Comments on: Six figures? http://msfrizzle.wordpress.com/2008/02/16/six-figures/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:22:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Unions should be pro-union « JD2718 http://msfrizzle.wordpress.com/2008/02/16/six-figures/#comment-724 Unions should be pro-union « JD2718 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:01:53 +0000 http://msfrizzle.wordpress.com/?p=208#comment-724 [...] Gyurko is  a former DoE official, now employed by the UFT. I think he specializes in charter schools. He was directing his remarks to The Equity Project Charter School, which has recently made headlines for announcing that they were opening a school in Washington Heights that would pay teachers a minimum of $125,000 per year. [...] [...] Gyurko is  a former DoE official, now employed by the UFT. I think he specializes in charter schools. He was directing his remarks to The Equity Project Charter School, which has recently made headlines for announcing that they were opening a school in Washington Heights that would pay teachers a minimum of $125,000 per year. [...]

]]> By: jd2718 http://msfrizzle.wordpress.com/2008/02/16/six-figures/#comment-606 jd2718 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:24:18 +0000 http://msfrizzle.wordpress.com/?p=208#comment-606 "The school day is long, but structured to provide time for each teacher to take on one after school class and one school service position. The school service positions include most of the duties normally carried out by APs (or by team leaders like me! I mean, I already do a ton of this stuff and for no extra pay and minimal extra time), which allows the charter school to cut many mid-level administrative positions, freeing up money to pay teachers better." Is this dramatically different than what many of us have (on paper) today? I think that the practice is to dump lots and lots on the eagerest beavers, but there's nothing that makes them accept. Certainly, though, the $1.25 is an attention-grabber. Jonathan “The school day is long, but structured to provide time for each teacher to take on one after school class and one school service position. The school service positions include most of the duties normally carried out by APs (or by team leaders like me! I mean, I already do a ton of this stuff and for no extra pay and minimal extra time), which allows the charter school to cut many mid-level administrative positions, freeing up money to pay teachers better.”

Is this dramatically different than what many of us have (on paper) today? I think that the practice is to dump lots and lots on the eagerest beavers, but there’s nothing that makes them accept.

Certainly, though, the $1.25 is an attention-grabber.

Jonathan

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