Teacher's absence in St. Mary's Co?????

[awpitt]

Originally Posted by Baja28

Posting one last time for those who are either slow (FaP) or those who want to split hairs....

Right from the BOE contract with teachers.

Those 26 pay installments are for the 190 duty days worked. Those installments have nothing to do with the summer break when classes are not in session.

[LuckyMe143]

Teachers don't get paid enough.

[TPD]

Originally Posted by LuckyMe143

Teachers don't get paid enough.

Neither do retail employees, but most people have a choice in their career path, teachers more so than retail employees...

[abcxyz]

Originally Posted by TPD

Neither do retail employees, but most people have a choice in their career path, teachers more so than retail employees...

Amen!! I don't know one teacher that didn't know what they were signing up for when they wanted to become a teacher.

The idea teachers don't make enough is a myth to start with:

http://www.calvertnet.k12.md.us/depa...cales/fy12.pdf

190 days / $90K a year = $474 a day.

[sockgirl77 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by abcxyz

Amen!! I don't know one teacher that didn't know what they were signing up for when they wanted to become a teacher.

The idea teachers don't make enough is a myth to start with:

http://www.calvertnet.k12.md.us/depa...cales/fy12.pdf

190 days / $90K a year = $474 a day.

Oh puhleeze! Look at the grade on the scale. How many teachers are actually at that level? Very few!

[NorthBeachPerso]

Originally Posted by abcxyz

Amen!! I don't know one teacher that didn't know what they were signing up for when they wanted to become a teacher.

The idea teachers don't make enough is a myth to start with:

http://www.calvertnet.k12.md.us/depa...cales/fy12.pdf

190 days / $90K a year = $474 a day.

You're correct, teachers do know what they're signing up for. Then they get criticized for taking a sick day.

[abcxyz]

Originally Posted by sockgirl77

Oh puhleeze! Look at the grade on the scale. How many teachers are actually at that level? Very few!

It has been many years since I was in school but most of my teachers had 15-20 years in at the time.

To be fair, there are 28 steps so let's go with step 14: $82,234 or $433 a day.

Are they worth it? Some are, some aren't- but the "poor teacher" myth was debunked many moons ago.

[sockgirl77 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by abcxyz

It has been many years since I was in school but most of my teachers had 15-20 years in at the time.

To be fair, there are 28 steps so let's go with step 14: $82,234 or $433 a day.

Are they worth it? Some are, some aren't- but the "poor teacher" myth was debunked many moons ago.

I know a few teachers, all of which have been teaching more than 10 years. None of them make close to even $80k.

[LuckyMe143]

Three of my friends are teachers and they don't make crap! They each have a second job. Teachers buy all their own supplies and the supplies for kids who parents can't afford to buy supplies or refuse too.

[BernieP]

Originally Posted by abcxyz

Amen!! I don't know one teacher that didn't know what they were signing up for when they wanted to become a teacher.

The idea teachers don't make enough is a myth to start with:

http://www.calvertnet.k12.md.us/depa...cales/fy12.pdf

190 days / $90K a year = $474 a day.

That's not entirely accurate. I know what they were offering starting teachers a few years ago, and it was about a third of that. Maybe a few teachers make $90, but I think most are not even close. At least not in St. Mary's.

Do they get paid enough? That's an interesting debate, but from what I read, way off topic. Now, if you asked how many paid days off does a teacher get per year? Or what are the rules for taking sick days? That would be on topic.
The OP asked about one particular teacher missing a lot of school this year. On seeing said teacher out and about, the OP inquired about her absence. The implied reason was illness, or should I say a fake illness.
So, the question remains, what are the rules, what are the allowances, as I mentioned, could the teacher have put in her papers to retire and they are letting her burn off accumulated sick leave.
But hell, what ask the school administration for an answer, let's discuss salary.

BTW, you should be paid what YOU are worth, not the position. Teachers should be given merit increases, not longevity raises. Good teachers should be rewarded, bad teachers should not get the same raise.

There are a lot of factors that go into compensation, when you can draw a pension is one of them, working conditions, hours, flexibility, job security.