Posted on 04/26/2020 1:27:28 PM PDT by Libloather
San Francisco teachers will be paid for full-time work but only be required to work four hours a day during the coronavirus closures, according to a labor agreement approved this week.
The part-time work schedule was also adopted by other districts across the state, including Los Angeles, San Diego and Oakland, although many others continue to require teachers to work a full day, which is typically up to 7.5 hours.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfchronicle.com ...
Um, would it be wrong to inquire as to just what work they do, whether in the 4-hour days, or the generously supplied 7.5 hour days?
The people running California act like money grows on trees.
Everyone one of my former classmates, facebook contacts, and relatives who work for government (and thus have guaranteed wages) are out there fear-mongering about coronavirus, cheering the lock-down, and making fun of all protestors who come out against it.
“There are many educators who are also taking care of their own children, as well, as parents and other relatives, and their own health,” Susan Solomon, president of the United Educators of San Francisco, told the Chronicle. “There may be challenges in their households if two or more adults are working from home, meaning there are limits in terms of physical space, sound and internet bandwidth, for example.”
In Oakland, the “Distance Learning Team” released a YouTube video on April 5, the union’s labor agreement stressed an “absolute” maximum of 240 minutes of working a day, including two hours of instruction and two hours of flex time. Instruction means teaching students on Zoom or holding virtual or telephonic office hours. The Oakland Educatio Association’s deal also dictates that teachers not be “mandated to sit nor be on screen for more than 90 consecutive minutes at a time for ergonomic and vision safety.” And they will not work on May 8, calling it a “Wellness Day.”
Other “big wins” of the Oakland deal, the union said on a video, are strong protections against students receiving no credits during school closures.
The four-hour day is a minimum, chief negotiator Chaz Garcia told the Chronicle, and is “protective of people’s emotional well-being and state of trauma.”
Claudia Briggs, spokeswoman for the California Teachers Association, said that teachers are likely spending way more than four hours trying to learn the “new normal” and adjust to distance learning.
Several parents were in support of the new contract.
Josh Brinjal said on Facebook that it’s much harder for a teacher to teach from home with their own young kids at home “so they very well deserve all pay and benefits.”
Syndney Cronister Smith wrote that she’s sure her childrens’ teachers are putting in more than four hours while also schooling their own children. “I know these teachers are worth every penny and more!” she said.
Other parents, however, have complained that it seems like their children are not getting ample instruction during the day. One mother, who asked to remain anonymous, said her student in Oakland spends seven minutes a day on lessons and seven hours on Minecraft. “I don’t know what they’re doing,” she said of the teachers.
Meanwhile, there are some parents in Marin County, who are criticizing the Novato Unified School District’s decision to eliminate letter grades during the pandemic.
Novato is turning to credit/no credit grading for middle and high school students.
The district says online classes put low-income students, who don’t have internet access, at a disadvantage.
But some parents say Novato should give students and their families the option of a letter grade, as suggested by the Marin County Superintendent of Schools.
https://www.ktvu.com/news/deal-gives-teachers-full-pay-adjusted-hours
Please God, do something to Force Every County in California to GO BANKRUPT!!!
Teachers and other government employees (except those with real jobs) are living on easy street right now. They’ll take forever-lockdown.
Communists protect their own...
And if the teachers’ unions pension funds go bust, they’ll expect the non-essential taxpayers to bail them out.
Pretty sick that those left standing after the Chicom Whu-Flu WMD will be government,leftists and specially selected corporations like Amazon and any DNC entity has interests in.
So, SF teachers are required to worked even harder than they did when schools were open?!?
No bankruptcy. No bailouts. Let them stew in their own broth.
Teachers have to be paid in order for the union dues to be deducted and forwarded to the Democrat party.
It is this kind of crap why there should be no state bailout. Why should the rest of the country be required to pay for total mismanagement/corruption by Democrat states
We could forward this agreement to John Semmens. It might provide grist for his mill.
all teachers have always been able to work a 4 hour day and have it count for a school day.
So when their paycheck cannot buy them any food because all the processors are shut down...? I doubt they will be cheering then.
FWIW, I have two adult children that are teachers. They are each spending many hours per class hour creating and transferring curriculum to fit online learning.
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