[etni] Re: more on Dovratization of education
- From: "Maxine" <maxine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:03:02 +0200
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Lev, I don't see how you can advocate cancelling membership in the Irgun
since the Irgun, flawed as it is, is our only way of exerting organized
pressure on the government. We've been told that there is going to be a
huge demonstration at Yad Eliyahu on Monday at 3:00 PM protesting the Dovrat
recommendations and I am planning to be there. I don't see what hope we
have to fight this horrendous, horrible plan other than through the Irgun.
How else do we have any power? I must say that I am appalled and terrified
by this whole thing. Many of us are set to work harder than we do now and
make LESS MONEY, if the Irgun representative who came to our school
yesterday is to be believed. The way she explained it, in Dovrat's
ingenious scheme there are going to be four "DARGOT SACHAR", the highest
being reached by a "Moreh Rav Oman," who will be making - get this
exorbitant salary that's no doubt going to attract the cream of the crop
into the profession - 8,000 shekels bruto. I hope I do NOT understand, but
if I do, this means that any teacher who, together with his/her vetek,
gmulim and degrees, is making more than than already, is set to actually
MAKE LESS MONEY (that is, the 66% of us who haven't been fired by our newly
empowered principals.) It's obvious that there is someone whose master
plan is to get rid of all the teachers with more than 15 years experience,
because according to Dovrat, your salary will peak after 15 years and after
that you have no hope of earning more. The ulterior motive is obvious: to
drive all those over the age of 40-45 out of the system to start a new
career (perhaps flower arrangement?)
Outrageous, isn't it, but this is the plan, or so I understand it.
We must do everything in our power to fight Dovrat and the Irgun is our only
hope.
Regards, Maxine Tsvaigrach
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lev Abramov" <lev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 12:08 PM
Subject: [etni] more on Dovratization of education
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> They say that the whole idea of giving compensation for the time spent
> on teaching enhancement (taking in-service courses) will be abandoned
> under the Dovrat plan. No more gmulim.
>
> My experience indicates that 80 to 90% of the teachers taking in-service
> courses will not take them if there is no gmul attached. This means one
> of the two possible scenarios (most probably a combination of the two):
>
> 1. Most teachers will refrain from taking any courses at all. This will
> adversely affect the [already dwindling] quality of teaching. I am not
> talking of courses like "Guided Movie-Watching" or "Interior Design for
> Teachers" - entertaining and personally enriching as they are ;-), they
> have very little to do with the quality of teaching per se. But not
> taking serious and useful courses is detrimental, no doubt.
>
> 2. In order to maintain the quality - or at least to be able to report
> of an effort to do so - the Ministry will replace positive stimulation
> (take a course - get a gmul) with negative one (take a course - or
> else...). I've seen this approach in action in Russia. I'd hate to see
> it work here - not the kind of deja vu I'd welcome or enjoy.
>
>
> Now a few words on the attempts to bell/skin the cat. The unions do not
> represent us - they represent themselves. The only way to change the
> situation is to stop paying the ransom. I have already canceled my
> membership in the Irgun and strongly urge you all to do the same.
>
> This is especially relevant for the new teachers who do not have tenure.
> You are not protected by any collective agreements guys, so there is
> absolutely no sense you should pay anything to the Irgun/Histadrut,
> because when you get fired no-one will negotiate on your behalf!
>
> (And there's nothing to lose - you can always renew your membership if
> you change your mind!)
>
> The only thing that can change the way the unions threat us teachers in
> the field is to hit them where it hurts most - their pocket. As soon as
> 200 teachers cancel their membership they will "suddenly" change their
> policies. I've recently visited the Irgun headquarters in Tel Aviv.
> Believe me their working conditions are much better than yours. And they
> really value their padded armchairs and airstrip-sized desks. A drop in
> membership figures will convince them to take action faster than any
> other tool.
>
> And the only way to make the government listen is a strike. Not a
> one-hour strike - a strike till we get what we want. The dockers went on
> strike until Netaniyahu gave up on his privatization plan - even though
> it hit the country's pocket very hard and probably ruined more than one
> tax-paying company.
>
> Don't tell me strikes hurt the kids more than the ministry. The way
> things are going now will simply destroy the education system - then we
> are all in deep **** because our only economic advantage - the famous
> Jewish brains - will be lost. Today Israel imports unskilled labor; in
> ten years we'll have to import programmers; in 20 years we'll have no
> money left to import anything.
>
> If you can afford not to care, keep whining to the list, writing
> petitions no-one will read, and doing nothing. If you care - start with
> an action. Cancel your union membership today.
>
> Best -
>
> Lev
>
>
>
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