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MetLife released its annual survey of teachers and principals. It will be no surprise to readers of this blog that both groups of educators report lower job satisfaction and increased levels of stress.
From MetLife:
As major changes in education loom and cuts in many public school budgets continue, the job of running the nation's schools has become more complex, challenging, and stressful, the new MetLife Survey of the American Teacher: Challenges for School Leadership (2012) reveals.
School leaders today say that key responsibilities are challenging, particularly those schools alone cannot address. The challenges include balancing budgets — more than half of both teachers (56 percent) and principals (53 percent) report that their school's budget has decreased in the last 12 months — and addressing the growing needs of diverse learners and their families.
Many principals say their jobs have changed over the last five years (69 percent say the responsibilities are not very similar) and 75 percent say their jobs have become too complex. Principals also report high levels of stress and limited control over key academic functions in their schools. About half of all principals (48 percent) and teachers (51 percent) report that they feel under great stress in their job at least several days a week.
Meanwhile, nine in ten principals (89 percent) say they are accountable for everything that happens to the children in their schools, but fewer principals say they have a great deal of control over key school-based functions, including the curriculum and instruction in their schools (42 percent) and making decisions about removing teachers (43 percent).
The survey — the 29th in an annual series commissioned by MetLife and conducted by Harris Interactive1 — examines the views of teachers and principals on the responsibilities and challenges facing school leaders, including the changing roles of principals and teachers, budget and resources, professional satisfaction, and implementation of the Common Core State Standards for college and career readiness.
Teacher Job Satisfaction Continues to Drop to Lowest Level in 25 Years
The report reveals that teacher job satisfaction has continued to drop significantly. Teacher satisfaction has declined 23 percentage points since 2008, from 62 percent to 39 percent very satisfied, including a drop of 5 percentage points in the last 12 months—the lowest level reported since 1987.
The survey was conducted by telephone among 1,000 U.S. K-12 public school teachers and 500 public school principals in October and November, 2012.
Principal job satisfaction is also on the decline, but at not as steep a rate as teacher satisfaction. Fifty-nine percent of principals say they are very satisfied with their jobs, compared to 68 percent in 2008. The decrease, however, marks the lowest point in principal job satisfaction in more than a decade.
"The survey's findings underscore the responsibilities and challenges educators must address to ensure America's young people are prepared to compete and collaborate in the global economy," said Dennis White, vice president of corporate contributions for MetLife. "We hope the findings of this survey will help us all pose and address questions about school leadership that can turn challenges into opportunities for better student achievement."
Educators Confident about Implementing Common Core but Unsure of Impact
While national experts on teaching, standards, and leadership interviewed for the design of the study have raised significant concerns about the readiness and capacity of schools to implement the Common Core State Standards, a majority of teachers (62 percent) and nearly half of principals (46 percent) report teachers in their schools already are using the Common Core a great deal in their teaching this year. Most principals (90 percent) and teachers (93 percent) are confident or very confident that teachers in their schools already have the academic abilities and skills needed to implement these new, rigorous standards.
Those confidence levels have limits, however. Teachers and principals are more likely to be very confident that teachers have the ability to implement the Common Core (53 percent of teachers; 38 percent of principals) than they are very confident that the Common Core will improve the achievement of students (17 percent of teachers; 22 percent of principals) or better prepare students for college and the workforce (20 percent of teachers; 24 percent of principals).
Other Key Findings
• Teachers are leaders, too: Even with these significant challenges, teachers are engaging in school leadership and looking for opportunities to serve in other capacities. Half of teachers (51 percent) have a leadership role in their school, such as department chair, instructional resource, teacher mentor, or leadership team member. Fifty-one percent of teachers also say they are at least somewhat interested in teaching in the classroom part-time combined with other roles or responsibilities in their school or district, including 23 percent who are extremely or very interested in this option.
• Factors whose origins are beyond school control represent the most significant challenges: Three quarters of teachers and principals or more say that it is challenging or very challenging for school leadership to manage budgets and resources to meet school needs (86 percent of teachers; 78 percent of principals, address the individual needs of diverse learners (78 percent of teachers; 83 percent of principals), and engage parents and the community in improving the education of students (73 percent of teachers; 72 percent of principals).
• Time for collaboration and professional learning remains limited: More than six in ten teachers say that time to collaborate with other teachers (65 percent) and professional development opportunities (63 percent) have either decreased or stayed the same during the past 12 months. The decreases in professional development have a sizable relationship to a school's financial condition: Teachers who report that their school's budget has decreased in the past 12 months are three times as likely as others to report that there have been decreases in time to collaborate with other teachers (35 percent vs. 11 percent) and in professional development opportunities (27 percent vs. 8 percent).
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
February 22nd, 2013
9:14 am
Cue the complaints about whining teachers in 3. . .2. . . 1. . .
February 22nd, 2013
9:28 am
I'd like to know if the teachers on this blog support SB 167 introduced to stop Common Core implementation in Georgia…
February 22nd, 2013
9:28 am
By all means lets give these stressed-out educators guns to carry in the classroom.
February 22nd, 2013
9:34 am
What has been heard on the House Bill that requires retiring teachers to pay 100% of their insurance costs? THAT is where I get an itchy trigger finger!
February 22nd, 2013
9:36 am
Hate to sound like a jerk but…every white collar/professional job is subject to the same thing. Everyone is overloaded and working dawn to dusk, every business is making their workers do more with less, everybody is stressed out.Teacher and principals are absolutely no different.
February 22nd, 2013
9:53 am
@My goodness … agreed – it's just finally hitting them. The rest of us have had to deal with it for years without having extended (read, greater than 2 weeks) off.
Nobody is saying the job isn't hard, it isn't stressful, or they don't feel well compensated – but we all feel that way, and have for many years.
February 22nd, 2013
9:54 am
And yet there remain far, far more qualified applicants than there are teaching positions.
What those applicants know is that: 1) all jobs come with stress; 2) some in the education community will pretend otherwise as a strategy to ward off reforms; 3) that teachers' unions especially find such exaggerations useful in protecting nationwide dues revenues.
