----- Original Message ----- From: daniela benyaacov - dwindby@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: gmul pitzulI have also heard this and was given a gmul because I teach 5 different classes. I asked if it made a difference that I have 5 classes ( one of which is only 2 hours) since 2 of my classes are made up of kids from 5 different classes! This means I have to attend separate meetings for each class ! But then, teachers don't work in the summer - so we really are overpaid ! Any ideas for improvement ?
daniela Esther wrote:
Hello! We were told last week that the new "chozer mankal" states that no
teachers are eligible for "gmul pitzul" unless they teach an entire class and not just a group (hakbatza.) Has anyone heard about this at your school? (For those uninitiated, we Eng. teachers who teach 4 or 5 different grades/classes have been eligible for this gmul for many years.) As we are all rolling in money with our huge salaries :) this added 250 or so Shekels was nice, to say the least. This is magic better than David Copperfield-- now you see it; now you don't!!!! Why need we work like slaves and fight for every penny when we do so much? As an added thought: I highly recommend that over the Succot vacation you all go to BBC.com and look for the program "Top of the Class." I heard the first superb program today by chance. It is a series trying to find out why some countries (Finland for example, where children start school late, at age 7 in August and 90% of them know how to read by December) always come out on top internationally on test scores while others are really in bad shape. (ho, hum; where are we? Anyone want to guess?) An interesting point made on the program was that in Finland the creme de la creme of young h.s. graduates want to go into teaching and there are 30 candidates for every GOOD position available. The salary is comparable with that of the USA and teaching is looked upon as a highly respected and valued profession. **sigh** Anyone know if Berlitz gives lessons in Finnish? (or whatever the Finns speak.) Back to checking my unseens. Shana Tova and good luck to everyone. If you hear anything about Gmul Pitzul requirements being changed, please let me know. ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - www.etni.org ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------