tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post6546201319697871171..comments2024-03-27T11:28:13.401-06:00Comments on Education Matters: Superintendent Greene calls for Team Duval, the "T" should stand for teachers Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post-32622781790584586652018-07-23T09:37:37.081-06:002018-07-23T09:37:37.081-06:00let me ask around and see what I can find out. Tha...let me ask around and see what I can find out. Thanks<br />ChrisGuerrierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200461704984560238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post-58230482477391543542018-07-22T17:34:15.170-06:002018-07-22T17:34:15.170-06:00Chris will you please show this as a new post?
Du...Chris will you please show this as a new post?<br /><br />Duval District Needs to Explain Why Employees Have to Wait For Over a Year to be Paid<br /><br />Chris as we move towards the last few weeks before school starts, there appears to be a major problem in the district with employees not being paid for time worked. In the course of discussing my concerns with a few of my current and past colleagues, the one thing I found that we had in common was that we were not paid even after having filled out time sheets during previous Summer training periods; even if the person filled out multiple timesheets the problem persisted. Another thing that I found interesting is that most of the individuals worked at different schools, so it is indicative of a more systemic problem. Had individuals not brought attention to the problem, in all likelihood, no one would have been paid. In addition, I have talked to a few people who have retired or resigned, and they too indicated that they were either not paid or not paid correctly, and it was extremely hard to get a response from the appropriate district personnel. Although there has clearly been a turnover in some personnel, there is no excuse for not submitting time sheets for employees when they clearly have done the work! Teachers are routinely insulted on so many levels, but this is beyond ridiculous! <br />In addition, the district has a routine habit of posting unannounced training information during the Summer that does not include pay information. Pay information should readily be posted for any and all additional training that is offered, along with the rate of pay and expected date of payment. This process would be most beneficial to teachers who have children and have to pay baby sitters, and all training should be included in the district training catalogs so that all teachers can plan accordingly. <br />In addition to problems with paying teachers timely, some teachers have not received their bonus money for “passed” student certification exams in the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 school years and no information has been released as to when it is supposed to happen. Again, teachers should have received that information by now, but nothing about the extra money has come from the powers that be.<br />Finally, in an era when we are experiencing a technology revolution on so many fronts, there is no reason why employees should not be able to simply fill out their time sheets electronically to eliminate the need for the current paper-based, hide and seek, record keeping system. They should also readily be given any bonus information without the information being shrouded in secrecy. It is bad enough that teachers are not paid what they are worth, but to make them wait for over a year or more to be paid money they need and deserve is unacceptable!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post-51193304494110339922018-07-20T04:42:33.142-06:002018-07-20T04:42:33.142-06:00Take care of the teachers and the teachers will ta...Take care of the teachers and the teachers will take care of the kids.Rob Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06279733614071301652noreply@blogger.com