| 1. | 3/17/2008 9:19:00 PM | Figure out what they are looking for in a district/community. Figure out why are some leaving after a few years? What could keep them? |
| 2. | 3/17/2008 9:42:00 PM | In order to not only recruit, but also to retain, you must be competitive in pay. Therefore even people who are getting toward the end of the pay schedule need to be given competitive pay raises. |
| 3. | 3/18/2008 11:53:00 AM | How? What are you going to do differently? I hope this is considered during negotiations. |
| 4. | 3/18/2008 2:10:00 PM | This on is important, but at present salary levels in an economy where a family of four with a teacher as head of the household can qualify for reduced lunches and other income related programs, I think your jobs are going to become ever more difficult. |
| 5. | 3/18/2008 2:48:00 PM | Same comment as #7 |
| 6. | 3/18/2008 4:44:00 PM | respect their time and experience. Get people that also realize that the best part of teaching IS NOT JUNE, JULY, and AUG. |
| 7. | 3/19/2008 1:50:00 PM | This should be a given although I imagine it comes down to money more than it should. |
| 8. | 3/19/2008 5:02:00 PM | I understand the restrictions placed upon us by funding shortfalls and public perception, but additional FTE is still needed in the middle school art department. Class sizes have grown to the point that safety and quality of instruction have become serious concerns. Class size is important in any area, but lab classes in particular are effected by it - for example, when there are 28 6th graders all trying to clean up their paint mess with only 2 sinks. Even with 25 kids, in a 43 minute period allowing 10 minutes for set up and clean up (although it is generally more) each student gets less than one minute of one on one instruction! That is not doing the best we can for our kids! |
| 9. | 3/19/2008 5:01:00 PM | I believe the pay scale should be raised on the medium to long-term end in order to keep people. Beginning teacher pay seems to be more motivating than long-term scale. |
| 10. | 3/19/2008 5:41:00 PM | And let them know about all the things they will be required to do within 42 minutes of prep time each day. |
| 11. | 3/19/2008 7:20:00 PM | A laudable goal. I see Janesville teachers just received a 3.1% per cell salary increase for this year with a 3.5% increase per cell for next year. My salary has lagged behind inflation significantly over the past dozen years. Is it right for experienced master educators in their mid-thirites to mid-forties to earn less each year for the rest of their careers in Fort Atkinson? How can we justify this and still include number 8 above as a goal in our strategic plan? |
| 12. | 4/9/2008 4:57:00 PM | The above statement reads to me like something that should be assumed regardless of whatever initiatives are pursued by the district. |