And that absolutely NO other line of work provides 12 months of pay and generous lifetime benefits in return for just 9 months of labor.
February 22nd, 2013
10:11 am
@GOOGLE: "And yet there remain far, far more qualified applicants than there are teaching positions." This depends on how one defines "QUALIFIED." I retired in 2006. There was a steep decline inthe quality of teachers hired during my last ten years. And, I taught at the "steller" North Fulton Chattahoochee and Northview high schools. I can only imagine what it is like elsewhere.
@GOOGLE again. "And that absolutely NO other line of work provides 12 months of pay and generous lifetime benefits in return for just 9 months of labor." This is not only tiresome, it's silly.
February 22nd, 2013
10:15 am
jobs have become too complex
That rings true. Due to having local bureaucrats piling on make-work duties specified by national communists using political interference to dumb down and disable the populace.
February 22nd, 2013
10:16 am
The average parent also knows from experience that there is no more turnover at the typical neighborhood school than at area businesses.
… Despite empty threats by "teachers" on this blog that they will be resigning in frustration "any day now."
February 22nd, 2013
10:17 am
I don't know any teacher that gets paid for 12 months and only works 9 months. I know plenty of teachers who work for 10 months, and their pay is prorated for 12 months. And those "lifetime" benefits don't exsist. We pay into our retirement system, just like you pay into social security. We continue to pay our own medical insurance as well. Teachers know everyone has stress, but you don't have the public blaming you for all the ills of society either. Don't know what I'm talking about…read back though comments on this blog every time an article like this is published.
February 22nd, 2013
10:18 am
Irisheyes, 120 years ago in "America," there were many not too kind comments regarding the Irish. Perhaps you seek you reawaken the mythology. Do you still believe in spirits running around under the soil?
February 22nd, 2013
10:21 am
Public school teachers in Georgia are paid for 10 months of work, maximum. Our pay is divided into 12 equal monthly installments. It is easier for local governments to distribute our pay in this manner. Check this information out with the original QBE Act – teacher salaries were formulated by averaging beginning salaries for all college graduates (except for engineers), converting them to a daily rate of pay, and applying them to the state teacher salary schedule.
February 22nd, 2013
10:24 am
My goodness, It is a little different for teachers though in that there are about 20 intricate "must follow the law" processes going on. Yes, many are suffering long hours, low pay, nowhere to go, and hard times, agreed. And let's not forget when the stock market dropped 50% circa 2007 (?) and many lost half their wealth. But the difference in "regular jobs," and I've working many of them from retail to phones to cleaning out ship bilge, is that right now teachers are overloaded with intricate attention-needy processes with numbing quantities of rules and requirements that seemingly can not ever be fully met. These come from local districts, the state, and the federal and it seems like no one is managing the overall throughput of requirements. And then the ready-recourse from the lower managers is to threaten teachers, give moderate / crummy work reviews after teacher has performed profound levels of service and dedication and many are spending their own money for supplies to just keep their head above water (aka "not drowning) to get the job done. It is not a "Oh good Lord, everybody works" generalization.
February 22nd, 2013
10:29 am
Actually, Private Citizen, like many of your assumptions on this blog, that is untrue. My internet handle does not bear any resemblance to my ethnic make-up. But, you just keep believing those stereotypes. Did we travel back in time 150 years, and I didn't realize it?
February 22nd, 2013
10:33 am
My teacher pay tax return from last year was well under $40k, and that's with years of service and pretty solid not-basic credentials. After taxes and such, my take home pay was about $600. per week and out of this I spent maybe $2,000. for supply materials during the school year. I routinely left home when it was dark outside (morning) and go home after is was dark outside (evening), being indoors the entire day. I generally worked weekends at home, at least a full days work split between Saturday and Sunday and routinely went to bed early during the week and got up at 4 AM and then 3AM to prepare for my day (usually making materials to use for teaching the students) before arriving at work to a time clock-in at 7 AM. If I was 5 minutes late more than once, I receive reprimand letter that goes in my permanent personnel file. After school attendance / work requirements include: choir performance, team sports game, multiple PTA meetings, parent conferences, trainings and faculty meetings after-school, science fair, open house. Each of these is required attendance and not optional, which is how one ends up arriving home at 8 PM many days of the year. Typically on a regular day, I would be in the building from 7 AM until 5 PM, however my lesson preparation was done at home, usually adding at least 2 hours per day.
February 22nd, 2013
10:35 am
Irish, nice to see you wake up. I was just providing a return-jab to your generalisation to marginalise teacher work, and hell if I know why you do it. Why don't you go pick on the cashier at the dollar store.
February 22nd, 2013
10:44 am
My own salary is a yearly total averaged out over 12 months. As is every other salaried worker in the world. Only hourly associates would have a pay-for-hours-worked situation.
And I dare you to find one private sector worker with a comparable salary who isn't inundated with must-follow-the-law practices. I'm in insurance (data analysis, not selling it) and I can assure you I have as many, if not more.
And yet – my employer only allows me vacation at a max of two weeks at a time. One extra day at Thanksgiving, and one day (either before, or after, Christmas), and the standard National Monday off holidays. So you'll understand why the rest of the world doesn't buy that it's so difficult having extended holiday and summer time away from work.
Again – NOBODY says teaching isn't a difficult, stressful, wear-you-the-heck-out job. I consider my own success to be a product of a few teachers who really impacted me. We just all have the same stress and concerns, without any of the extended benefits.
Disclaimer: my mother was, and my cousin is currently, a teacher so I don't speak from assumptions or without any experience. And I've said to my cousin many times when having this discussion "deal with it. It ain't what you thought it was going to be, it ain't going to change, so either deal with it or make a change yourself."
February 22nd, 2013
10:50 am
@GOOGLE again. "And that absolutely NO other line of work provides 12 months of pay and generous lifetime benefits in return for just 9 [actually 10] months of labor."
"This is not only tiresome, it's silly."
Actually, it's TRUE. And what is tiresome is the constant barrage of complaining from those who continue to work in the system they find so oppressive.
