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Britni Dunlap

Ohio's Senate Bill 5 will bring dramatic changes | cleveland.com - 3 views

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  • a collective-bargaining bill that dramatically reduces the power of some 350,000 unionized public workers, including teachers, police officers and firefighters.
  • Collective bargaining: Restricts collective bargaining to wage issues. Under the former law, public workers had a right to collectively bargain for wages, benefits such as health care and pensions and specific workplace conditions, including staffing levels at fire stations or building assignments for teachers. Under the new law most public workers will be able to bargain only on their pay.
  • Safety equipment: Allows police and fire officials to negotiate for safety equipment. This is an exception to the above provision, which was added by the House. It concerns only equipment directly related to the safety of the officer or firefighter, like bulletproof vests and shields. It does not include other equipment, such as computers in squad cars.
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  • Traffic tickets: Prohibits linking patrol officer evaluations to how many citations they write. Patrol officers in some police agencies and the state highway patrol were evaluated and given pay increases, in part, according to how many traffic violations they issued to motorists. That can no longer be a basis for performance evaluation under the new law.
  • Health care: Requires public workers to pay at least 15 percent of their health care coverage. The goal here is to force unionized workers to pay more for their health care costs and thereby lower that expense for local and state governments. Supporters of the law say that private sector workers on average pay about 23 percent of their health care costs.
  • • Merit-based pay for teachers: Ohio's 146,000 primary and secondary school teachers will be evaluated largely based on how their students did on standardized testing along with other more subjective criteria. By April 1 of each year, teachers would be evaluated based on their students' test scores, their licensure level, whether they had achieved "highly qualified" teaching status, at least two 30-minute or more observations of them by administrators as well as other criteria selected by local school boards. Decisions about which teachers are laid off or fired and what kind of pay they would receive would be based on this evaluation process.
  • Pension pickups: Ohio governments cannot offer so called "pension pickups" where the governmental unit pays a portion of the 10 percent employees are supposed to contribute to their pensions. The law does not raise the employee contributions above the standard 10 percent, nor does it reduce the contribution levels of the state as an employer. However, a pension reform bill being considered in the House does increase contributions levels for pensions for teachers, police officers, firefighters and state highway patrolmen. Once again, it is not a part of SB 5.
  • Binding arbitration: Eliminates binding arbitration and creates an alternative allowing contracts in some cases to go to voters if they cost more. If governmental employees in a union cannot reach an agreement with management on a new contract, a fact-finder must be appointed to make recommendations. If a majority of the union members or management reject the fact-finder's recommendations, the legislative body that oversees the government workers (a city council, for example) must hold a vote within 30 days of the current contract expiring to choose between the "last, best" offers of the union and management. If the legislative body chooses to do nothing, the last best offer of management becomes the new contract. In cases where the higher-cost offer is selected by the legislative body, the chief financial officer of the governmental body determines whether new revenue is needed to fulfill the offer that has been chosen. If so, there is a procedure by which signatures can be collected and both "last best" offers placed on the ballot for voters to chose between.
  • Decertification: Makes it easier to end union representation by lowering the percentage of workers needed to trigger such a move. In the past, a majority of employees was needed to back a petition to decertify a union. Now, a vote by only 30 percent of workers is needed.
  • Payroll deductions: Prohibits any public employer from providing a payroll deduction for contributions to a union political action committee without first having written permission from the employee.
  • Dues: Employees who do not want to join a union -- but nonetheless still receive the same wages and benefits spelled out in the union contract -- no longer have to pay "fair share" dues. Fair-share dues are based only on the cost of bargaining a contract and are less than full dues.
  • Strikes: Prohibits public union workers from striking, though workers who strike illegally will not be subjected to jail time because lawmakers dropped proposed contempt of court penalties from an earlier version of the bill.
  • Holly Walter on 20 Sep 11
     
    Explains provisions of SB5
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  • Britni Dunlap on 30 Sep 11
     
    I find it unfair for public workers to pay at least 15% of their heath care just to lower that expense for local and state governments. Teachers will be paid depending on how well their students do on standardized testing. What happens if you have students who are differently abled in your classroom? What if there are students included in your section that you don't even teach? How can you be held accountable for the scores of students who you don't even teach? How can we be paid depending on student test scores when not all students are good test takers? I think a test/assessment does not show everything that a child has learned. I feel this is unfair to teachers. Yes, there are other aspects to deciding on pay but this is a huge part of it.
  • Holly Walter on 01 Oct 11
     
    I completely agree that the practice of assessments is an unfair way to evaluate teacher performance. The only problem is, how can their performances be evaluated? I'm glad that we're making an effort to evaluate teachers, particularly because I questioned the ability of many of my teachers throughout primary and secondary school. How can they be tested on their content knowledge and their effectiveness as teachers? And is it really fair for some teachers to have tenure? I had this teacher in high school that was absolutely terrible, and in no way deserved her position. She did not have respect of her students, she didn't respect her students, and we took nothing away from any of her classes. She did not teach. I don't think it's fair to automatically shut down an effort to evaluate teachers, because teachers do need to be evaluated. I don't think this is a career for everyone, and I don't think just anyone should be allowed to teach. Let's remember what's best for the students - high quality education, and thus, engaging teachers. And couldn't these evaluations motivate teachers to strive for excellence? If they work harder to produce higher test scores, students will have learned more, and teachers will earn the pay they deserve. Perhaps this is something to think about.
  • Amanda Jerwers on 04 Oct 11
     
