I just found out that as per our new school calendar and new staff handbook, I am losing 5 holiday/vacation days, 2 personal days and 1 professional day compared to last school year. Do you think that this is just how the cookie crumbles and I should just deal with it or should a school include in their teachers' contracts the total number of days they are expected to work so that it could be reflected in the salary.
2006-09-18 08:45:42 · 17 answers · asked by Oh, well! 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Please spare me the nasty/rude comments on how teachers get so much time off already. My salary reflects how much time I do work and I do need the extra days off to get a second job and actually afford to pay my rent. If you don't have anything intelligent or constructive to say, just move on.
2006-09-18 08:58:47 · update #1
Gee. Normal people are expected to work about 230 to 240 days per year. And you are complaining about 185 or so.
Tough.
2006-09-18 08:56:06 · answer #1 · answered by SPLATT 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
What state do you work in? In WV, ALL public school teachers work a 200 day contract -anything over that (coaching, extra duties, etc.) must be a DIFFERENT contract. Student go to school 180 days. We all have 15 paid days of leave per year - 12 for illness and the like and 3 "no cause" days (we don't have to give a reason).
2006-09-18 15:54:36 · answer #2 · answered by teacherhelper 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
sorry to hear that, i work for a school also. i don't think they ask us what we want. they just do what they feel like doing and they figure if we don't like it then there will always be someone out there that will or can replace us.
also i think maybe they look at all the snow days we get and still get paid for it, most jobs if it snows requires you to come to work if it snows or call in sick, but don't expect to get paid for it, and what about during christmas when they still pay us for they two weeks off do you think we could find another job that would say sure take two weeks off i will still pay you for it ( meaning that they do not take anything away from your pay at the first of every month and ) and i thingk they look at the fact that we get paid over the summer two and a half months off and still getting a paycheck.
2006-09-18 18:16:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You shouldn't have to ask. It should be somewhere in the contract. I taught 32years. I know some systems carry your days over, others you will lose at the end of the school year. Some you lose only your personal days. Some school systems you start accumulating after you have thought a certain number of years.It's different with each system
2006-09-18 15:55:44 · answer #4 · answered by Sugar 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What are you belly aching for in the first place. You teachers only work part time anyway and command a high wage.
You get all holidays, snow days and summers off
Now look at the Police, Firefighter or EMT. They are out there when even the Post Office closes in all sorts of weather, danger, working holidays, missing meals, their childrens birthdays and family events.
Teachers are becoming too selfish and elite for their own good.
2006-09-18 15:50:54 · answer #5 · answered by yager19 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You may have a teacher's union to contact? What of other instructors that you have made friends with? You may want to talk with the Employment Commission of your state and see what info they have. Does your position fall under the jurisdiction of the City, State, or Federal? Each have guidelines to follow.
I work for a community college, and we fall under the State when it comes to the number of contract days per year. There has to be some agency that can assist you. Your HR department should have contact information. Don't let it slip by. It's your life.
2006-09-18 15:50:13 · answer #6 · answered by YRofTexas 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well, i don't know what city you teach -- i worked 36 years in the chicago system. your calendar should have been discussed with your faculty.before the end of the year 2006 and your contract. just to cut all those days is a sin. chgo. has a union, do you? most schools have contracts. in chgo. we have a good union to see that our bd. of ed. keeps our contract.
2006-09-18 16:03:22 · answer #7 · answered by betty boop 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should be happy taht you have a job. Think more about the students than your contract!
I thought you guys were so dedicated. That's our money you are spending!
2006-09-18 15:54:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You have more time off than what you work! be thakfull for that Summer/ holidays etc and vacation!!
2006-09-18 15:48:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is what your union negotiated and what the members approved. I hope you got a raise out of it.
2006-09-18 16:51:48 · answer #10 · answered by johnnylakis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