If you think the salaries are bad, wait till you see the benefits.
Teachers get ten sick days at 100% pay with no burden of proof. If they need more than that, they can get short term disability, which is 5 1/2 months worth of school days... AT 90% PAY(!) After that, it's long term disability, which is significantly reduced pay, but the teacher can return for a few days before their short term disability expires, then go back on short term with a reset clock. It's not unheard of for teachers with late-stage cancer to keep that game going.
They used to be able to. Removing the banking was one of the few concessions the government ever got. But the thing was, when teachers could bank sick days, teachers hardly ever got sick. They'd just bank years and years worth, then take them all just before they retire (essentially retiring a year early at full pay.) Now that they can't? You hear teachers say things like "I have seven sick days left, and I'm going to use them all."
Social workers work full time too. They tend to be assigned to like 15 schools (so each board might have a dozen or so on payroll,) and there's enough work to go around.
I've said since the beginning of the plandemic back in early 2020, if teacher's don't want to work, take their salaries and put them on CERB. What could the teachers union have done? Argue against it while every other person has to rely on CERB when not working, what makes teachers better? Could have used the difference/savings for something else.
Premier Ford repeated a statement he made earlier that education unions threatened a court injunction if schools reopened. Now, the unions deny the injunction threat
At that point Ford SHOULD have said, "Oh, no injunction? Schools are open Monday."
The many teachers I work with at my weekday job want the kids to come back. While most are currently home teaching online, one comes in everyday to manage her classroom and teach directly from her classroom, even though she is forced to do it online.
I don't think all the teachers share the same mentality as the teachers union, but what do I know, I'm just a janitor.
Might be good in the long run, but in the short term it's political suicide. Parents would need to find arrangements for their kids while everyone figures out how to hire (or rehire) teachers, and they'd blame Ford for that.
Sadly, politicians hardly ever put the interests of the people before the interests of their re-election.
Considering the school year is practically over anyway, it would be a stupid political move. It would certainly hand the next election to the Liberals.
If you think the salaries are bad, wait till you see the benefits.
Teachers get ten sick days at 100% pay with no burden of proof. If they need more than that, they can get short term disability, which is 5 1/2 months worth of school days... AT 90% PAY(!) After that, it's long term disability, which is significantly reduced pay, but the teacher can return for a few days before their short term disability expires, then go back on short term with a reset clock. It's not unheard of for teachers with late-stage cancer to keep that game going.
Blame the government for their terrible negotiating.
They used to be able to. Removing the banking was one of the few concessions the government ever got. But the thing was, when teachers could bank sick days, teachers hardly ever got sick. They'd just bank years and years worth, then take them all just before they retire (essentially retiring a year early at full pay.) Now that they can't? You hear teachers say things like "I have seven sick days left, and I'm going to use them all."
Social workers 100k?
Family member works as an educational assistant full time and barely makes 30k
Social workers work full time too. They tend to be assigned to like 15 schools (so each board might have a dozen or so on payroll,) and there's enough work to go around.
A. The US has a much lower cost of living
B. Florida isn't exactly known for it's "world class" education.
As the saying goes, you get what you pay for.
We pay through the nose for this 'public education' and it's absolute dogshit in every province.
I have watched all three 'Porkies' movies. Florida schooling is aces.
I've said since the beginning of the plandemic back in early 2020, if teacher's don't want to work, take their salaries and put them on CERB. What could the teachers union have done? Argue against it while every other person has to rely on CERB when not working, what makes teachers better? Could have used the difference/savings for something else.
At that point Ford SHOULD have said, "Oh, no injunction? Schools are open Monday."
The many teachers I work with at my weekday job want the kids to come back. While most are currently home teaching online, one comes in everyday to manage her classroom and teach directly from her classroom, even though she is forced to do it online.
I don't think all the teachers share the same mentality as the teachers union, but what do I know, I'm just a janitor.
Might be good in the long run, but in the short term it's political suicide. Parents would need to find arrangements for their kids while everyone figures out how to hire (or rehire) teachers, and they'd blame Ford for that.
Sadly, politicians hardly ever put the interests of the people before the interests of their re-election.
Considering the school year is practically over anyway, it would be a stupid political move. It would certainly hand the next election to the Liberals.
I’d say homeschooling it is then, but it’s not just the vaccines it’s all of it up here lately
I’d be smarter to look for work south of the border in a place where they still have liberty and common sense