February 22nd, 2013
10:52 am
@Private Citizen: I don't believe your claims. None of them. And if any real teachers actually read this blog they're rolling their eyes at your typically silly exaggerations.
And wondering at all the free time you seem to have.
February 22nd, 2013
10:54 am
Sheesh. The salary arguments are getting tiresome.
Every job has its ups and downs. I've worked in the "real world," too. I can safely say that I spend far, FAR more time working outside of normal hours as a teacher than I ever did back then. But it's not about the money. I don't mind the pay; I think it's adequate when the breaks are factored in. What bothers me are the parents and students who want to abdicate all personal responsibility for their actions (or inaction) and foist them all on teachers and schools. That's what bothers me.
February 22nd, 2013
11:42 am
For all those who say teachers work 9-10 months but get paid for 12, I say the ten weeks most teachers get in the summer (out of which comes professional/staff development, etc.) is comp time for all the days we work from 7 am to 9 pm with no hope of overtime or comp time within the school year.
People who think summers off are cool have never sat through a week-long staff development of mind-numbing powerpoints. Great way to spend a "vacation", don't you think?
Let's put the jobs of the people who are always write the worst about teachers under a constant media and political spotlight. Then, maybe they will understand.
February 22nd, 2013
12:07 pm
" What bothers me are the parents and students who want to abdicate all personal responsibility for their actions (or inaction) and foist them all on teachers and schools. That's what bothers me."
That's about it.
February 22nd, 2013
12:09 pm
One thing dependable in life is that there will always be those unhappy in their work.
Teaching seems to be somewhat unique in its tolerance of those within its ranks—who complain but refuse to move on to more suitable work. Assuming, of course, that the complainers we so regularly hear from are actually teachers.
And frankly, isn't it time to cease with the wild exaggerations regarding hours worked, the "cruel" staff meetings and the personal money supposedly spent on school supplies?
The rest of us are tired of rolling our eyes!
February 22nd, 2013
12:54 pm
My experience is being head numb by time "summer" comes around. It's a little off-the-feet recovery time. It's like you have to just do nothing and rest for two weeks before you can even think of anything else. Then slowly… arrives the urge to Read a New book? Or maybe a novel. Let's not forget when school system change up the calendar and end the year late and start the new year early. Or the real prize, when a school is re-purposed or re-themed and staff has to attend a bunch of training during the summer. Any time you see a news release about a new program, and in particular, recent announcements about "STEM" programs (emphasis on "science, technology, math") that means the faculty of those schools must do weeks of training during the summer, getting up to speed on official methods of "the new thing." Means sitting for hours and hours receiving computer presentations with projector, and then off to the computer lab for some disorganised mayhem led by someone who seems to have just learned what they are doing. (Pardon if I sound cynical).
In private schools and private universities, when school is out, people are on their own time up until the minute when school begins again. They can go on vacation or cross the country, or take their bike trip, or go to Spain, or do their thing. Public schools do not have this same sense of crisp boundaries, like when it becomes standard operating procedure every week to get an email on Sunday telling you the things you are expected to be prepared for on Monday, meaning you work on Sunday after noons or evenings. And this just slips into "how things are done" and is made a regular thing. Checking your email is required and is a part of "accountability."
February 22nd, 2013
12:56 pm
@Dr. Monica Henson-so, you are saying that it's true that teachers get paid for 12 months of work but only actually work for 9? Wow! When I was a teacher I remember only being compensated for the months I worked but it was pro-rated over the 12 months. Does the school you oversee actually pay the teachers for 12 months of work but they only work for 9? Teachers must be lining out the door to work there if that is the case.
I don't think that teachers are complaining; I think they are stating FACTS about the nature of the work. Most teachers love being in the classroom with their students and will acknowledge that they didn't go into teaching to get rich. However, the constant attacks from people who don't know what the daily life of a teacher entails are pretty tiresome. Dr. Henson, you are agreeing/ supporting a blogger who comes onto this blog to do one thing and one thing only – rile teachers by vilifying them with mindless attacks. His/her constant rants about unions is also pretty tiresome because at the end of the day they can't argue with the fact that the states that do have unionized teachers outperform those states that make being in a union illegal. The constant attack on teachers is tiresome and as an administrator, I would expect you to show support and understanding for the work teachers do, which not only pertains to the child's learning experience but encompasses that of a psychologist, social worker, data analyst, multi-tasker, peace-keeper, etc… Teaching is hard and often times thankless work but please acknowledge that they do work long, unpaid hours and often times spend hundreds, if not thousands, on their own supplies. All this while, they are furloughed and have not received any wage rise for as least the past 5 years. That is the acknowledgement teacher want to hear from their leaders; not stop whining, be thankful for your lot, shut up and get back to teaching for the test.
I have worked in both private industry and in public schools and can truly say that working as a teacher was the most demanding job I have ever done. When you read these blogs, many teachers who have transferred from the private sector will almost always tell you that teaching is far more difficult than working in the private sector.
February 22nd, 2013
12:57 pm
And in the summer, no one has an extra dime to go anywhere or travel. No extra money, nuthin'. Maybe time to order some brake parts and maintain the car.
February 22nd, 2013
1:04 pm
I retired at 25 years last year and now handle claims for an insurance company. While I agree that all jobs do have some type of stress, there is NO comparison to the level of stress I had as a teacher and what I have now. As a teacher, I had about 11 minutes for lunch and a restroom break. Now I have an hour and I can actually leave without having to check out with a secretary. My blood pressure has returned to normal levels and I swear that my hair is not turning grey as fast. I now go home and can enjoy my time with family and friends in the evenings and on weekends. No more grading and no more parent-teacher conferences held on aisle 3 of the local grocery store. It's nice having a boss that actually respects me as a person and treats me as an adult.
Do I miss teaching? Yes. But truth be told, teaching has changed in the last 10 years. The duties piled on by educrats and politicians have made the process of educating children a secondary duty in the education biz.
