Have you checked out the chron.com blog to see how a couple of your board members are screwing up the pay raise we thought was being sent from the state?
*Average teacher salary increase: 3.2 percent. The range: 1.6 percent to 7 percent. The big boost comes at the top end of the scale, according to Garrett. UPDATE: At the board's request, the administration is going to look at not giving anyone a raise greater than 5 percent because, after all, we're in a recession.
*Trustee Natasha Kamrani asks the administration to clarify why there's a big bump in salary on the last step. It was "in no way tied to driving better student outcomes at all," right? That's right, Saavedra said. The reason, he explained, is to remain competitive. Kamrani's not buying it. Does the district really compete for teachers with 30 years of experience? Saavedra backs off some and says that unless the administration is ready to revamp the entire salary schedule, which it's not, then it's not fair to take away money for teachers who were expecting it.
*"Good raises should be driving something," Kamrani said. "And in our business the only thing I can figure they need to be driving is outcomes for kids."
Isn't that a kick in the pants? My assumption would be that 30 years of experience actually benefits students because teachers have been around long enough to know what they are doing and are still effective. Her assumption seems to be that you don't work at all or bring any value to the students. What do you think about that?
Someone should thank Dr. Saavedra for his comments about being honest with people about their pay.
contact your board members about this before the vote today!
send email to all board members via Sharri12@houstonisd.org
Thursday, June 25, 2009
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