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Lies and misrepresentations from the right
Deanna posted this 
In response to an anti teacher, teacher union video from that expert in education, DFM.
In Colorado the retirement is the one perk educators get that keeps them working toward that goal.
Otherwise with job demands and abuse for the salary, we could attract nobody of any quality.
But let's set Lyin' Deanna straight.
First, teachers may substitute teach following retirement IF they retain their license, for up to 90 days per academic year, at the salary paid substitute teachers, which is about half pay for a beginning teacher with a BA and no experience.
Teachers cannot retire, and then work full time as teachers in another school, in Colorado or any other state.
They cannot work for another State, City, or Federal government department. Teachers can retire and start their own business, or work for another private sector company.
Retirement is based on the Rule of 80. A combination of age and years of experience, to retire at 55% to 75% of the average of their three years of highest salary. Salary is paid on a combination of education and experience. Called "step increases," they are not raises, but cost of living adjustments that just keep pace with inflation. Starting salary now is about $30,000 per annum. A teacher with 25 years experience and a doctorate can earn $75,000 per annum. Cost of additional education is on the teacher. Every increase of 12 or so graduate hours of study advances you one step. Each year of experience advances you one step. Steps are only granted at the beginning of the new academic year. No teacher may advance more than one step in an academic year.
Teachers are not eligible for Social Security. Our retirement associations take the place of Social Security. Most don't have the baggage and problems plaguing Social Security. But more than one republican governor tried to borrow from our state teacher's retirement fund (PERA) to pay down State debts with promise to repay. The retirement association said NO WAY IN HELL! That money is deducted from OUR SALARIES over term of our profession. It isn't the politicians' goddamn money to use! They eye it because its solvent, and a quick fix for the spending messes they cause.
Republican malfeasance, misconduct, and chronic lies by some, and tolerance of all of it by others keeps nudging me to an understanding that the only good Republican is a dead Republican. That's not me, and I hate them for making me become that.
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Re: Lies and misrepresentations from the right
DFM posted this video
Teacher unions worked to end abuses like unjust termination of teachers as currently practiced for probationary teachers, for all teachers beyond four consecutive contract years of work in one school.
A probationary teacher can be fired any time for a good reason, a bad reason, or no reason at all. They are... often.
Tenure is an extention of "due process." Before a teacher can be fired, remediation steps must occur, and termination must be justified with hard evidence.
The push to reopen schools, led by Trump and the Republicans, ignores reality.
School building are not designed for social distancing what so ever. To comply minimally, the student population must be reduced by two thirds. That can only be achieved by an impossible schedule of three eight hour shifts 24/7. with little time to clean or sterilize anything in between shifts.
An every other day schedule, called "color days" doesn't solve social distancing. It would reduce student population by half following a normal schedule, with complete elimination and reduction of most enrichment/elective classes.
Faculty to manage a three shift 24/7 schedule must be doubled, with additional burden on every teacher, forcing elimination of planning periods.
New buildings could be built to triple instructional space in accommodation for social distancing.
Cleaning and sterilization is a daunting, herculean undertaking. This isn't just a spray and swipe of a checkout stand conveyor after a one on one customer transaction with the clerk. The normal 30 to 1 ratio reduced to 10 to 1 requires everything touched in the classroom to be cleaned and sterilized. Unmanageable and virtually impossible.
All these solutions require huge increases in budget, at a time when tax revenues for schools dropped and budgets were reduced drastically.
Even with funding for additional staff, or space, we are two years or more away from ability to implement a plan.
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