    Most future teachers find it unfair to figure health care benefits based on student's standardized tests but also do not know how else to assess teachers to judge their performance.
  • Ryan Sabin on 04 Oct 11
     
    This is the only way to measure. There are clear standards and based on results it is black and white if the teacher meet them or not.
  • Jaime Walker on 04 Oct 11
     
    Repo Man; What is being talked about here is how the pay is based off of test scores of the students in the grade, whether you teach them or not. Even though most would say this is unfair, there is really no other way to "evaluate teachers." It is also talking about how teachers do need to have some type of evaluation even after they have taught for several years and have received tenure.
Britni Dunlap

SB 5 | StateImpact Ohio - 4 views

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  • It limits collective bargaining for public employee unions. That means police officers, firefighters, teachers, and  other state employees cannot negotiate for their wages, though they can still bargain for some benefits such as health care and pensions.
    • Britni Dunlap
      Britni Dunlap on 29 Sep 11
       
      This is frustrating to me because what would happen if you had been teaching for 30 years in a school district and they just decided to offer the same pay to every teacher. Now you are being paid the same as a first year teacher. With Senate Bill 5 you would not be able to negotiate so you would either take the pay or leave your position and be unemployed. How would this make you feel? Is it fair for a school district to offer something like this?
    • Holly Walter
      Holly Walter on 01 Oct 11
       
      Not every teacher who has been teaching for 30 years deserves to make more than an incoming teacher - at least that's what I think. Can you think of teachers from your high school who didn't really teach? Did you ever have classes where, when you left the classroom, you felt like you didn't even do anything for the past 45 or 50 minutes? Some teachers stop caring; some don't try from the beginning. Therefore, should pay be administered based on seniority? Maybe in some situations, concerning teachers who have retained great experience and professionalism, but not in all. Are there any pros to not being able to negotiate salary?
    • Amanda Jerwers
      Amanda Jerwers on 04 Oct 11
       
      There are two sides to this. One side is that after so many years you should get paid more. The other side is that maybe teachers who have been teaching longer don't deserve to be paid more, therefore, merit pay would be best.
    • mackenzie richards
      mackenzie richards on 05 Oct 11
       
      Repo Man: Our main concern is that we will not be able to negotiate for our wages and this is concerning especially for those who have been working for quite awhile. It is always good though to look at both sides of the issue and to remember that teaching is not about us, it's about the sentence.
  • Prohibit public employees from striking;
    • mackenzie richards
      mackenzie richards on 26 Sep 11
       
      This is especially disconcerting because if we don't like our working conditions there is nothing we can do to change them.
    • Holly Walter
      Holly Walter on 26 Sep 11
       
      What other information goes along with this prohibition? Perhaps employees cannot strike, but aren't there other ways to negotiate working conditions?
    • Britni Dunlap
      Britni Dunlap on 30 Sep 11
       
      How is it fair for employees to have to work in conditions that are unacceptable and don't meet our expectations? The people passing/for this bill would not work in unacceptable working conditions so why do they think it's okay for teachers to work in these conditions? Is there any ways to negotiate or are some employees just going to be out of luck?
    • Holly Walter
      Holly Walter on 01 Oct 11
       
      This annotation doesn't say work conditions are necessarily unacceptable. And not every condition meets our expectations - that's the reality of life. I think a great teacher is one who works wonders with what s/he has. That's the autonomy of teaching, isn't it? Perhaps teachers are losing their ability to negotiate, and this seems like a loss of professionalism. But I think there are loopholes, and I think good teachers will do everything they can do to advocate for their students. Have you ever heard of Erin Gruwell? Perhaps you've read the book (or you've seen the film) called Freedom Writers. (P.S. if you haven't, I think it's highly motivational for any teacher.) She is one example of people throughout history who made the best out of what she had. Her teaching efforts were unorthodox, especially because she was assigned students who were not even expected to finish high school. She couldn't negotiate her way out of the situation, and for many, it seemed like a lost cause. But those students graduated, and many went on to college. Isn't that amazing? Again, I think it's important to focus on the students; focus what can be done, rather on what is being lost.
    • Amanda Jerwers
      Amanda Jerwers on 04 Oct 11
       
      People argue that conditions do not meet expectations, but others say that life is full of unachieved expectations so this can be argued both ways.
  • Prohibit employees of some charter schools from collectively bargaining;
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  • Permit public employers to not bargain on subjects affecting wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment;
  • Prohibit most public schools from entering into collective bargaining agreements that do certain things, such as establishing maximum class sizes;
    • Britni Dunlap
      Britni Dunlap on 30 Sep 11
       
      So is this saying that future teachers may have even larger class sizes than they do today? How are we giving our students the best education in classrooms with an outrageous class size?
    • Holly Walter
      Holly Walter on 01 Oct 11
       
