Comments on: Round Lake Teachers http://educationmatters.us/2006/11/12/round-lake-teachers/ Reform Education because Education Mattes Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:37:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: site admin http://educationmatters.us/2006/11/12/round-lake-teachers/#comment-1305 site admin Thu, 28 Dec 2006 03:03:03 +0000 http://educationmatters.us/?p=687#comment-1305 The majority of a school's budget is salaries. They are the most logical place to cut if you truly need to tighten your belt. If the salary increase tracked with CPI instead of above it, these cuts would farther apart. Now, if good teachers are bing replaced or forced to move on then that is also wrong. It shows a problem with the administration in that they do not wish to actaully educate the kids. I would be happy to publish some of those stories if the teach involved would like to come forward and provide the details. The majority of a school’s budget is salaries. They are the most logical place to cut if you truly need to tighten your belt. If the salary increase tracked with CPI instead of above it, these cuts would farther apart.

Now, if good teachers are bing replaced or forced to move on then that is also wrong. It shows a problem with the administration in that they do not wish to actaully educate the kids. I would be happy to publish some of those stories if the teach involved would like to come forward and provide the details.

]]> By: Aaron http://educationmatters.us/2006/11/12/round-lake-teachers/#comment-1304 Aaron Wed, 27 Dec 2006 21:06:01 +0000 http://educationmatters.us/?p=687#comment-1304 Many, if not most of the teachers at Round Lake are hard working, caring professionals who followed their leadership. Before the state took over, school administration spent what they did not have resulting in the district ending financially belly up. While recent hirings on the administrative end might have been necessary, teaching positions that were cut have not been reinstated and likewise coaching and sponsoring slots. This has caused the current union leadership to believe that any belt tightening will always be at the teachers' expense, a view shared by most teachers. Meanwhile, the current high school leadership has demonstrated prejudices against accomplished teachers and unproductive ones alike, only to publicly acclaim accomplishments that show thrm in a favorable light. For example, attempting to remove a successful teacher from higher math classes because that teacher is tough. The replacement of a coach who improved team member behavior and performance. The resignation of another who felt completely unappreciated. The stories are legion. This has been generated by those who have taken opportunity to apply elsewhere, without board repurcussion or censure and yet, the criticism as always, seems aimed solely at the teachers. Loyalty begets loyalty and consideration begets consideration. Many, if not most of the teachers at Round Lake are hard working, caring professionals who followed their leadership. Before the state took over, school administration spent what they did not have resulting in the district ending financially belly up.
While recent hirings on the administrative end might have been necessary, teaching positions that were cut have not been reinstated and likewise coaching and sponsoring slots.
This has caused the current union leadership to believe that any belt tightening will always be at the teachers’ expense, a view shared by most teachers.
Meanwhile, the current high school leadership has demonstrated prejudices against accomplished teachers and unproductive ones alike, only to publicly acclaim accomplishments that show thrm in a favorable light. For example, attempting to remove a successful teacher from higher math classes because that teacher is tough. The replacement of a coach who improved team member behavior and performance. The resignation of another who felt completely unappreciated. The stories are legion.
This has been generated by those who have taken opportunity to apply elsewhere, without board repurcussion or censure and yet, the criticism as always, seems aimed solely at the teachers.

Loyalty begets loyalty and consideration begets consideration.

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