February 22nd, 2013
1:04 pm
10:10, You just like to hang around teacher discussions and throw darts and stuff? Why don't you get involved? With the amount of master teachers leaving the profession, surely there is room for you. Do you have a college degree? (rhetorical question, not requiring answer). Enrol in a university teacher training program and get your first dose of officialdom. With your keen critical sense, you'd sure have something else to say then, once you got dosed with the beginnings of indoctrination, much less enduring years of this power-posing and being told what to do ad-infinitum. Ahhh and then after your schooling, you find out what is in the school house is completely different from what is the jargon in the college. But the college doesn't want to talk about that and neither does the school system, ahem "Board of Education" and their macabre collection of compensated enactors.
February 22nd, 2013
1:17 pm
I have recently had thoughts that high schoolers who wish to do so should be taught about air compressors and saws and hydraulics and concrete and nail-guns (there's about 15 different kinds) and how to apply these.
Allow me to post a video I recently discovered from some woodshop super-nerd from Canada. I was completely stunned by his combination of applied physics and use of tools. Everything that he does he backs up with the physics reason why it is occurring, and then using this knowledge as he modifies / changes what the object does. He obviously has received a completely different schooling than what "Race to the Top" specifies. Dude is a friggin' monster, if you have the patience to watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZGUhXKkoNA
February 22nd, 2013
1:20 pm
@ Private citizen your 12:54 comment was 100% accurate. This is the real world of an educator. We work for free during the time that we are supposed to be off. When do all of you think teachers got trained on Common Core? During the summer…
How many of you are willing to work for free?
I've worked in other occupations therefore, I know the norm. Consequently, I'm equipping myself with new training for a new occupation.
For those that think I'm complaining, I'm not but I am creating an exit strategy.
February 22nd, 2013
1:37 pm
If this guy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZGUhXKkoNA came to be a teacher in Georgia, he'd be harassed and discarded. Sounds flippant, but it is pretty serious situation, the required mono-culture. As someone has said, the required priorities now are something besides teaching, it's all about feeding the fire breathing authority dragon.
Georgia and education not compatible, thanks. And as an afterthought, my post is in accord with your posting name. How long until we get snorkels to go with the mode? This treading water to keep head above water, keep from drowning, is tiring. What broke me was delivering the good results and in return getting a harumph and a snarl. My exit strategy was to exit. Simple, that. Like the Nike ad, Just Do It.
February 22nd, 2013
2:20 pm
I think it is interesting that all my friends who have retired the last few years are still having to go back to 2008 to get their highest year of pay. Certainly that factors into job satisfaction. I was an administrator for 8 years and was glad to leave the position to retire and work part-time. Educators are public servants and I doubt if any public servants have had it stress free during the last few years. Our whole society is on edge and ready to fight or sue. Everything is somebody else's fault, including their kids' behavior and lack of academic progress. Regular folks are losing jobs and homes and are stressed and worried before they ever show up at the school to discuss a problem. I just finally decided there wasn't enough money to pay me to put in the unbelievably long hours and be forced to listen to the unreasonable demands of some of my parent clients. There were also unreasonable demands coming from the district and state level, with very little of it dealing with what was best for children. I love students, so I am back in a niche where I work with children all day without the stress of a homeroom. I have loved working in education, but I would NOT advise anyone to become a teacher in this climate. There are too many other ways to make a living and still have a life.
February 22nd, 2013
2:25 pm
Ok, let's see if we understand this: because working conditions in other fields are absolute garbage, we should be totally ok with teaching conditions being absolute garbage?
Maybe the people suggesting teachers take a hike should remember one thing: The teachers can take a hike but the children are hostages and for them you cannot have good learning conditions until you have good teaching conditions.
February 22nd, 2013
2:31 pm
One last comment, to teachers who think they want to be administrators: You don't get paid more because you are in charge. You get paid more because if you figure it up, you actually put in that many more hours. Your hourly rate will still be the same, you will just be working during the summer and weekends. Over Christmas break, I was at the hospital with my husband and received a call from my superintendent about a silly PR problem that could not wait. You are always on call. In my small community, the principal is like a pastor and expected to attend to teachers, students and parents as parishioners: attend funerals, visit in the hospital and act as counselor to adults who just want to talk awhile.
February 22nd, 2013
2:36 pm
Long Time Educator, It is appropriate to recognise that the national economy was plundered and almost nobody went to jail. One might say, "Economically, did you happen to notice the removal of the middle class?" This is my concern about SACS' true masters.
Obama and his "everybody goes to college" smooth take is certainly in league with the system of profiting from higher-education loans, currently at 1 trillion dollars debt held by individuals for going to college / university, a situation that is entirely unique to the United States. Somebody said the guy who is head of this for Obama was paid $800k salary at NYU prior to joining the Obama administration to manage delivery of higher-education debt to students. Let me try and find a link.
Here's the headline: "Obama's Treasury Secretary nominee is accused of steering students to pricey Citigroup loans, and getting kick backs from Citigroup. Lew was paid $800,000 a year at NYU, and got a job with Citigroup right after."
Here's a little ditty on the subject: http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2010/08/18/nyu-has-highest-student-debt-in-the-nation/
So who is President Obama working for? Looks like a debt-colony to me. And no country anywhere else is doing this sort of thing to students.
February 22nd, 2013
2:58 pm
To all of you teacher bashers, if you think teaching is so damn easy, why dont you just pipe down, morons!
February 22nd, 2013
3:57 pm
@Dr. Henson
Could you please clarify what you meant when you said it was TRUE (the all-caps was you, not me) that teachers get paid a 12 month salary for 9 months work?
I actually get a 10-month salary for 10 months of work. I'm confused about what you meant there. Clarification, please?
February 22nd, 2013
3:58 pm
Actually my suggestion to those who continually complain about teachers has always been, "If you think it's so easy and wonderful, why not join the profession?" Interestingly, not one of them has ever taken my suggestion. Hmmm…
February 22nd, 2013
4:02 pm
I have never gotten a 12 months salary in the 11 years I have been teaching. I give Common Core another 3 years before it becomes a thing of the past, just like the other curriculum standards have become in the past 20 years.