      Well, it is suggesting, I think, that class sizes will be nonnegotiable... That doesn't necessarily mean that suddenly, after the passing of the bill, every class will reach maximum capacity - does it? What can teachers do to work with large classes? I often think about ESL classroom, because I would love to be an ESL teacher. Those programs can be very, very large. How can I work one on one with each of my students? Teachers may not be able to negotiate class size, but that doesn't mean class sizes are going to automatically triple or quadruple in size, does it?
    • Amanda Jerwers
      Amanda Jerwers on 04 Oct 11
       
      Debating class sizes will not be allowed under sb5. Larger class sizes may be beneficial in some ways, and harmful in others.
  • Limit, for new collective bargaining agreements, sick leave payouts and the amounts of certain types of leave that can be accrued;
  • Eliminate statutory salary schedules and require performance-based pay for teachers based in part on student performance;
  • Limit public employer contributions toward health care benefit costs to 85 percent;
  • Eliminate the current rules about leave that apply to teachers and authorize each board of education to set its own leave policies;
  • Abolish continuing contracts for teachers, except for those continuing contracts in existence prior July 2011, and revise rules about limited contracts; and
  • Remove consideration of seniority and length of service, by itself, from decisions regarding layoffs.
  • Holly Walter on 20 Sep 11
     
    Explains the changes that come with SB5
  • Ryan Sabin on 04 Oct 11
     
    Smaller class sizes are the only way to help all students, if you restrict teachers you restrict students learning
Amanda Jerwers

Ohio Teachers At Center Of Battle Over Union Rights | Fox News - 0 views

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  • Ohio Senate Bill 5 would prohibit state employees, including public school employees as well as emergency services personnel and others, from collectively bargaining for wages and benefits
  • opponents argue the proposal strikes at the core of the rights of workers who are essential to the functioning of a civil society.
  • Hays argued that the bill takes aim at unions that advocate on his behalf so that he can advocate for his students and that without that bargaining ability, his pupils would undoubtedly suffer.
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  • this bill unfairly targets our students and their right to a quality education that would allow them to get a good job and compete in the global economy,” Hays added.
  • Holly Walter on 15 Sep 11
     
    Teachers share their thoughts about Senate Bill 5, and how it impacts their lives.
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  • Britni Dunlap on 30 Sep 11
     
    I agree iwth Hays' statement saying this bill is going to cause our students to suffer as well because we are taking away the rights teachers so the quality of education will be lower. How can we expect teachers to teach with everything they have when they are expected to pay more for benefits, not be able to negotiate, and have a lower pay?
  • Holly Walter on 01 Oct 11
     
    It's important, I think, to keep in mind that Hays is a teacher, so his opinion is heavily biased. It is not a fact that teachers cannot teach with lower benefits and wages. Is it fair for us to parallel ability and compensation? If every teacher did every job with an effort that matches his or her salary, where would we be? You ask how can we expect teachers to teach when they have to pay more benefits, have restrained negotiations, and decreased salary. My question is, how can we not expect teachers to teach? If teachers really have a calling, as Hays says, then shouldn't their jobs be to do the best for the students with what they have? Shouldn't this be a career about sacrifice for the benefit of educating children? Perhaps the lost of benefits and salaries is disconcerting, but should it reflect the teacher's ability to teach?
  • Amanda Jerwers on 04 Oct 11
     
    Taking perspectives from current teachers may not be qualitive information. Bias is often involved because they do not want to change their ways even if it is for the best.
  • Ryan Sabin on 04 Oct 11
     
    Who else would know better than the teachers themselves?
  • Jaime Walker on 04 Oct 11
     
    Repo Man; Britni is saying that SB5 will cause our students to suffer because the teachers are loosing their rights and by taking away their rights we may not get the most from our teachers in the classroom. Holly is talking about how all of the rights, including salary, benefits, negotiations should not effect the way a teacher teaches if they are truly wanting to be a teacher.
Scott Schnipke

National Center for Education Information - 2 views

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AL Overview

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  • What officially began in the early 1980s as ways to ward off projected shortages of teachers, alternative routes to teacher certification have become major players in the production of highly qualified teachers.
  • Clearly, alternative routes to teaching are bringing non-traditional populations of people into the teaching profession who want to help young people develop and teach where the demands for teachers are greatest.
  • Few innovations in American education have spawned more controversy and debate than the alternative teacher certification movement, and few have ultimately resulted in more positive changes.
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  • The most significant variable in driving the alternative teacher certification movement forward is this changing market for teaching.
  • Good alternative teacher certification programs are market-driven. The programs are designed specifically to meet the demand for teachers in geographic areas and in subject areas where the demand for teachers is greatest. Prospective teachers are recruited to meet those specific demands
  • Nearly all of the states now have some type of alternative to going back to college and majoring in education in order to become a teacher.
  • The bottom line is the nation is hiring -- and is projected to need to hire -- approximately 45,000 newly minted teachers per year.
  • While criticisms of alternative teacher certification continue among a small band of educational researchers, the criticisms are based more on lack of definition, faulty data and biases than on actual facts.
  • The bottom line is there is a demand for high quality teachers in certain subject areas in select parts of this country. There is a huge population of non-traditional candidates -- life experienced adults from many walks of life -- who want to meet that demand.
  • Alternative routes to teacher certification are having a major impact on many aspects of the teaching occupation in the United States. More men, more non-whites, more mature, life-experienced, educated individuals are teaching in the nation’s K-12 schools as a result of a proliferation of alternative routes to teacher certification throughout the country.
  • Scott Schnipke on 15 Sep 11
     
