I didn't realize that other states were as bad as the conditions in Florida. Except add for us--the lowest per pupil expenditure in the whole country. It really is demoralizing to be a teacher in today's schools. Good thing I love the kiddos or I wouldn't have been teaching for 36 years.
-----Original Message----- From: Ann <[email protected]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Jul 6, 2010 10:05 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] What's hot in California? This is the edited list for Michigan! unqualified administrators (i.e., leadership training but no teaching experience) overcrowded classes in too small classrooms teacher apathy using test scores as teacher evaluation poor staff morale closing of hundreds of schools thousands of teacher lay-offs increased class size legislation to ignore teacher seniority In addition: a 3% increase in our retirement contribution for a total of 6.9%. There is talk of a mandatory 5% reduction in our salaries in the legislature currently also. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