February 22nd, 2013
4:29 pm
Goodness, you're pretty much on the ball…stress, within the general work force, and that within the education camp is all interwoven into the fabric of reality. While there are many ways in which one might handle stress, those within certain fields of endeavour might feel somewhat restricted as to the lengths one might go in order to deal with…and possibly mitigate…stress levels within the work place. At the end of the day, stress is stress…how we handle stress and "continue the mission" is the ever-illusive trick.
At the very real probability of being branded an ole fashioned ogre (somewhat genteel compared to some of the less-flattering nom de guerres I've accumulated over the years of a colorful career(s)), people, in general, do not seem all-too willing to step out; to "plant the flag" as it were, making, with absolute and undeniable clarity, their boundries of acceptable conditions…in other words…TAKING COMMAND OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT (my my, I do believe I've heard that somewhere…no, wait…that's what I've been professing all along, much to the chagrin of you doubters out there!)
Teachers, principals…and, for that matter, all you "working stiffs" who seem to function daily under the cloud of unfounded fear…TAKE COMMAND OF YOUR ENVIRONMENT. Are you affraid you might piss someone off; might wind up on someone's _ hit list? Maybe, in the long run, you just might gain a little respect for it all…respect from your handlers, your subordinates (maybe even your students)…and maybe even the gd parents who, throughout the years of unchallenged meddling, have become too gd emboldened to push you education folks around.
Take a little pride in your work; your "mission". Teachers, YOU and YOU alone, are in charge of your classroom…Principals, that "little red school house" is YOURS to run, NOT the parents; NOT the politicians…YOURS. Stop being afraid and DO your job as YOU see fit. Have some professional _ alls.
February 22nd, 2013
4:33 pm
That "12 months of pay" is actually a 3 month interest free loan that every teacher in the state makes to the local school district and state. In other words, that pay check at the end of August was pay for work done in May. How many other businesses expect their employees to do this?
February 22nd, 2013
5:06 pm
Ole Guy,
Don't worry; we're still out there. I was told years ago that I failed too many students. I didn't change because the grades were well deserved. I was told that I should give less zeros, or provide more open book work to make it easier. I didn't change.
Sometimes I feel as if I am one of the only ones left who will tell the kids the truth. No one wants the truth anymore: they want a pleasant fantasy in which everyone can achieve, excel, and be special. Reality, however, is a bit different.
February 22nd, 2013
5:07 pm
Forget the conditions that pertain to teachers for a moment; understand and absorb that these conditions have a direct effect on students as well.
And unlike the teachers, the students can't flee…
February 22nd, 2013
5:52 pm
Well said Beverly aka mace rep!
February 22nd, 2013
7:08 pm
@ V for Vendetta. So is college.
February 22nd, 2013
7:34 pm
For all of you who truly think your job is just as demanding as that of a teacher, I invite you to job shadow a teacher for a week. It will open your eyes. I had one parent constantly opine about "how hard could it really be?" I invited him along on the condition that he must behave as though he were a teacher… so breaks only when I took breaks, etc.
I had him come in an hour early. I tutor some kids in the morning, I told him.
"You get paid extra for that, right?"
No. That would not be allowed. But they need the help
He was tired. He had to get up earlier than he was used to. I advised him not to drink so much coffee.
He didn't listen.
I told him no, he couldn't just leave the children unattended for a couple minutes to run to the bathroom. "But I will only be a minute or two." I gave him the look. Do you know how much trouble a group of 25 children can get into in a "minute or two"? Sorry, said I. Liability issue. You have to hold it. Don't worry; we get a bathroom break in two hours. Drink less coffee in the morning.
"I can go at recess, right?"
Sorry, no, we have recess duty.
I finally got a passing aide to watch the room so he could legitimately run to the bathroom. I told him you can't count on that – which is why so many teachers get bladder infections and kidney problems.
I told him, that he really did not have time to "run out" and grab something for lunch, but insisted he would be "right back". And he was, but "right back" is relative when you are talking teacher lunches. By the time he returned, it was time to pick up the students. "But I need to eat my lunch!" You can eat it, I told him… during your planning break. In another hour.
Oops. Turned out he couldn't because we had an emergency meeting during planning in the computer lab, and no food in the computer lab. Sorry, I said. I promised him a granola bar after the meeting. "Do these kinds of meeting come up often?" he asked. Only twice this week, I told him. That's not bad actually….
He knew we had library coming up. "Can't I eat then?" he asked. I just smiled.
During library, there was no time to eat because I was busy helping my students find books, and check out books and helping shelve books that had been checked in. We no longer have aides in the library, and the media specialist was helping in the computer lab with another class.
He finally got to eat after bus duty. He was lucky. It was one of the two days that week, I did not have an afterschool meeting.
"What now?" he asked.
Now, I said, I get to do all the things I have to do that I can't do with children in the room. Now I start my second job of the day. I e-mail and call parents. I collect samples for student portfolios. I conference. I grade papers. I input grades into online grading programs. I plan upcoming lessons. I create interactive white board units. I develop differentiated levels of core lessons. I create assessments and rubrics. I come up with Web Quests for units. I film video clips to demonstrate concepts. I lay out hands on math materials and equipment for science experiments the next day. I change bulletin boards. I post new Essential Questions and take down the old ones. I Xerox papers. I collect work samples and write up intervention documentation for my students on individual educational/behavioral plans. I update cumulative student records. I input data into spread sheets, run the data, and make decisions about flexible grouping and differentiation based upon findings. I work on my evaluation unit. I create lists for what students should KNOW, UNDERSTAND, and DO for units. I create content maps. I collaborate with colleagues. I work on district level committees. I work on school level committees. I attend meetings with grade level teams, school teams, district teams. In short, I do whatever needs to be done and jump through all the hoops that are now necessary on top of teaching a full day's classes.
How late will you stay? he asked.