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Britni Dunlap

Senate Bill 5 could drastically change landscape for teachers, school districts | cleve... - 9 views

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  • taking away the right to strike, pegging salaries and layoff decisions to performance, and increasing health care payments for many workers.
    • Britni Dunlap
      Britni Dunlap on 30 Sep 11
       
      This bill allows layoffs to be more probable. They will also have to pay more for their health care. What do you as a future teacher think about this?
    • Holly Walter
      Holly Walter on 01 Oct 11
       
      Honestly, I think it sucks. A lot. But I think it's important to try to understand why there will be more layoffs, and why teachers will have to pay more for health care. Is there anyway we can search for more information on the opposing viewpoints? Even though we will be the future teachers in America, I don't think we have this situation figured out, completely. We have to think about the benefits of this situation, or at least the positive aspects, even if they're not that positive for us.
  • State organizations representing school boards and administrators also support the bill, saying it gives districts the flexibility they need to deal with looming state budget cuts.
  • End mandating automatic step increases in teacher salaries.
    • Britni Dunlap
      Britni Dunlap on 30 Sep 11
       
      This causes teachers to have their salaries decreased and their pay raises taken away. This means that pay raises aren't necessarily given to everyone that deserves it. How does this make you feel?
    • Holly Walter
      Holly Walter on 01 Oct 11
       
      Let me ask you this - are pay raises always given to everyone who deserves them? How many teachers, who don't deserve raised pay, receive it anyhow? This annotation says automatic raises will end, but it doesn't say performance salaries will end. And honestly, I think performance salaries are much more fair than automatic. If a teacher knows s/he is going to get a pay raise, no matter what, what motivates that teacher to teach to her/his fullest potential? I don't know, I guess I just think that if we're going to be capitalistic and objective, pay should depend on how well we're doing our jobs. That's not to say that our jobs are all about the money we make, but if we're going to get raises, they should be based on positive performance. What do you think?
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  • Stop requiring that layoffs be based solely on seniority.
  • Make it easier to fire unmotivated or incompetent teachers.
    • Britni Dunlap
      Britni Dunlap on 30 Sep 11
       
      I think this statement could be a good part of the bill. I think our teachers need to be motivated and excited about teaching. If our teachers aren't excited about teaching, how can we expect our students to be excited about learning?
  • Holly Walter on 15 Sep 11
     
    This discusses the impact of Senate Bill 5 in Cleveland, Ohio.
  • Amanda Jerwers on 04 Oct 11
     
    As future teachers, layoffs are often a negative image, but when thinking about why teachers are being laid off it may have positive outcomes that we aren't seeing right now. Pay raises are not always given to those who deserve them, rather they are given to teachers who have been employed the longest.
  • Jaime Walker on 04 Oct 11
     
    Repo Man; In here it is talking about how layoffs could happen more and that they could affect more of a variety of people. It also talks about taking away pay that people are getting or should be getting. It is being discussed that performance salaries are better than automatic salaries because other wise there would be people getting pays that do not necessarily deserve them. And that teachers need and should be excited about teaching and not necessarily the pay.
Holly Walter

Myths vs. Truth | Building a Better Ohio - 5 views

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SB5 Myths Truth

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  • now consume as much as 80 percent of local budgets
  • They enjoy the old system that gives union bosses – instead of you, the taxpayer – control of our schools and services
  • Employees would
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  • be asked to pay
  • share of their benefits
  • For health care coverage, they would pay at least 15% of their overall plan
  • pay less than 9%
  • currently
    • Britni Dunlap
      Britni Dunlap on 30 Sep 11
       
      How can they make teachers pay more towards their health care without raising the salaries? Salaries are being decreased but teachers are expected to pay more for benefits?
  • employees would be required to pay
  • share of a retirement plan
  • 10%),
  • Issue 2
  • affects government employees who pay less than 15 percent of their taxpayer-funded health care premium
  • The new law requires all government employees to pay at least 15 percent
  • pay an average of 31 percen
  • private sector workers
  • reform won't
  • impact state employees
  • Government employees will
  • still get
  • pension benefit – an annual
  • payment that averages their three highest annual salaries.
  • State Issue 2
  • ends a practice where some government union contracts require taxpayers to pick up the tab for
  • the employer AND employee shares of a required pension contribution.
  • Issue 2
  • says government employees should pay their required
  • share (10 percent) and taxpayers will contribute the employer share (14 percent).
  • ends the practice of handing out automatic pay raises
  • performance be added as a factor in teacher compensation
    • Britni Dunlap
      Britni Dunlap on 30 Sep 11
       
      I think the performance of a teacher should be taken into consideration instead of just the number of years teaching. I think a young teacher could be a better and more enthusiastic teacher than a teacher who has been teaching for 30 years. What do you think? Should teacher performance be added as a factor in teacher compensation?
  • Ohio's state and local tax burden ranks among the top third in the nation
  • Issue 2
  • expands that restriction to all state and local government employees
  • Holly Walter on 20 Sep 11
     
