Sunday, April 13, 2008
Teachers - Here's your chance
Teachers have been without a contract for almost a year. Through a previous contract agreement, the line between salary and benefits has become an opportunity for creative accounting in the current negotiations. Will teachers be happy with a new benefits package? What if the stipend is eliminated and used to help pay for a real benefits package, thus lowering the salary for some? How do teachers view working conditions excluding salary and benefits? MDUSD has the least experienced pool of teachers in the County, do new teachers feel they are supported? As a teacher, what kind of changes would cause you to want to stay in MDUSD and what kinds of programs or district philosophy would attract you in the first place? This blog understands a teacher's need to post anonymously. Here is your chance to bypass the district and union negotiators, you tell them what you need to educate the kids in this district. Pass this along to your fellow teachers, the more input the better.
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As a veteran MDUSD teacher (over 20 years), I have NO problem with my salary. What I do have a problem with is the benefits I must afford, out of my own pocket, over $14,000 annually. I can't afford to stay, but I can't afford to go. Should this concern you? I should think so. Your child is being taught by someone that feels absolutely stuck in MDUSD. I am the poster child for LOW MORALE. Before you ask, the answer is: NO, I DID NOT VOTE "YES" FOR THE CONTRACT THAT STARTED THIS DOWNHILL SPIRAL IN MDUSD. At the time is seemed like the right thing to do for many, 50% +1 at least. Most of those teachers that worked here at the time of that decision are no longer employed in this district. It sickens me that rectifying this choice has been deemed an impossibility by district leadership. I wonder what the district would be doing today if teachers hadn't made this choice? I guess they would be getting some problem solving gears going.
Disgruntled IN MDUSD
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