It varies, I told him. But I can usually count on between one to three hours past the time I am supposed to leave. The only thing I am sure of is that it will be by 6:00 PM. The district has had to make a rule that we all have to be out by 6:00 because so many teachers were staying late and it gets dark after 6:00. A teacher got mugged in the parking lot because there are no lights out there, so now we have to leave by 6:00.
"That's a 12 hour day!" he said.
I smiled. Yes, it is, I said. And then I will go home read professional journals, and work on my professional learning requirements through online courses.
Then I let him go home.
He never had anything but positive things to say after that.
I am sure this is true of many jobs… however, I know when I am out and about, it seems to me that in most of the "private businesses" I visit, the workers are not "on" in the same way teachers are… you literally cannot have a conversation with a colleague, or go to the bathroom, or step out for a smoke, or run to the snack machine, or check your facebook, or make a phone call, or run to the water fountain… I think people do not really understand that and how tiring that is!
February 22nd, 2013
7:38 pm
@ Catlady, Feb. 22, 9:36 am. You asked for any news about House Bill 263, that will require teachers to pay their full healthcare premium after retirement. After the Wed. meeting of the House Retirement committee to consider this (no vote), they at least seem to have cleared up the question many had as to whether those "currently eligible" under the new law would only be new hires, or also those who retire after July 1, 2013. For in today's latest version, there's a newly added section that seems to suggest that this law will apply to both categories.
"(3) 'Currently eligible person' means a person who, on July 1, 2013, is eligible to participate in a health benefit plan pursuant to this part and any person who, on July 1, 2013, has an inchoate [initial, incipient] eligibility based on a future event, including, without limitation, retirement."
February 22nd, 2013
7:56 pm
I do everything I love teaching does but have the added responsibility of teaching special education which requires more paperwork, more data collection and more meetings. I work over 70 hours per week but I'm paid for 40. My husband and my children are fed up but we need the health insurance since my husband's employer doesn't provide healthcare. Private Citizen didn't exaggerate, part of my employee evaluation is how much time I volunteer for after school activites. I wonder how many people in the "private" sector are evaluated on their after work activities?
February 22nd, 2013
9:31 pm
Mike D. I agree with you, I spent 10 years in the Army and Air Force defending this country, now i teach those who will someday make this country great. So again I say, if you have never stepped foot in the classroom to teach, shut your mouth. You have no idea what you're talking about! We don't get paid for 12 months, we get paid for 10 months of work, and that pay is spread out over 12 months. Dont EVER think we get paidfor time we dont work. Many teachers work other jobs in the Summer.


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One can only hope that the Falmouth and Mashpee High School athletic departments decide to continue to schedule one another in football going forward, because its seems that a legitimate rivalry has been born. A year ago, the Falcons visited Guv Fuller Field and ran away with a victory over the Clippers. On Friday night, FHS returned the favor by winning a hard-hitting game at Horne Stadium, taking a 13-8 decision that went to the wire.
Falmouth used two Jack O'Rourke-to-Tom Tobey touchdown passes to build a 13-2 lead through three quarters and then held on for dear life late to secure the victory. Mashpee nearly pulled off the come-from-behind win at the end, but DeShaun Dias's halfback option pass to a wide-open Kevin Frye with two minutes to play in the game sailed just out of reach of the home team's senior captain, who could have tip-toed into the end zone had the throw been on the money.
While the Clippers' defense got lucky on that one, they were the tone-setters and took it to Mashpee for much of the game. Led by Tobey, who not only scored two TDs in the game but also came up with a team high-leading 10 tackles from his linebacker position, Falmouth hit hard and created turnovers.
The defense did not allow a point against them until the fourth quarter, thanks to a good push up front and strong tackling that kept the Falcons' home run hitter, Dias, in check for the most part. Dias ran for 99 yards in the game, but was kept from turning in any game-changing type of plays.
MHS quarterback Nick Carptenter had a rough outing against the Falmouth defense as they made the freshman look like a rookie. Carpenter completed just two of 12 passes in the game, for 24 yards. When his throws were on the money, his receivers did not help him out much. Carpenter nearly gave his team a ton of momentum going into the locker room just before the half, but consecutive long throws that were on the money were dropped near the goal line.
Falmouth dominated the first half, but had just a slim lead to show for it. FHS forced a three-and-out on Mashpee's first possession and then marched from their own 37 down to the Mashpee six. On fourth and inches, from the six, Julian Somers (12 carries, 66 yards) looked to lean past the line of scrimmage far enough to set up a goal-to-go situation, but the referees' spot left the Clippers an inch shy and Mashpee took over on downs.
Falmouth was not without the ball for long, though. FHS forced the first of three Mashpee turnovers four plays later as the Clippers popped the ball out of Dias's grip and Tobey recovered the loose ball at the Falcons' 14-yard line. The sophomore was celebrating in the end zone for FHS three plays later with the game's first touchdown as he hauled in a play-action pass from Jack O'Rourke (3-for-3 passing, 28 yards, 2 touchdowns). Jared Talbot's point after kick put FHS on top, 7-0, with 20 seconds left in the first quarter.
Devin McDaniel returned the ensuing kickoff all the way down to the Falmouth 37 for the Falcons, but the FHS defense held tight when it mattered most. The Falcons used the running of Dias and Kris Carpenter to get down as far as the Clippers' four-yard line.
Chris Connolly dropped Nick Carpenter with a sack on second down as he came free up the middle for a loss of six. Carpenter threw incomplete on third down and his fourth-down attempt was knocked down at the line of scrimmage by captain Will O'Connor, turning the ball over to the Clippers.
Falmouth committed a false start on first down, which moved the ball inside the five-yard line. After a short run on second down by Somers, a shotgun snap to O'Rourke went over the quarterback's head and he smartly punched the ball out of the back of the end zone, rather than allow Mashpee to recover it for a touchdown. MHS did record a safety on the play, which were the only two points that they scored in the first half.