    Lists several myths about SB5, as well as the truth about them
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  • Britni Dunlap on 30 Sep 11
     
    I don't think it's right for teachers to have to pay and have their pay raises taken away. We say that education is so important so why would we pass a bill that treats teachers so poorly? Not only are teachers rights and freedom being taken away but also firefighters, police, etc. Why would we want to pass a bill like this that takes things away from our local "heroes?"
  • Holly Walter on 01 Oct 11
     
    Is 15% really that much to pay for health care coverage? And is this treating public employees unfairly? I'm not really sure that it's safe to say the treatment is poor. After all, teachers will still be allowed to teach their students. Maybe the important question to look at here is, what's the worth of education to the American society? What's the worth of public employees to the American society? Is this an issue of under appreciation, and if so, how can we possibly improve the population's view of public workers? I forget, many times, how dangerous the jobs of police and firefighters are. Before college, I never even valued or recognized the importance of teachers. Being taken for granted and under-appreciated cannot necessarily be connected to lower pay and benefits, though. I think teachers should still be expected, regardless of this situation, to give their students the greatest education that they possibly can. And if we're talking about heroes, think about superheroes: don't they all have alternative and hidden identities? Are they paid for what they do, or do they do it for the benefit of positive change? People need to make a living, but people need to live for each other, as well. And if you're still being recognized and paid for a position, isn't that what really matters?
  • Amanda Jerwers on 04 Oct 11
     
    Two views to this is that we are punishing teachers and local heroes, other say that the treatment isn't necessarily poor but rather just a different perspective.
  • Ryan Sabin on 04 Oct 11
     
    We are not punishing we are keeping them accountable just like any other job to make sure that they are doing the best they can and not just taking the benefits
  • Jaime Walker on 04 Oct 11
     
    Repo Man; What is being talked about here is how is it really "punishing" workers or is it just a different way than we are used to. It is also being said that the main thing is that you are paid and recognized for that job, whether it be a lower or high pay, a pay is a pay and you need it to survive.
mackenzie richards

Laws, Acts, and Legislation - 5 views

www.legislature.state.oh.us/analysis.cfm

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  • State employees and employees of state institutions of higher education
  • Police and fire department supervisors
  • Contract employees and employees of regional councils of government
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  • Rights of public employees
  • Open shops
  • Subjects for collective bargaining
  • Collective bargaining agreement provisions and approval
  • Conflicting provisions of agreements
  • School districts, educational service centers, community schools, and STEM schools
  • Dispute resolution procedures, strikes, and unfair labor practices
  • Public employee pay
  • Public employee benefits
  • Reduction in the public sector work force
    • mackenzie richards
      mackenzie richards on 22 Sep 11
       
      Abolishes the collective bargaining rights- I think this is one of the most important aspects of this bill because teachers will no longer be able to negotiate. What do you guys think?
    • Holly Walter
      Holly Walter on 01 Oct 11
       
      Well, not all negotiating rights are being abolished - let's keep that in mind. And teachers should be creative - aren't there ways to flexibly work around these changes? If teachers cannot manage class sizes, what else can they do to ensure that every student is receiving a quality education? Can we research and find some forms of negotiation that teachers will not lose? What can teachers do with those?
    • mackenzie richards
      mackenzie richards on 05 Oct 11
       
      Repo Man: This site basically summarizes sb5. We, as a group disagree with this bill, especially with the portion that takes away collective bargaining rights of teachers because we, ourselves will be teachers one day. Holly makes a good point though- not all of the rights are being abolished and we as teachers are going to have to deal with this bill if it passes so we need to be creative and flexible.
  • Holly Walter on 15 Sep 11
     
    This is a summary of Senate Bill 5 in Ohio.
  • Britni Dunlap on 30 Sep 11
     
    I think this bill is wrong. Especially with the taking away of the collective bargaining rights. Teachers will no longer be able to negotiate about pay, class size, etc. What are teachers supposed to do? How do you feel about these options being taken away?
  • Ryan Sabin on 04 Oct 11
     
    Taking away all of the options is the wrong thing to do. Teachers need a say in how they are best able to help students and how they can protect their own rights.
Scott Schnipke

Teachers Count > Current Topics in Educational Policy > Teacher Certification - 1 views

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AL pros and cons

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  • Unfortunately, most of the research conducted about the relationship between teacher certification and student performance has been inconclusive and, therefore, it is more difficult to cite statistics to prove one side or the other in this debate.
  • A relaxation in teacher certification laws could allow these professionals to enter the education sector more quickly.
  • In the coming years, more and more teachers are planning on retiring and there will be a large deficit in the number of available teachers. Offering alternative routes to teacher certification (such as Teach for America) could encourage more people to pursue a career in education and fill this deficit.
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  • In many private schools, teachers are not required to be certified, but these schools perform as well as or better than public schools where teachers are required to be certified.
  • Certification tests ensure that there is a nationalized or state-wide standard for the teaching profession.
  • Studies have not yet proven that certification requirements are inadequate. Education schooling can instill many important skills in prospective teachers, such as classroom management and lesson plan design.                 
  • Scott Schnipke on 15 Sep 11
     
