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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FCPS doesn’t respect teachers. If they wanted to work on retaining teachers, teachers would get more than  a T-shirt or Lanyard for years of service. Imagine after 5 years of service you got a $1,000 bonus? After 10 years a $3,000 bonus? Every teacher can list things the county wastes money on. It is time for parents to help raise teaching salaries! [/quote]

Service awards are supposed to be touchy feely. You are a public servant what do you want a gold watch for showing up for 5-10 years. You get a paycheck, pension and cheap benefits. Hint I work in the private sector and I think I once received a plaque Or a paper weight, or maybe flowers and a luncheon and I grumbled too… I’d have gladly taken a $50 Amex gift card Instead. Yes  my firm spends ridiculous money on travel and all firm 5 star hotel luncheons & retreats complete with $50–100K guest speakers.

I’m sure teaching is frustrating but you don’t actually generate revenue, so your compensation (for 10 approx 
Months of work, minus generous holidays, planning and training days), job security, benefits, retirement), is generous.

Fresh out of college the public service sector on my radar. But in hindsight there’s a good chance it would have been a much less stressful and in the long term a more profitable pathway to have taken. After 25yrs. I am bored, exhausted as I’ve spent the past 30 years working 50-7O hrs a week. I’d love to retire but since I have no guaranteed pension or healthcare I’ll be plugging away, competing with recent grads who work 60-70 hrs a week for less pay, for at least another 5 years. Either way my days are numbered.

For current grads there are much sexier ways to make money.  One prolonged economic downturn and you might see your ranks swell, or at least more new recruits and less grumbling amongst the seasoned.

Job insecurity makes you grateful for the devil you know.

Oh and maybe some energy should be expended on lobbying the state to do something about a pubic education system that expects young children to sit still for 6-7 hours a day.  Teachers and students would both benefit from less butts in seats time. How about Shorter days, coupled with an expanded aftercare program or longer days with more opportunities for real movement breaks. Start with real daily PE (not health videos) and music where kids are encouraged sing loudly and  move and play instruments, recess which encourages running and jumping, all as outlets to bottled up energy, emotions and natural aggression. You might actually have more focused learners (efficient learners), and less behavioral problems  and less stressed teachers in the classroom.[/quote]

I wonder what non-teachers think we make for a pension. Do you think [b]$2000/month in 2040 [/b]is liveable? We all contribute to a retirement fund just like you do. [/quote]

Where did you get this number?
ES Teacher[/quote]

Just back of the napkin math based on current amounts. Are you thinking it’ll be a lot more or less?[/quote]

I'm thinking more. I am approaching retirement and have run estimates on the VRS and ERFC websites. I'll have to log in and see again what they are. Of course it varies based on whether you choose the basic benefit vs level lifetime, whether or not you choose a survivor benefit amount, etc.[/quote]

PP here.
If I retire after 30 years (next year) I'll be short the age required for full ERFC benefits. They would be reduced. The basic benefit would be a little over $2,800/month until full SS age, at which time it would drop. The level lifetime benefit would be about $1,950/mo. If I retire in 2026 it would not be a reduced benefit and would be $3,800/mo or $2,404 lifetime.

I'm having trouble logging into VRS, but from I recall, after my 30th year the estimated benefit is about $4,700. So between the two it's probably in the $6,650 to $8k range depending on when and which option is chosen. Choosing a % as a survivor benefit would drop it a bit too.

I believe full VRS provides about 50% of my highest 3 years' avg and ERFC about 25%.[/quote]

But your under the Legacy plan, right? 
And good job making it that long. Less than 10% make it to 30 years.[/quote]

Yes, the Legacy Plan. Sorry, now I "get" the year 2040.

Newer teachers have to work longer than 33 years too. [/quote]

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