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I have to disagree. Parents have a lot of input in their children's education and, excepting those that get out of line (and some do), I think that is the way it should be.
Just a few examples in my own experience:
- A parent complained about her child's being assigned to read Macbeth. The presence of witchcraft and the supernatural was offensive to her. I happily gave the student an alternative assignment. Problem solved.
- Another parent was unhappy with his daughter's year-end grade. Over the summer, she had applied to some sort of program that required a certain GPA and was rejected. The following September, I was asked to change the grade and did so. She had failed the final due to an absence. When the parent provided the documentation showing that the absence was, in fact, legal (something parents often forget to do), I was happy to change her grade.
- I caught two students cheating on the final exam. They had identical essays. I called both parents and each asked me if anything could be done to save their daughters' grades. I allowed both students to complete an in-depth research paper over the following weekend and counted that as their final exam grade.
These are just a few examples. Most teachers are happy to listen to and work with parents. We want the kids to succeed and forging a good teacher-parent relationship is very important to ensure that they do.
As for teachers pushing their political agendas, I have no comment. I simply don't see it happen.
I'm tired of this thread. I'd give any critic a thousand dollars to come to school and teach for nine weeks and have the kids make progress both academically and behaviorally. Teaching is a tough job and those who do it well should be commended. I think that's all that needs to be said.
When I worked in private industry the company had all sorts of company paid training that was done on company time. We had monthly seminars paid for by the company that were intended to keep us current in our field.....
If the training is directly related to what the company needs you to do then they will train you. But they rarely train you to keep up your general skill set outside of their direct requirements.
I'm tired of this thread. I'd give any critic a thousand dollars to come to school and teach for nine weeks and have the kids make progress both academically and behaviorally. Teaching is a tough job and those who do it well should be commended. I think that's all that needs to be said.
Make it 10 thousand, setup it up and I'd be glad to do this.
Make it 10 thousand, setup it up and I'd be glad to do this.
Net or gross?
So you want to be a first year teacher:
$43,912 by 22 pays (no summer checks) = $1996/2 weeks gross
minus FICA -$ 150
minus MD Income Tax (.075%) -$ 149
minus State Pension System (6%) -$ 120
minus Federal witholding -$ 250
minus representation fee -$ 35
minus health insurance -$ 125
________
$1167 net/2 weeks
The net will be lower if you choose the 26 pay option.
$43,912 by 22 pays (no summer checks) = $1996/2 weeks gross
minus FICA -$ 150
minus MD Income Tax (.075%) -$ 149
minus State Pension System (6%) -$ 120
minus Federal witholding -$ 250
minus representation fee -$ 35
minus health insurance -$ 125
________
$1167 net/2 weeks
The net will be lower if you choose the 26 pay option.
No, you must do it at the teacher rate. See, already you're losing!
Teachers get much more than $1,000 for 9 weeks. I'd consider it for whatever the teacher gets paid over 9 weeks.
Of course its not going to happen, so it does not matter. Its just "big talk". Teachers always do it knowing full well it can't happen, ever hear people in other industries say things like this?
If the training is directly related to what the company needs you to do then they will train you. But they rarely train you to keep up your general skill set outside of their direct requirements.
Yes they do. Skills sets change all the time. That's why companies offer training. We don't need to be trained in skills we already have. We need to be trained in new ones.
$43,912 by 22 pays (no summer checks) = $1996/2 weeks gross
minus FICA -$ 150
minus MD Income Tax (.075%) -$ 149
minus State Pension System (6%) -$ 120
minus Federal witholding -$ 250
minus representation fee -$ 35
minus health insurance -$ 125
________
$1167 net/2 weeks
The net will be lower if you choose the 26 pay option.
I WISH I made that much. That's higher than I'll ever make as a teacher.
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