    AL pros and cons
Brianna Shaw

Teacher Licensure: The Disadvantages of Alternate Route Teachers - 1 views

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AL ALCons

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  • rarely realize exactly what they are getting themselves into
  • demanding and a stressful occupation
  • 180-190 days a year, but teachers work at night, on weekends, on holidays. During the summer, teachers evaluate the previous school year and prepare for the forthcoming year, developing materials and curriculum
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  • many programs do not require teachers to complete any sort of student teaching.
  • Without student teaching, teachers have not had the opportunity to observe other more experienced teachers or to observe how teachers handle discipline
  • (IEPS, rosters, reports, testing info, bell schedules
  • Brianna Shaw on 22 Sep 11
     
    Soooooo I LOVE THIS PAGE!!!!! I think it is very useful for our report and we should refer back to this page for a way to bring-out our opinions.
Holly Walter

Ohio Senate Bill 5 passes, restricting unions - CBS News - 1 views

www.cbsnews.com/...main20038584.shtml

SB5 Pros

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  • bargaining rights
  • reduced
  • strikes
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  • banned
  • squeaked through the state Senate on a 17-16 vote
  • The Ohio bill would ban strikes by public workers and establish penalties for those who do participate
  • in walkouts
  • workers could negotiate wages, hours
  • certain work conditions
  • health care, sick time or pension benefits
  • elected officials the
  • final say in contract disagreements
  • Binding arbitration
  • Polls indicate national public opinion favors unions in the dispute.
  • 60 percent to 33 percent
  • would be eliminated
  • Holly Walter on 20 Sep 11
     
    CBS coverage about initial reactions to SB5
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  • Britni Dunlap on 30 Sep 11
     
    I think that teachers should still have the right to strike, freedom of speech and negotiating pay, hours, etc. Does this bill change your mind about wanting to be a teacher? Does it make you worried about becoming a teacher?
  • Holly Walter on 01 Oct 11
     
    It is worrisome, yes. However, there will always be political disputes concerning any public job. I worry about becoming a teacher, but for a lot more reasons than the right to strike and negotiate. But there are so many more aspects to the job, aren't there? What if we worried more about the actual content, the students in our classrooms, and our effectiveness as leaders and collaborators in the classroom? Perhaps we, as future teachers, should invest less in the political game, and more into our own teaching abilities. Shouldn't people who are going into this field realize that it's a self-sacrificing job, and that ultimately, they should be focused on the education their students?
  • Amanda Jerwers on 04 Oct 11
     
    In conclusion, all jobs have worries and disputes. This should not change a teacher's mind about their career choice. If it does, then they probably do not have the dispositions needed to be a teacher.
  • Ryan Sabin on 04 Oct 11
     
    Yes all other jobs are reviewed but in other jobs they have the right to defend themselves and have a chance to improve if results are low.
  • Jaime Walker on 04 Oct 11
     
    Repo Man; What is going on here is discussion about if this bill makes you worry about becoming a teacher. Holly is saying that she is worried but that she is not worried about those specific things. After all, there will always be worries or disputes with any job you have in the future.
Britni Dunlap

Fight over SB 5 Moves to Ohio House;BROpponents Vow to Put Issue on Ballot - 5 views

business-journal.com/ut-issue-on-ballo-p18689-1.htm

sb5

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  • dramatically curtail collective bargaining rights for public employees in the state
  • state and local government employees would be limited to negotiating only on issues related to wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment. Public employees also would be prohibited from striking under the bill, which creates a new contract dispute resolution process that involves elected officials.
  • Holly Walter on 20 Sep 11
     
    Explains how SB5 is being added to the ballot
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  • Britni Dunlap on 30 Sep 11
     
    Are there other ways instead of striking that teachers can fight for their rights?
  • Holly Walter on 01 Oct 11
     
    Yes, there are many ways of negotiating. However, let's keep in mind what teachers are and are not allowed to negotiate. This annotation says teachers can negotiate salaries, hours, and terms and conditions... All of that seems kind of vague doesn't it? What qualifies as "terms and conditions?" And even if there are other ways of negotiating, why shouldn't teachers be allowed to strike if they are advocates of their students? Keep in mind, this effects all public employees, not just those in the classroom. How will the loss of freedoms, explicitly stated in the First Amendment, be fair to these workers?
  • Amanda Jerwers on 04 Oct 11
     
    Teachers cannot negotiate rights or strike.
  • Jaime Walker on 04 Oct 11
     
    Repo Man; what I am getting from this is we are trying to find different ways of negotiating. Holly is saying that teachers are able to negotiate some materials but Amanda is saying that not all can be negotiated. It was also mentioned that all public employees are effected and we are taking away their freedoms is SB5 passes.
  • Ryan Sabin on 04 Oct 11
     
    Teachers need to be able to negotiate for their own rights because if high standards are being placed on them they need to be able to defend themselves.
Samantha Smith

The pros and cons of distance learning: most students and teachers applaud the flexibil... - 3 views

findarticles.com/...ai_n28127551

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  • most students and teachers applaud the flexibility that online learning allows,
    • Kayla Geiger
      Kayla Geiger on 20 Sep 11
       
