Ok, who still gets paid when they decide not to show up for work?
While we’re at it, who gets paid for 12 months of work and only works for nine? Which is it? Why shouldn’t we add 25% when considering theirs salaries?
Who gets to strike while they’re under contract?
Are you a teacher? Are you in the teachers union? Is your wife? How many kids do you now have at home?
You seem to have really strong opinions. This is either not fucking up your life, you are part of it, or you’re defending fucking up mine.
One of the biggest misconceptions is that teachers get paid 12 months for 9 months of work. That’s a lie.
Depending on where you’re at teachers will have to work a minimum of 180 days which is 9 months or where I teach which it’s 196 days which is 9.8 months. I as well as every other teacher I’ve ever met which includes my wife, my sister, wife’s father (retired), wife’s mother principal (was teacher), wife’s cousins in Texas, wife’s aunt in Michigan Are all paid Only for the days they work. I know teachers all over the country and this is a universal rule.
The misconception that teachers get paid for 12 months of work stems from teachers choosing to be on a 12 month pay schedule instead of a 10 month pay Schedule. The salary a teacher earns is a yearly agreed upon contract that can be paid to a teacher through one of the two pay schedule options. No teacher gets paid for 12 months of work while only working 9 or 10 months.
If a teacher decides to be on a 10 month schedule they receive pay checks for 10 months and when summer hits they receive no more pay checks. I choose this schedule and just have to ensure I save money appropriately throughout the year as well as work a secondary job all year long. The other option, which is the one so many confuse, is the 12 month pay schedule (which is the option my wife chooses), which takes a portion of each check and holds it until summer and then u get that money at summer. The salary for a 10 month and 12 month teacher is the same. For example my salary is 50,400 a year as I’m a 15 yr teacher who holds two masters degrees, one as a MEd in curriculum and Instruction and the other is a MS in Biochemistry. So regardless of if I choose a 10 month or 12 Pay scale option, the yearly contract I sign is for an agreed yearly salary for the above amount based on a teacher salary pay scale that I will attach as a pic that will show you as underlined in yellow that it’s for 196 days of work. No teacher is paid for 12 months of work while only working 9 or 10 months long.
I don’t blame you for the misconception as most outside of education think this. I also don’t disagree that teachers should go to work to be paid. I went to work today as a teacher. We are in our pre-planning week, which is the week before students return. My wife returned as well in a neighboring county.
The problem is teacher unions and elected school board members along with the very vocal liberal/socialist teachers. Most teachers I know need to work or they won’t be able to pay this months mortgage, and thus these idiots make it appear as though we don’t want to work. The best thing that the public can do is to get involved in their local education. Most school systems are ran by an elected school board who in turn elect a cabinet and superintendent. I used to work as a district administrator and this exposed me to the massive corruption taking place by the local cabinet members.
Teachers generally just do what they’re told. Most that I know are fearful of losing their job in which they won’t speak up or out against anything that would hinder their job. in fact a former district administrator friend sent me a screen shot of a local school’s union rep (one of their history teachers) cussing out teachers on Facebook for being “fucking cowards” to not strike for fear of losing their retirement. So where I’m at, most teachers want to work and what you’re primarily seeing is the union on behalf of the teachers. Even though they represent a small percentage of teachers they speak for us all. We have no choice. At least where I’m at even if you’re not a member.
And to give another example. I’m my schools science department chair and on the leadership committee in our school. We had a science teacher last week say she was not returning until Covid was eradicated. So our leadership committee (although it’s ultimately the decision of the principal) determined that per her contractual agreement she must return. We checked with the legal department at the district office. We sent a certified letter for her to confirm that she will return to work Or that she has the option to resign. Otherwise, a non show to work would be an automatic forfeit of position. She sent an email the day after the letter was received and resigned. We hired a new teacher within a day. So it’s completely up to your local school system as to what happens, and you vote for the school board.
