THE “DISHONOR YOUR PROFESSION AWARD”
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Next to the Broad Prize the Charter School Emmy and the DISHONOR YOUR PROFESSION AWARD are most coveted prizes in all of Reformdumb |
It’s time to create a new award. The “Dishonor Your Profession Award” will be given to teacher groups that agree to humiliating and degrading contracts.
The first award recipient is the Libertyville and Vernon Hills high school teachers who after six months of negotiations have agreed to a pathetic contract. The teachers accepted a salary increase of 3% in the first year, 2% in the second year, and no raise in the third year. A little more than one and a half percent for three years? What if the economy has improved by that third year? What if tax revenues are way up ?
The salary, while pathetic given six months of negotiation, is not the real reason for this group of teachers winning my award. The real reason is the humiliating agreement to a partial merit pay system. (See all my previous posts on why merit pay degrades teachers and is just plain wrong). In order to achieve some extra pay,
The first award recipient is the Libertyville and Vernon Hills high school teachers who after six months of negotiations have agreed to a pathetic contract. The teachers accepted a salary increase of 3% in the first year, 2% in the second year, and no raise in the third year. A little more than one and a half percent for three years? What if the economy has improved by that third year? What if tax revenues are way up ?
The salary, while pathetic given six months of negotiation, is not the real reason for this group of teachers winning my award. The real reason is the humiliating agreement to a partial merit pay system. (See all my previous posts on why merit pay degrades teachers and is just plain wrong). In order to achieve some extra pay,