      This is a great website.
  • But as the idea of virtual education catches on throughout the country, educators say there are pros and cons to cyber classes and a number of hurdles that schools must overcome.
    • Samantha Smith
      Samantha Smith on 20 Sep 11
       
      I think schools are gonna have to overcome different hurdles if virtual schooling becomes more popular
    • Rachel Kennell
      Rachel Kennell on 22 Sep 11
       
      What kinds of hurdles will they have to overcome? Is it really going to affect public schools very much if a few more students start choosing virtual schooling?
    • Heather Hardman
      Heather Hardman on 22 Sep 11
       
      Schools may have to overcome obstacles but though students may choose to use cyber classes public schools will not be affected that much. Public schools provide different opportunities for students with in their classrooms but if the cyber classes become popular the number of students that attend public schools will start to decline which may cause problems.
    • Kayla Geiger
      Kayla Geiger on 22 Sep 11
       
      There are pros and cons to almost every situation that happens in schools. The author is saying that school is having difficulties for students and teachers, but students and teachers have hurdles without virtual schooling.
  • They say the online classes provide educational alternatives for non-traditional learners such as home schooled students and teens who have dropped out of secondary schools.
    • Samantha Smith
      Samantha Smith on 20 Sep 11
       
      I think it may be good but then students will miss the face to face communication
    • Rachel Kennell
      Rachel Kennell on 22 Sep 11
       
      What about when they can actually see the teacher and the teacher can see the students by video schooling? Then they still have face to face communication.
    • Heather Hardman
      Heather Hardman on 22 Sep 11
       
      When using the virtual schooling yes there may be times that the students can use video schooling to work with the instructor and have that face-to-face communication. There may be times when the students have a question that needs to be answered in person like a math problem and need it shown out.
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  • But virtual classes are not for every student. Students who learn better through verbal cues may have trouble with online classes. Students who do not communicate well in writing may have problems trying to get their point across in e-mails. Other students may not be self-motivated enough to stick with an online class. "It is not a learning style that works for everyone.
    • Samantha Smith
      Samantha Smith on 20 Sep 11
       
      I think it does depend on the student and how they learn and what is best for them.
  • Victoria Zuber on 20 Sep 11
     
    This site is great containing both pros and cons with statements from people who have used viritual schools. And it's nice to get insight from both sides.
  • anonymous on 20 Sep 11
     
    Description: This website is insight into opinions and pros/cons of individuals who has actually used virtual schools.
Spencer Genson

Ohio Alternative Routes to Teacher Certification - TheApple.com - 2 views

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  • Applicant must complete six semester hours (or the equivalent) of professional education coursework within the past five years with a GPA of 2.5, and from a college or university approved to prepare teachers, as follows: three hours in teaching methods, including field experience, and three hours in developmental characteristics of adolescent youths;
    • Spencer Genson
      Spencer Genson on 22 Sep 11
       
      The candidate is required to take education classes in a time frame after they apply to receive their alternative license.
  • License (two-year non-renewable) is issued on verification of employment by superintendent of school district; Employing school district agrees to provide a structured mentoring program.
    • Spencer Genson
      Spencer Genson on 22 Sep 11
       
      New teacher recieves temorary license. The school distric is responsible for making sure that the "teacher" is on track to get the necessary schooling done to achieve permanant teaching license.
  • Applicant must complete two years of teaching under the alternative license;
    • Spencer Genson
      Spencer Genson on 22 Sep 11
       
      Cannot receive the teaching licensure until they have taught with their alternative license for dos años.
Brianna Shaw

TeachNM :: Alternative Licensure Options - 1 views

teachnm.org/...rnative-licensure-options.html

AL

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  • As we enter the 21st Century, the world of education is undergoing significant changes. In the next few years, many teachers, possibly over 2 million nation-wide, who began teaching in the late 1960s and early 1970s will be retiring. It is anticipated that the number of teachers graduating from traditional university teacher education programs will be far short of the number needed to
  • programs
  • place retiring teachers.
Brianna Shaw

SoYouWanna be a teacher? - 1 views

www.soyouwanna.com/ouwanna-teacher-1011-full.html

AL ALCons

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  • What we're trying to say is that being a teacher is a wonderful responsibility, not just an avenue for getting two weeks off at Christmas so you can jet off to the Bahamas. You won't be able to afford it on a teacher's salary anyway.
  • But wait… there's more. You'll have to do a lot more than make lesson plans when you get into the classroom. Along with the pure teaching of classes, teachers at all levels must also:Grade testsHold conferences with parentsAttend school meetingsFor extra pay, teachers often lead extracurricular activities (such as the school play or the Senior Yearbook)
  • urban
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  • Think about whether you want to teach in a specific setting
    • Brianna Shaw
      Brianna Shaw on 22 Sep 11
       
      As of right now there are not many job opportunities for those in education. We may have a preference of where we want to teach, but in reality we may have to travel somewhere else to live and find a job until those jobs arrive where we want our dream job to be.
  • Brianna Shaw on 22 Sep 11
     
    I threw some ideas for our report in this webpage in the sticky notes...
Brianna Shaw

