Wednesday, March 19, 2014

What's A Teacher's Monetary Value Really Worth?
















Many people who have little clue how education works thinks that the teaching profession is just  "glorified babysitting of their children".  We get the summers off, only teach nine months out of the year, and, spend less than seven hours at school.  While the reality is that a teacher's day really is twelve hours a day between before class preparation and after school lesson planing, calling and writing parents, and unit development.  Moreover,many teachers spend large parts of their weekends on grading, correcting, and developing academic tasks for the week ahead.  This does not include the fact that teachers must maintain their certification by taking courses, getting their graduate degree, and pass their content specialty test.  Most intelligent people know that teaching is a high stress job and the summer and holidays are necessary to reduce the ever increasing stressful classroom environment and to recharge the batteries of teachers.  However, let's leave all that behind us and let's agree that teaching your child is "glorified babysitting" and concentrate on what is a teacher's value really is worth?

First, lets assume that teachers make the New York State minimum wage of $7.75 per hour to "babysit" each student under their supervision.  Since the teacher works six hours and fifty minutes daily and let's take off the 45 minute lunch period and you come out with $7.75 x 6.1 hours = $41.28 per day to "babysit the student".  However, the average class size for teachers are 30 students.  Therefore, its $41.28  must be  multiplied by the 30 students = $1,418 daily.  Where not finished just yet. Since the minimum school year is 180 days of instruction time the daily rate of $1,418 is multiplied by 180 days.  Therefore, the calculation is $1,418 x 180 = $255,240 annually  That's right, according to those non-educators who believe that teachers are simply "glorified babysitters for their children", by paying the teacher the minimum wage that "babysitters" get we are, at present, vastly underpaid by between 61% and 82% .

I propose that the union, in negotiating with the City, demand the State minimum wage that "babysitters" get.  Now that's what I call a raise appropriate of what the New York City teacher is really worth. This will make every teacher happy, even those traitors at Educators 4 Excellence who want "newbie teachers" to make the same as veteran teachers.  Give all teachers the minimum wage for each student they supervise and for those without a classroom  or teaching self-contained Special Education the default value will be used which is the average student classroom size in their District and grade level as not to penalize them.  Consequently, most teachers will be adequately compensated for "babysitting the children". Now that's a contract that I can support.


9 comments:

  1. Anonymous5:29 AM

    Jon stewart wrote this years ago

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  2. Anonymous5:42 PM

    . The public already thinks we are overpaid > The public has no sympathy for us because from a distance it looks like we have it made.Summers off leave the office by 3 So honestly chaz there is an overall lack of love or sympathy for the teaching profession.

    How about doing another article on the RAT supervisors who are abusing ATRs ....giving U ratings to ATRs who are in a serious disadvantage ..although I dont believe they will be able to use the U ratings against us it is still harrassment and the union should do something about it..makes a person not want to report to work its sickening

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  3. Good idea. Probably this weekend.

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  4. Anonymous8:27 PM

    I am with you 5:42 - they are RAT SCABS disgusting vile things for taking the job of rating ATRs

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  5. Anonymous9:25 PM

    They're U rating ATRs who go even 1 day over the 10. The only way to save yourself is to use FMLA, even for one day's sickness. Considering the fact that most of us have used at least 5 days for snow days that weren't, many are precariously close. Fellow lion tamers be aware.
    It's an open abuse of FMLA by the DOE and should be addressed by our union and brought to the attention of the federal government.

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  6. Anonymous7:43 AM

    Good point 925 cover yourself with paperwork even for one day off
    If I go even close to ten days I am going to request FMLA

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  7. Anonymous10:19 AM

    FROM CHANCELLORS MEETING ON THURSDAY WITH CITY COUNCIL:
    Guidance counselors are a new priority: Fariña said she wants to see more guidance counselors in city schools. The city has seen a substantial drop in their numbers, she noted, and most are tied up working with students with disabilities whose federally mandated education plans require counselor meetings.
    Fariña also connected the need for more guidance counselors with her desire to better retain teachers.
    “I believe guidance counselors who are well trained can also help teachers survive their first, second, and third years, which are really crucial years,” Fariña said.
    * This is great news for guidance counselors who have been wasting away in the ATR pool because mikey bloomterd policies of "childrens first" lol hysterically - bloomberg really was such a putts..i mean the guy has money yes but my life these days is so much rosier just not having to hear his ill advised winy little midget voice and his backwards policies!

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  8. Anonymous11:20 PM

    And what about her stand on not placing us??

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  9. Anonymous8:43 PM

    So the Babysitter thing...would be interesting for PE teachers...50:1 so we would make $41.28x50 per day...so roughly $20,624/per 2 week check...x 24 checks...about $494,400/year...I'M IN!!!

    Where do I sign?

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