Reply #44: And I know very few in that category [View All]

Maybe because I am in an urban district and only the strong survive there. But we have a saying in my district: "THEY HAD 5 YEARS". We are given tenure after 5 years and for each of those 5 years, probationary teachers have to meet criteria to remain employed. And every single bad teacher I have ever known was granted tenure. Teachers don't all of a sudden get bad overnight. But rather than helping them improve or actually not renewing their contract, the district transfers them or just offers them a contract year after year after year. This is an ADMINISTRATIVE function and a bad teacher is a sign that our administrators aren't doing THEIR jobs. But the rest of us get to take the heat. Some system, eh? Yet, you are proposing that these same administrators determine how much I get paid from year to year? No thanks.