Usable Knowledge: No teacher left behind? Good news and bad about new routes to becomin... - 1 views

www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/...DD3-1.html

AL

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  • Alternative certification programs started in the mid-1980s to respond to the teacher shortage.
  • Participants identified five primary areas of concern. Participants commonly felt that they were not adequately prepared to teach the subject for which they were seeking licensure. Participants did not feel that they understood how to teach low-income students of color, who were commonly the students they encountered in their first teaching jobs. Clinical experiences typically involved teaching in a summer school setting. Participants found it difficult to find teaching experiences that were subject-appropriate and mentors who were willing and able to guide them. Statewide programs had the most trouble securing timely jobs for participants due to their lack of partnerships with local school districts. Participants were particularly disappointed about this, as they often viewed the prospect of a secured job as an incentive of their chosen program. Many participants felt they did not receive strong follow-up support on the job, from their fellow teachers and principal.
Brianna Shaw

Alternative Teacher Certification - 3 views

www.teach-now.org/intro.cfm

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  • Alternative routes to teacher certification are state-defined routes through which an individual who already has at least a bachelor’s degree can obtain certification to teach without necessarily having to go back to college and complete a college, campus-based teacher education program.
    • Scott Schnipke
      Scott Schnipke on 20 Sep 11
       
      Definition of alternative licensing.
  • One-third of current state alternative routes to teacher certification have been created since 2000. More than half of them have been established in the last 15 years.
    • Brianna Shaw
      Brianna Shaw on 27 Sep 11
       
      here is a statistic!!!
  • Scott Schnipke on 15 Sep 11
     
    AL Introduction
Brianna Shaw

Alternative teacher certification programs debated - 2 views

www.azcentral.com/...20090321edcertify0322.html

AL

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  • Meanwhile, both the percentage and number of American college graduates obtaining education degrees has dropped considerably over the last 35 years and Arizona's three public universities are not projected to produce enough teaching candidates to fill the increasing state need
    • Brianna Shaw
      Brianna Shaw on 22 Sep 11
       
      This is important as a pro for AL, but this only referes to the state of Arizona....some states need teachers which makes AL a good solution, but others don't need this option when there are very few teaching jobs and too many collage graduates who majored in education.
  • Arizona's students deserve quality public schools with knowledgeable, well-prepared teacher
  • Research shows that teacher quality is the single most important school-related variable affecting student achievement.
    • Brianna Shaw
      Brianna Shaw on 22 Sep 11
       
      we could use this to go against AL
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  • teaching more as a matter of quantity than of quality
  • us that it takes more than content knowledge to teach students well
Victoria Zuber

Virtual Homeschooling - 3 views

www.successful-homeschooling.com/virtual-homeschooling.html

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  • Virtual school students are provided with all of the materials they need to complete the program free of charge.
    • Victoria Zuber
      Victoria Zuber on 20 Sep 11
       
      This is interesting because on ivirtual webiste it stated that there would be extra costs to those who chose virtual education.
  • Parents are told what and how to teach, and must adhere to the approved curriculum, school schedule and state standards.
    • Victoria Zuber
      Victoria Zuber on 20 Sep 11
       
      This is important to note because not all parents have the ability to help their children with homework let alone be like a teacher to them for virtual schooling.
    • Rachel Kennell
      Rachel Kennell on 22 Sep 11
       
      Aren't there some options for virtual schools that don't make the parents be teachers? Can they learn by watching a teacher live or other methods?
    • Heather Hardman
      Heather Hardman on 22 Sep 11
       
      There may be video's for parents to watch on how to teach their children but those techniques are not always helpful to their child because the child may not meet the learned objective or goal that is set for them.
    • Kayla Geiger
      Kayla Geiger on 22 Sep 11
       
      Homeschooling has many issues that people talk about anyway, so virtual schooling is even more of an issue because students do not even have to speak with their parents, it is all online. This is something that I think the author should think about.
  • Victoria Zuber on 20 Sep 11
     
    While this is another site for enrollment it also includes disadvantages which makes this site more useful than the other enrollment websites.
  • anonymous on 20 Sep 11
     
    Description: This link is a website for enrollment and also has a few disadvantages.
Amanda Jerwers

Ohio Senate Bill 5: Not good for Ohio workers | Labor - 3 views

www.askgallonlaw.com/...ll-5-not-good-for-ohio-workers

sb5

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  • First, Senate Bill 5 will withdraw collective bargaining rights for thousands of Ohio workers employed directly by the State and State agencies.
  • Third, a public employer cannot agree to pay more than eighty percent of the cost paid for health care benefits.
  • Fourth, in regard to public school teachers, a school board cannot agree on class room sizes, lay off procedures, or even teacher salaries.
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  • Sixth, enables public employers to manipulate the state fiscal emergency laws in order to reopen labor contracts unilaterally
  • Seventh, allows public employers to unilaterally implement only the portions of a fact finder’s award with which it agrees or unilaterally extend for one year an expired contract.
  • Eighth, allows public employers to permanently replace striking workers.
  • Second, health care benefits will no longer be a proper subject for negotiations.
  • Fifth, public employers cannot agree to contractual provisions that make seniority the determining factor in deciding who is laid off.
  • Holly Walter on 20 Sep 11
     
    Defends repeal of SB5
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