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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No offense, but my job doesn’t do anything for my anniversary at the job. I got a coin and a certificate for my 5 year anniversary. I am coming up on my 10 year anniversary and I bet I get the same thing. There is no bonus, no special gift. [b]My job pays better then a Teachers but that was my choice. I don’t get an annual bonus, that is not a part of my compensation packet, which was also my choice.[/b]

People choose jobs with different pay packets. A bonus is a part of that packet. My brothers job has bonuses built into his pay packet. If he doesn’t hit his bonuses, then he should be rethinking his job.

I am not sure why people think Teachers should get a bonus, it is not a part of their pay package. Yes, it is nice, but if it is that important then it should be written into the contract.

Teacher appreciation week at our school is mainly different special meals, because the PTA knows that the Teachers don’t need or want the coffee mugs and water bottles. I know they ask for food allergies and requirements so that all the Teachers get food that they like. Winter Break and end of the year Room gifts include gift cards but none of that is a guarantee. Our parents and PTA do it because there is enough money to do it but that is not a guarantee. Not every school has families with the money to do that.

I get that Teaching is hard and getting harder but most Teachers know what their compensation package looks like. I think Teachers should be paid more but the idea that anniversary’s should be marked with a bonus or something that isn’t included in the contract is far fetched. [/quote]

NP. Sure. And I don't disagree.

It's a choice. And now I am asking you if it's okay that teachers make the same choice as you did to get a job with the same actual benefits as you -- by leaving the profession.

It's okay for them to make the same choice as you, right? No hard feeling, just a choice everyone is free to make. Right?[/quote]

Yup, they can leave when they want. I would be upset if one of the people on my team left in the middle of a project that they were assigned but they have the right to do so. They will have burned some professional bridges for doing so, unless they had a really good reason. And I can think of a bunch of good reasons for leaving immediately. But most of the people who have quit before finishing out their tasks end up burning bridges. That is their choice.

I can think of reasons why a Teacher might quit right now that would be valid in the sense that they really do have leave right now and there is no other choice. I hope for the Teachers sake that they are not in that tight of a position.

So yes, the Teacher can quit when they want. But don’t think that it looks bad to quit when you agreed to teach a specific period of time and don’t be surprised that parents and students find it upsetting.

DS had a Teacher take a leave of absence last year starting after the winter break. She sent an email home explaining why. We all understood and are happy to see her back this year. A Teacher sending a note home saying they quit with little explanation is not likely to be as well received. I get that the Teacher doesn’t care but it sounds like the response one of my workers leaving mid project would get from me. Bye, can’t stop you, but don’t put me down as a referal for future jobs.[/quote]

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