoreHello, Here's wishing you a great year in teaching! I have just published my first children's book, and using my talents as a Reading Specialist have developed interdisciplinary activities, as well as before, during, and after reading activities for the classroom. There are vocabulary activities and opportunities for your students to write to me about the book and its characters. I am glad to respond to those letters at your request. A physical disability permits me from teaching in the classroom anymore, so I am reaching out to students this way. The main goal of this book is also the part of my job I miss the most: instilling a love of reading and learning in each student. I can visit your classroom by Skype, if you wish, and our website is about to go online. There, you will be able to access the acitivities I spoke of earlier. The obok is called Harley Hits a Homer, and I am so pleased with the positive way it is being received in the classrooms where it is being used. I'd love to hear from you if you think we could work together on this project. I'd love to hear from your classes and to interact with them. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Let's keep them reading, Tena
What is the salryrange for a charter school teacher?
by still workin
Sep 25, 2010
Why aren't we, teachers, marching in the streets daily to protest the unfair 3% deduction from our pay, into a retirement fund, that isn't guarenteed to be there when we retire? Why don't we see other state employees paying this?
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