MHS nearly took control of the game on the ensuing kickoff. Frye hauled Talbot's kick in at the 24 and blazed up the sideline untouched, but an illegal block call against Mashpee took the points off the board. MHS then coughed it up again two plays later, with Ryan Rocci recovering a fumble near midfield for the Clippers. Falmouth ended Mashpee's next drive with a takeaway as well. After a bad punt by FHS gave the Falcons the ball at their own 43, Carpenter moved his team as far as the Falmouth 43 and then threw deep four straight times. The first one was offline, the next two were dropped deep near the end zone and the final one was picked off by safety Tyler Brown to end the first half.
Takeaways by the Falmouth defense were the difference in the game. FHS had another early in the second half, which led directly to the team's final scoring drive. Somers recovered a fumble for the Clippers at the Mashpee 23 midway through the third quarter and the Clippers put together a plodding nine-play 37-yard drive to get six more points. Curtis Brown rushed the ball eight straight times into the heart of the Mashpee defense to move it down to the 10, and then O'Rourke again found Tobey on the same play-action pass play for the second TD of the night, a 10-yard strike to make it 13-2.
MHS then forced a three-and-out by Falmouth and took over at their own 45 with 2:47 to go in the game. Dias moved it 20 yards on his own in two plays, but then the Falcons faltered and the FHS defense held. Carpenter fumbled a snap on second down, and lost two yards. The next play was the aforementioned option pass, which was wide open, but overthrown. On fourth-and-eight, from the FHS 37, the Falcons final offensive play of the night was snuffed out by the Clippers as Robert Pena rushed hard and tipped a Carpenter pass at the line of scrimmage to force a turnover on downs.
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Aimee writes:
1988 Ford Mustang GT Convertible Review
I love my car
Ilike everything about my car`
My Love For A Mustang — I love my 1988 mustang. my mother had a 68 my father had a 67 so you could sa that it runs in the blood so i guess i will take my rat out for a wash and a cruise. Hope to see all you hotrodders out there
Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)
echance17 writes:
1988 Ford Mustang GT Review
Inexpesive horsepower. You can beat the cost/horsepower.
Cheap horspower. You will not be in the inner circle of upper echelon muscle car enthusiast. The disgusted looks you'll get when you kick the BMW M3 or M5's behind. Well, maybe not a con, just depends on how you look at it.
Amazingly Fun And Affordable Car — This is the first new car I have ever purchased. I bought it just prior to starting pilot training in the Air Force. I have had it and worked on it many times since. I have just started a total restoration project on it and plan to give it to my son when he graduates college in a few years. It will not be stock. It has amazed me how easy and inexpensive these cars are to work on. Just about everthing you can imagine doing to one has already been done by someone else and you can read about it or watch it on youtube. This car pulls sub 12s in the quarter and gets 26 mpg on the highway. Way to go Lee Iacocca, may God rest his soul.
Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)
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jbortner writes:
1988 Ford Mustang GT Review
Good looks and bang for the buck.
Bad brakes! A car that goes also needs to stop!
Low Price Car Needs Upgrades. — Driving it for 20 years. Soon after purchase it received underdrive pulleys, aftermarket shifter, good tires, 65mm throttle body, subframe connectors, a brake system upgrade, and a centerforce II clutch. That is what it takes, in my opinion, to make it a good car. Been pretty happy with it since!
Primary Use: Commuting to work
Marc writes:
1988 Ford Mustang GT Convertible Review
convertible interior bars get hot and heat up; interior over the summer
Best Car In The World! — Awesome car, great ride and feel, excellent preformance. Lots of aftermarket goodies to enhance preformance. In Stick form you can get better gas milage, can build the basic engine to over 300 horse power and over a decade of ass kickin fun!
Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)
Donovan writes:
1988 Ford Mustang LX Convertible Review
Cheap Convertable
Expensive Convertible top to replace
First Time Car, Or Cheap-o Communter — This mustang got around! It ran, and ran, and ran, even with most of it falling apart! It was a fun girls convertible. It handled extremely good, but was greatly under powered. The car won;t get you into trouble, but you will find it thinking you have a "mustang".
Primary Use: Commuting to work
Aimee writes:
1988 Ford Mustang GT Convertible Review
this is another baby resurected painted a secret colour red that blows your mind when you look at her .
the only negative is I cannot drive them both, ( hahaha) and i don't want to drive them with all this sand & salt on the roads.
Looks Can Be Deceiving She's A Sleeper — I like everything about my car !! This is just the beginning of a stable full of mustangs, maybe a camaro for my husband LOL My two girls now have a classic, antique mustang waiting for when they get their licenses . They love the mustangs, GIRLS POWERED BY MUSTANGS HOORAAH !!
Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)
momsrat writes:
1988 Ford Mustang GT Convertible Review
good on gas starts EVERY TIME I love my car my kids enjoy the convertible handles great
everybody wants to race,
Colin writes:
1988 Ford Mustang GT Review
Great Fun Car — this car was light weight and had lots of power.it looked good and drove great.it had a std trans.black on black and dark tinted glass.great performance and great handling.a ton of great after market parts available for this stang.it was a tuff car has well.
Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)
Paul writes:
1988 Ford Mustang LX Review
Love the sound of the cam
It's not done yet
Loud, Fast, Tire Smoking Fun — Ridiculously fun with the taller gears. Traction is hard to get until 3rd gear. The cam really helps to get it going. Needs a lot of cosmetic work-little bit of body work and paint, some interior re install, but hey, it's a project car.
Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)
Tyler writes:
1988 Ford Mustang LX Review
It's a mustang, and it handles very well. (On performance tires)
Mileage is crap but not a huge deal.
Fun Car, Bad On Gas. Overall...well Worth The Purchase. — Performance: For a 2.3L Engine, it has great pick up. Build Quality: For the most part the car holds up very well, The body has 355,000km on it and could probably double that. Appearance: Not quite as muscle looking as other mustangs, but still a great looking car. Cost of Ownership: Mileage isn't great, but it's a mustang...don't expect much. Otherwise, parts are cheap to get for this car. Fun Factor: Go to an empty parking lot and punch the gas and you'll find out.
Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)
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Americana At Its Best
highly recommend .......for a V6 , it has substantial power and gets great MPG and as far as what it is, a fun sporty ride to cruise in or to get you back and forth on your daily commute...and enough... Read More
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Best Muscle Hp / $ You'll Find Out There
Very impressed with 13 Mustang. Amazing power and a Mustang that finally handles. Comfortable, good tech features, HID headlamps and a strong warranty make this car a no brainer for someone that wan... Read More
Great Valued Sport Car
The title says it all! The car is fast, responsive, reliable and economical. Driving to work every day is a pleasure and makes the commute easier. Sound system, seats and getting the top down are q... Read More
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Awesome Car!!
I really enjoy this car. It runs smooth and handles the road well. The only complaint I have is during winter, but my car still runs alright. This is my only car so I have to drive in the snow and it ... Read More
Great car for any ford lover also very powerful for a v6. Loud stereo drives and handle great with good traction. Strong transmission changes out really fast. Car also runs quiet not loud at all. Brak... Read More
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2011 V6 Mustang Premium
Overall I have been very happy with the car. I didn't buy it for cargo space, fuel economy or rear seat room so the cons I mentioned don't really apply to me. Car performs very well, quick enough for ... Read More
Show Off Car With Big Muscles
Mustang has strong power with lots of torque. Handling is fair. The styling is commonly cool. The lighting system is awesome. It is comfortable for two people. Don't know what else i could say in this... Read More
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Overall I love this car. It has been a wonderful car for me. Fun to drive in town and on the highway. Even though it is a V6 it has plenty of power for me. Handles the road excellently. Perfect! Read More
Excellent Car With More Bang For Your Buck
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Sen. Jerry Stevenson, R-Layton, proposed formalizing that agreement and repealing the Military Installation Development Authority power to tax the NSA.
But that proposal met with resistance from senators who objected to giving a tax break to the massive spy center.
Senate President Wayne Niederhauser, R-Sandy, said the bill got tied up in "black helicopter" issues and Stevenson said it was bogged down by Edward Snowden and news of the NSA's spying tactics.
Sen. Deidre Henderson, R-Spanish Fork, amended Stevenson's SB4502, allowing MIDA to retain the taxing authority. Stevenson, however, said MIDA probably won't ever actually try to impose the tax on the NSA and, if it did, it would probably result in court fights.
Stevenson's bill passed the House 23-4 and goes to the House for consideration.
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Miranda Lambert 's Revolution took the CMA Album of the Year trophy in 2010, and now she's in the running for that prize again Thursday night with Four the Record . Being honored for a full project means a lot to Miranda, who also writes much of her own material.
"I think all of us as artists put our heart and soul into albums, but you know, they're your babies," Miranda explains. "It takes all your energy to put together an album, and win you win Album of the Year it feels very validating, and it's a major deal for sure."
Miranda's 2013 tour mate Dierks Bentley is also up for Album of the Year with Home , but he thinks Miranda might take it again this year.
Dierks tweeted her, "You deserve album of the year #cma...but i still want it! good luck."
Making a project that ends up getting an Album of the Year nod is not an easy task though. Dierks worked hard to make sure Home had the best songs he could write or find that all fit together in a cohesive way.
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Miranda and Dierks will square off against Lady Antebellum 's Own the Night , Eric Church 's Chief and tailgates & tanlines by Luke Bryan for the CMA Album of the Year trophy. They're all set to perform on the CMA Awards too. The event airs live on ABC Thursday night at 8 ET.
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The 49th annual AJL Conference will be held in Las Vegas, NV, June 22-25, 2014. The full program book is now available online at http://tinyurl.com/ajlvegas. Start choosing your sessions!
The first The Whole Megillah Seminar on Jewish Story, co-sponsored by the Association of Jewish Libraries, is planned for Sunday, May 18, 2014 at Temple Emanu-El in New York City, and you are invited! The full-day event features several panels:
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The Groner-Wikler Scholarship will be awarded annually to an AJL member who demonstrates dedication to Jewish children's literature and library services. Candidates should have an active involvement in the Judaic library profession or related fields; demonstrate strong advocacy for library and literary services to children and youth; be a positive role model to colleagues and the wider community; and should exhibit innovative approaches to Jewish children's literature or library services. Extra consideration is given to applicants who are seen as promising new movers and shakers in the field of Jewish children's literature and services.
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The Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL), the Catholic Library Association (CLA) and the American Theological Library Association (ATLA) present:
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Triumph Bank Helps Fulfill James Lee House Dream
View the entire groundbreaking ceremony. Triumph is noted at minute 28.
Built in 1848, the James Lee House on Adams Avenue is a well-known Memphis historical landmark. After sitting vacant for over 50 years, and demolition attempts, the Lee House will see new life. This is due in part to Triumph Bank providing real estate financing of $1 million.
The renovation fulfills a two-and-a-half year dream of Jose Velazquez––to transform the building into a bed & breakfast. Velazquez, Co-Founder and Managing Member at The James Lee House, LLC, will co-own the new B&B with partners J.W. and Kathy Gibson.
On July 1, 2013, Triumph Bank co-sponsored a groundbreaking ceremony at the site featuring several speakers. Velazquez, the last speaker, took a moment to single out Triumph and Commercial Lending VP Jeff Yearwood: "Jeff sat with me for the last 2 1/2 years, listening to this dream that had no real substance at the beginning; and treating me like I was a million dollar client. That doesn't happen all the time; and trust me, I talked to many banks...and they didn't call back after the original meeting."
Yearwood stated: "This was definitely an ambitious project with moments where we didn't think we'd reach the finish line. We were eager to be involved and committed to the end. Triumph's philosophy has always been that improving and revitalizing our neighborhoods is good business."
As Velasquez also points out in the video, Mayor Wharton, J.W. and Kathy Gibson, Bob Loeb, and many others deserve tremendous credit. "We are proud to be involved with an amazing team of people who are saving 165 years of treasured history," added Yearwood.
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The Minnesota Wild forward announced he will not play for Team Finland, still recovering from surgery to repair an ankle fracture suffered in early January.
The 30-year-old played for Finland in 2006 and 2010, winning a silver in Torino and a bronze in Vancouver.
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