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been very quiet

by weneedaraise

Jun 16, 2016

Any idea of when we will definitively know what to expect for pay this upcoming year? Any key dates? I'm looking at you History teachers!

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Steve If they give raises to everyone except those at the top of
the scale, it will be time to explore an age
discrimination federal lawsuit. They seem to be trying to
discourage older teachers from remaining in the system.
They increase beginning teacher's salary to keep it
'competitive' but do nothing to keep the 30 year teacher
salar...See More

Jun 19, 2016

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yeppers This has been their goal exactly - get rid of the veteran teachers. They want them all out and they want new people to leave before they can get retirement vesting. They hate public school teachers and they want them gone. They do not believe teachers deserve a decent salary or retirement. This is no surprise. The mentor teachers are retiring as fa...See More

Jun 20, 2016

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eog results 5th grade

by jean

Jun 16, 2016

I am a retired NC teacher who is tutoring a 1st grader this summer. Her mom just asked me about her 5th grade daughter's eog results. She was on the Honor Roll all year and scored level 4 on math and science. But she scored a level 1 on reading. I'm thinking that it was probably test anxiety or a change in scoring this year. She is being passed on ...See More

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something is wrong If a child can pass the math and science eog with 4's, they must be able to read close to grade level. I would suspect testing errors on the reading test, especially if the reading test was administer by computer.

Before I recommended any tutoring or developed any lessons or activities, I would have the child tested with a different readin...See More

Jun 17, 2016

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A I agree with the other posters: If she did that well on her other EOCs, reading probably isn't a problem. I suspect testing error, but since you're her tutor instead of her mom, that's not really your job to sort out.

However, no child is ever hurt by more reading. I suggest that you pick Newberry Award winner books and read /discuss them...See More

Jun 17, 2016

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High School Occupational Course of Study

by jsm0731

May 24, 2016

How is your county handling the modified blueprint and Career and Technical Education classes? For example, in my county, a student using modified blueprint (per their IEP) must take the CTE course two times (to complete all the standards). Also, does your county allow for a student to leave with a certificate if all required hours are not complete...See More

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? Re: insurance and early retirement

by Staying positive

May 22, 2016

Hey all...

So, I'm not necessarily planning on retiring early but things are changing all around my area right now and I am at least wondering about a few things.

I've always planned to retire at 60 with 25 years (I had other years elsewhere).

If I couldn't hold on that long (all positive reviews even several distinguishe...See More

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recent retiree Oh- the pay question - yes, you have to start taking retiree pay when you retire. You can't just take the insurance. And it would remain the same for life ( barring any COLA raises- which are not likely).

May 23, 2016

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Staying positive On 5/23/16, recent retiree wrote: > Oh- the pay question - yes, you have to start taking > retiree pay when you retire. You can't just take the > insurance. And it would remain the same for life ( barring > any COLA raises- which are not likely).

I appreciate your responses. They are helpful. :)

May 23, 2016

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Your school's leadership team...

by CaswellCoTeach

May 9, 2016

I would like to know how your school selects members of your Leadership Team. I have been at my current school for five years. A lady on my grade-level has been the second grade leadership rep since I came to the school, and from what I understand she was on it for several years before I came to the school (I'm guessing she's been on it for about 8...See More

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SIT We do have a limit but after the next election cycle you can go back on. People either volunteer to run, are nominated, or are asked to run by administration. Faculty votes.

May 9, 2016

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Mess On 5/09/16, SIT wrote: > We do have a limit but after the next election cycle you > can go back on. People either volunteer to run, are > nominated, or are asked to run by administration. Faculty > votes.

So our school the admin "requests" for people to be on SIT. Funny it is usually those that agree with what they a...See More

May 9, 2016

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Retirement

by Melinda

May 4, 2016

Is anyone on here retiring or considering it for this year? I am thinking about it and wondering about which option I would choose. I would like some feedback on choosing Option 4 - SS leveling. Why is it good? Why is it bad? I am divorced and have one grown daughter.

Thanks everyone!

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A 1. I needed it to be able to retire early. 2. People in my family don't usually live long. 3. I am debt free and live a simple lifestyle 4. I have a small annuity as well and some savings ( though not hundreds of thousands LOL).

Pointing out an alternative: You might have needed the SS leveling to retire early without working elsewhere, b...See More

May 7, 2016

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recent retiree I am well aware of everything you said. Keep in mind there may be other factors which I did not choose to post - of which you are not aware. But - your info might help the OP in their thinking.

On 5/07/16, A wrote: > 1. I needed it to be able to retire early. > 2. People in my family don't usually live long. > 3. I am debt free a...See More

May 8, 2016

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Forsyth County and TFA

by recruit real teachers

May 1, 2016

So Forsyth county is thinking about using TFA to fill hard to hire vacancies. Hmmm. I hear the district has to pay TFA about $3-5000 per head. Too bad the education hating legislators cut all funding for the acclaimed Teaching Fellows program. Too bad education hating legislators cut pay raises and steps for teachers making NC a terrible place to w...See More

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So....what are we going to do

by Bill T NC (now retired)

Mar 8, 2016

I loathe politics. Don't like discussing it and am reluctant to bring it up here, but we all know that things are not good within the realm of public education in the North State and haven't been for awhile.

More experienced teachers are bailing at record Health benefits are being reduced. Teachers have already lost pay for advanced degre...See More

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steve On 4/16/16, HB2 wrote: > On 4/11/16, A wrote: >> The possessive "board's" is not the same as "board is." >> Typically people only use three ellipses. You used four. Are >> you asking a question because you forgot to add a question >> mark? You are a Conservative Christian. Your lack of > reasoning &...See More

Apr 18, 2016

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Karen C On 3/09/16, change is needed wrote:
> why not try a libertarian --
>
> www.lp.org/state/north-carolina
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> On 3/08/16, weneedaraise wrote:
>> It drives me nuts when teachers vote GOP because of
>> religious values. The state level isn't going to make
>> much difference with morals vs. t...See More

Apr 29, 2016

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Playing music in class

by Jp

Mar 16, 2016

I am looking to play relaxing music with no lyrics when my students are working on assignments. Any suggestions of a free internet channel, etc?

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MikeBSC2000 On 3/16/16, Jp wrote: > I am looking to play relaxing music with > no lyrics when my students are working on > assignments. Any suggestions of a free > internet channel, etc?

I play Tchaikovsky on Pandora

Apr 28, 2016

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coyoteboy Spotify is awesome and you can download it for free (although you will have to put up with some ads). They have a lot of instrumental channels specifically designed to help you focus; I like the "Deep Focus" channel.

Apr 28, 2016

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Pay for Performance

by Former NC Teacher

Apr 28, 2016

When did Pay for Performance go away???

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Direct On 4/28/16, Former NC Teacher wrote: > When did Pay for Performance go away???

The ABC bonus money ended with the economic crash and the beginning of RttT.

Apr 28, 2016

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