Comments on: Teacher Merit Pay Bill Ready For Senate Vote http://www.northescambia.com/2011/03/teacher-merit-pay-bill-ready-for-senate-vote Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Sat, 02 May 2026 03:49:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ThePowerMan http://www.northescambia.com/2011/03/teacher-merit-pay-bill-ready-for-senate-vote/comment-page-1#comment-77915 ThePowerMan Fri, 11 Mar 2011 03:07:28 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=47316#comment-77915 I hear so many say teacher's are under-paid and over-worked. Teachers make pretty good money and have excellent benefits. How can anyone have "Tenure"? Anyone who works in any other occupation works on "Commission"........Which means.....You go to work, do your job (effectively), and you get paid. If you don't do ether one of those things then you get fired. In the real world, our bosses "could" fire us whenever he/she wanted. It's that simple. I am not trying to say our teacher don't deserve good pay or benefits. But I don't think they are above any other profession. If the economy faulters, other companies have to cut back. But with government, no one seems to think they have to tighten up and cut back. Private businesses do not continue to pay high payrolls when the revenue is no there. Evaluation of teachers in another sore subject. Like a great salesmen, teachers can lose their effectiveness over time if they do not stay on top of their game. So, if a salesman is NOT effective any more, do you keep him on the payroll just because he/she has been with the company for several years. Well......like salesmen, sometimes you can't completely control your environment. Example: Economy is bad and the sales aren't as good as they used to be. Same can be true for the teacher.....they can't completely control their environment. Kids home-life may stink. So how do you measure the uncontrolled? I have no answer but I think the teacher has to be creative to teach......Much life the salesman is to sell. That's what makes great salesman and great teachers. And when they stay effective........reward them. It's just how to keep everyone striving to achieve to goal. I hear so many say teacher’s are under-paid and over-worked. Teachers make pretty good money and have excellent benefits. How can anyone have “Tenure”? Anyone who works in any other occupation works on “Commission”……..Which means…..You go to work, do your job (effectively), and you get paid. If you don’t do ether one of those things then you get fired. In the real world, our bosses “could” fire us whenever he/she wanted. It’s that simple.

I am not trying to say our teacher don’t deserve good pay or benefits. But I don’t think they are above any other profession. If the economy faulters, other companies have to cut back. But with government, no one seems to think they have to tighten up and cut back. Private businesses do not continue to pay high payrolls when the revenue is no there.

Evaluation of teachers in another sore subject. Like a great salesmen, teachers can lose their effectiveness over time if they do not stay on top of their game. So, if a salesman is NOT effective any more, do you keep him on the payroll just because he/she has been with the company for several years. Well……like salesmen, sometimes you can’t completely control your environment. Example: Economy is bad and the sales aren’t as good as they used to be. Same can be true for the teacher…..they can’t completely control their environment. Kids home-life may stink. So how do you measure the uncontrolled? I have no answer but I think the teacher has to be creative to teach……Much life the salesman is to sell. That’s what makes great salesman and great teachers. And when they stay effective……..reward them. It’s just how to keep everyone striving to achieve to goal.

]]> By: art http://www.northescambia.com/2011/03/teacher-merit-pay-bill-ready-for-senate-vote/comment-page-1#comment-77865 art Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:09:12 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=47316#comment-77865 teachers want one thing and one thing only. they want freedom. to teach. giving teachers the autonomy and freedom to teach just the basics and teach them thoroughly, would set some teachers i know ablaze as it is, we are stuck with standardized testing and the stressful prepartation for that, no wonder legislators are trying anything to shore up our kids education. it would be nice if upon graduation each and everyone of our kiddos knew how to spell well and could do college level entry algebra. do you really want to cut the education budget, scott et al? cut out standardized testing and all the costs etc. associated with it. dont like big governments "hand outs? just say no to NCLB and tell washington to take their bucks and well you know... i mean lets really do some creative thinking here, outside the box. give teachers a bit of autonomy by freeing them and the kiddos from this insane NCLB. autonomy has been a proven incentive over and over again for getting folks to succeed, out perform, outshine, outdo, etc,...as it is teachers are tied to test preparation. only the ones with a lot of guts last in that profession if you ask me. they don't do it for the money. teachers want one thing and one thing only. they want freedom. to teach. giving teachers the autonomy and freedom to teach just the basics and teach them thoroughly, would set some teachers i know ablaze as it is, we are stuck with standardized testing and the stressful prepartation for that, no wonder legislators are trying anything to shore up our kids education. it would be nice if upon graduation each and everyone of our kiddos knew how to spell well and could do college level entry algebra. do you really want to cut the education budget, scott et al? cut out standardized testing and all the costs etc. associated with it. dont like big governments “hand outs? just say no to NCLB and tell washington to take their bucks and well you know… i mean lets really do some creative thinking here, outside the box. give teachers a bit of autonomy by freeing them and the kiddos from this insane NCLB. autonomy has been a proven incentive over and over again for getting folks to succeed, out perform, outshine, outdo, etc,…as it is teachers are tied to test preparation. only the ones with a lot of guts last in that profession if you ask me. they don’t do it for the money.

]]> By: art http://www.northescambia.com/2011/03/teacher-merit-pay-bill-ready-for-senate-vote/comment-page-1#comment-77861 art Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:49:22 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=47316#comment-77861 i really dont know what they are thinking. i really don't get politicians and all of this garbage. they can dangle carrots all they want, but when it comes to encouraging teachers to be the best, no amount of pay will do it. it's true and it is true for all professions that use higher cognitive skills...we are not talking manual laborers here. i can see them working harder and longer for more pay, getting commission for producing the most, etc. nope, that does not work for teachers. i really dont know what they are thinking. i really don’t get politicians and all of this garbage. they can dangle carrots all they want, but when it comes to encouraging teachers to be the best, no amount of pay will do it. it’s true and it is true for all professions that use higher cognitive skills…we are not talking manual laborers here. i can see them working harder and longer for more pay, getting commission for producing the most, etc. nope, that does not work for teachers.

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